Talent Development Team Lead

Medlife

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

MEDLIFE is a nonprofit organization partnering with low-income communities in Latin America and Africa to improve access to medicine, education, and community development projects. The Talent Development Team Lead will build MEDLIFE's leadership, culture, and performance systems so teams have clear KPIs, regular feedback, and development plans, and leaders can grow from within.

This hands-on leadership role focuses on supporting team leads with feedback, follow-up, KPI setting, and employee development plans. The role also leads the Talent Development team, including Talent Acquisition and People Administration, and is responsible for those areas delivering on their goals. The position designs and personally runs core talent programs, with support from a part-time administrative assistant. It reports directly to MEDLIFE's Founder and works closely with the Leadership team and team leads across all departments.

MEDLIFE seeks a mission-driven people leader who takes ownership, learns and builds, leads with clear standards and accountability, and develops team members. The organization values FIRE (energy, urgency, and ownership of results), GROWTH (curiosity, openness to feedback, and constant learning), and IMPECCABLE CHARACTER (integrity, consistency, and discretion with sensitive information). The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Peru time (GMT-5). Work is hybrid for candidates based in Lima, Peru, and remote for candidates in other countries. Applications are welcomed from across Latin America.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in HR, Talent Development, or Organizational Development, with experience leading people or coordinating other leaders.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience personally building and facilitating trainings, running review cycles, creating scorecards or rubrics, and presenting results.
• Experience developing leaders by coaching managers or team leads on direct feedback, one-on-ones, team follow-up, and difficult conversations.
• Practical experience in performance management (goal setting, role scorecards, review cycles, and correction plans) and/or Learning & Development (skills-gap analysis, onboarding, and leadership training), with working knowledge of the other area.
• Experience running culture, values, recognition, or engagement initiatives and translating results into concrete action plans.
• Experience setting clear expectations and KPIs, running one-on-ones, and holding people accountable for results.
• KPI and data mindset: ability to define simple metrics, track them consistently, and use evidence to make decisions.
• Process-improvement experience, including learning current practices, documenting them, proposing improvements, and implementing them.
• Practical use of generative AI to build training content and automate HR reporting.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Slack, HubSpot, an applicant tracking system (such as Hiring Room), and HR tools such as performance management, survey, and learning management platforms.
• Advanced English and Spanish.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in nonprofit or mission-driven organizations.
• Experience in multi-country or fast-growing organizations.
• Experience designing or facilitating a leadership development program.
• Exposure to succession planning, talent reviews, or compensation and benefits.
• Knowledge of Latin American labor regulations; knowledge of Peruvian regulations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with team leads on direct feedback, regular one-on-ones, team follow-up, and difficult conversations.
• Build and facilitate the Leadership Development Program and agree on a development plan with each team lead.
• Help each team lead define three to four KPIs and a weekly scorecard, and review these regularly.
• Ensure every employee has a role scorecard, clear goals, and a development plan; run performance review cycles with team leads.
• Run recognition programs, including the monthly Level Win meeting, behavior assessments, and team-building initiatives.
• Run engagement and climate surveys from design through results, and lead resulting action plans.
• Identify skill gaps and own the training framework for Core MEDLIFE, Sales, and Leadership development.
• Run 360 feedback, quarterly talent reviews, and succession planning for critical leadership roles.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition and People Administration team, including setting its KPIs and weekly scorecard.
• Learn existing people processes, document key processes as simple SOPs, and implement improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with the role.
• Birthday day off.
• Growth opportunities in a fast-growing, multi-country organization.
• Mission-driven work shaping the people system that helps MEDLIFE serve more students and communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level