Talent & Leadership Development Specialist

Due to its remote and hybrid culture, Alation conducts all of its interviewing and onboarding virtually.

Big Data isn’t a problem. It’s an opportunity.

At Alation, we help people find, understand, and trust data. So they not only excel in their work — they drive value for their enterprise, team, and role. In the words of one customer, “Alation makes me look like a rockstar.”

We help companies like Pfizer, and Salesforce empower their people with the best data every day. As a platform for innovation, Alation helps customers create game-changing solutions (like a program for early-stage disease detection with Pfizer) and connect people to great data in less time (like Salesforce, whose analysts can now find data 35% faster). And we’re just getting started.

With more than $340M in funding - valued at over $1.7 billion and 450+ customers with household names - Alation is poised to capitalize on data as an opportunity. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alation was named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list for the third time, and our exceptional Glassdoor rating (4.7 out of 5!) reflects a culture that makes coming to work each day a joy. Do you want to join a team that welcomes new ideas, supports your growth, and recognizes your unique value?

Join us!

The Talent & Leadership Development Specialist will be a key member of Alations Talent Management team, developing and driving the execution of our leadership development vision and strategy. The Talent Management Team develops and delivers employee experience programs across key milestones including onboarding, talent planning, learning and development, performance management, culture, and engagement. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Talent Management and partners closely with various members of the People organization.

In this role, you will be responsible for enabling our people managers and leaders to achieve their full potential by supporting the creation, facilitation, and operation of company-wide learning, development, and culture initiatives. We believe in learning and leading at every level, this position has an exciting opportunity to directly support our critical company-wide strategy as we continue to grow. You will coordinate with internal stakeholders and external consultants/vendors to create and deliver unique sessions with specific outcomes that solve individual and organizational needs.

This individual also MUST be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and have the ability to come into our headquarters on a regular basis.

What You'll Do

• Use data-driven decision-making to determine onboarding success for our new People Leaders and use data to make continuous improvements and iterations to the experience.
• Helping to establish a variety of blended learning solutions and relevant learning and training delivery to enhance the employee experience, performance, and leadership development.
• As we support our Alationauts to grow their careers, you will help foster an environment for internal mobility by assisting with solution development for readiness and succession planning.
• Support establishing the global performance management strategy and a culture of feedback and appreciation.
• Work collaboratively across the People team and with business stakeholders to ensure content is relevant to the organizational needs.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and administration of programs that evaluate, measure, enhance, and improve leadership performance.
• Champions a high-performance culture of objective setting and result measurement aligned to recognition and rewards using tools, training, and communication.
• Utilizes assessments to evaluate and identify the current and emerging skills, competencies, and behaviors required to achieve desired organizational results and prepare for future needs.
• Consult with stakeholders to enable the growth and development of employees through the establishment of career journeys and paths, while coaching Alationauts to own their own success.
• Champion inclusive, fair, and sustainable practices in every part of our programs.
• Co-creating enablement resources that help Managers apply skills on a daily basis.

You should have

• The ability to listen intently to a wide variety of individuals with an open mind and take action to ensure our leadership development experience is always continually improving.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Experience working across cultures in fast-paced, growing, hands-on environments preferably in a high-tech, entrepreneurial setting with quickly changing business needs.
• Growth mindset: willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities.
• Strong program management skills with high attention to detail; track record of keeping multiple programs and initiatives moving in parallel.
• Innovative and creative problem solver to explore new approaches to talent programs and metrics to measure the effectiveness of programs.
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally with credibility to influence decision-making.
• Passion for creating programs where a recipe does not exist.
• Ability to work independently and be proactive in shaping and managing the overall leadership development strategy.
• Open to novel experiential learning approaches such as blended learning, micro-learning, rotations, mentoring, etc.
• Adapts quickly to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about building an inclusive culture that is sensitive to our employees across the globe.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing with superb presentation skills - both rehearsed and on the fly.

$130,000 - $150,000 a year

The base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty, and training. If the final candidate has a different experience level, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.

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More About Alation

Our founders have come together from different backgrounds: business, engineering, and design. This unique mix from our founding team is important to the Alation culture story. Today, our team consists of creators and communicators with varied backgrounds - from Stanford, to the Indian Institute of Technology, big companies and one-person startups, the United States, and abroad. We continue to seek ever more diverse perspectives as we grow.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on

the basis of race, name, religion, color, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Why Alation?

• High-growth, collaborative environment with diverse and inclusive teams
• Flexible time off to relax and recharge
• Continuous learning, enrichment and development opportunities
• Market-Leading Data Catalog Provider
• Competitive pay and health offerings including commuter benefits

and much, much more!