Talent Development Program Manager

Position Summary :

The Talent Development Program Manager strengthens our people-centered culture by empowering high performance and enabling employees to do their best work. This role directly boosts engagement, enhances productivity, and supports BCH’s strategic priorities. In partnership with HR colleagues, the Program Manager champions professional development and employee growth as key drivers of engagement and organizational excellence. This is a hybrid position with an onsite expectation of 4–8 days per month.

Key Responsibilities :

• Conduct formal needs assessments to shape a comprehensive professional development roadmap.
• Create role-based or cohort-based curriculum using blended learning approaches such as eLearning, curated on-demand playlists, and discussion forums.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of professional development programs—including Mentoring, Onboarding, and Compliance—and support performance management efforts through a structured development planning process.
• Promote and integrate talent development programs with culture initiatives (engagement, workforce development, wellness, and EDI) to maximize the learner experience.
• Use frameworks and competency models to support career pathing, workforce planning, high-potential talent pools, and development planning at every career stage.
• Provide expert facilitation of programs, virtually and in person; develop toolkits and reinforcement strategies to foster a continuous learning culture.
• Build comprehensive communication and change-management plans to roll out or maintain programs, driving adoption and learner engagement.
• Identify emerging technologies and tools to support the future of Talent Development efforts.
• Evaluate programs using qualitative and quantitative metrics; provide quarterly reporting; and develop business cases demonstrating program impact and ROI.
• Manage vendor contracts; assess the effectiveness of vendor-developed programs; and create buy-versus-build proposals that document cost-effectiveness per learner.

Required Qualifications :

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.