Sr Talent Development Consultant

GM Financial is the captive finance company and the wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The company is a global provider of auto finance solutions, with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America and China.

The Sr Talent Development Consultant is responsible for managing Talent and Succession Development programs and other organizational-wide strategic development solutions that support the continuous learning of leaders within GM Financial. Responsible for program development planning, implementation, administration and participant evaluation of accelerate development and high-potential succession programs ensuring increased bench strength to meet current and future business needs.

* Develop and execute project plans, timelines, milestones and key measures for accelerate development and high-potential succession development programs ensuring deliverables meet program objectives while recognizing and managing dependencies between other programs or initiatives. * Partners with program vendors to ensure deliverables and deadlines are being met. * Develops, implements, and facilitates select talent development training solutions incorporating innovative methods of delivery within the 70/20/10 learning and development approach; facilitates orientation session for program participants. * Partners with Instructional Designers and the Leadership Development team to develop learning activities, instructor guides, coaching materials and supporting development materials. * Partner with Coordinator to ensure program communications are approved and align with communication plan timeline. * Develop and implement tracking and reporting tools to accurately and efficiently document project status, issues, and document risks. * Responsible for reviewing participant evaluations, survey results, objectives, and progression of participants through rotations; collaborates with coordinator to provide data needed for proper tracking and reporting; ensures appropriate follow up occurs and makes recommendations on modifications to program if necessary. * Partner with Instructional Designers on Level 1-3 surveys including development, design and implementation, ensuring data collected aligns with metrics identified. * Actively work to anticipate foreseeable obstacles, issues or risks; escalate project issues and risks as appropriate to manager; actively work to resolve issues as they arise. * Partners with the HR team to align strategies, leverage best practices, and share resources when necessary; participate in other Organizational Development and/or Human Resources projects as necessary. * Develop and maintain productive working relationships with business leaders, rotation managers, peer coaches, Business Advisors and other program stakeholders ensuring they have all resources and support from OD necessary for their success. * Support coordinator with providing framework to manage logistics and resources for talent development sessions. * Exemplify and uphold the standards and excellence of L&OD team and culture of GMF.

* Working knowledge of Program and/or Project Management including program/project planning, managing multiples resources, timelines, milestones and objectives. * Knowledge and background in training, leadership development, adult learning theories, content development, talent management and succession development. * Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). * Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and verbal), and presentation skills with ability to work closely with different levels of the organization; brief demonstration of facilitation/presentation skills may be required. * Excellent organization, project management, and time management skills. * Must act as a positive agent of change and consistently demonstrate the ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; juggle and manage competing tasks and demands and deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events. * Excellent decision making and problem solving skills with the ability to make sound judgments and take the initiative to establish priorities, meet deadlines, and make decisions within the functional area of responsibility with minimal direct supervision. * Project management skills and proven success in working on and delivering multiple initiatives. * Minimum 2-5 years professional work experience in training and leadership development including succession and/or high-potential development. * Bachelor?s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development or a closely related discipline preferred. * Demonstrated experience in training and development including experience with planning, developing and implementing professional development/training program solutions.