Senior Talent Development Partner
People & HR
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 116k-189k / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 25, 2025
Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, San Francisco Bay Area.
Why is working in Talent at LinkedIn so unique? We like to say working in Talent at LinkedIn is the most meta-Talent job there is - we hire and develop the people who envision the products that power and change the profession of recruiting and talent. Our Global Talent Organization’s (GTO) vision is to “empower our people to do the best work of their careers” and help our customers do the same.
Reporting to the Director Global Functional Talent Development Partner for Corporate Functions, this role will be responsible for providing the design, development and delivery of learning programs and experiences aligned to the talent development strategies for the Finance, Talent, Legal & Public Policy, and Communications & Social Impact functions.
This role is responsible for the design and delivery of talent development initiatives in close collaboration with HR Business Partners, Functional Business Leaders, Regional Talent Development Partners, and Talent Development Centers of Excellence (COEs). The Senior Talent Development Partner contributes to the activation of learning strategies that align with business goals and support skill development and organizational health.
The ideal candidate will have experience in L&D, Leadership Development and Organizational Development. The individual should have demonstrated success in designing and implementing programs to meet priority learning and talent development needs across a fast-paced global organization.
Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
The pay range for this role is $116,000 to $189,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pay Transparency Policy Statement
As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, San Francisco Bay Area.
Why is working in Talent at LinkedIn so unique? We like to say working in Talent at LinkedIn is the most meta-Talent job there is - we hire and develop the people who envision the products that power and change the profession of recruiting and talent. Our Global Talent Organization’s (GTO) vision is to “empower our people to do the best work of their careers” and help our customers do the same.
Reporting to the Director Global Functional Talent Development Partner for Corporate Functions, this role will be responsible for providing the design, development and delivery of learning programs and experiences aligned to the talent development strategies for the Finance, Talent, Legal & Public Policy, and Communications & Social Impact functions.
This role is responsible for the design and delivery of talent development initiatives in close collaboration with HR Business Partners, Functional Business Leaders, Regional Talent Development Partners, and Talent Development Centers of Excellence (COEs). The Senior Talent Development Partner contributes to the activation of learning strategies that align with business goals and support skill development and organizational health.
The ideal candidate will have experience in L&D, Leadership Development and Organizational Development. The individual should have demonstrated success in designing and implementing programs to meet priority learning and talent development needs across a fast-paced global organization.
Responsibilities:
- Consult with HRBPs and senior leadership to understand functional business priorities, assess related talent development needs, and provide appropriate solutions.
- Develop and execute action plans based on functional business needs and builds trusted partnerships with HRBPs, functional leaders, and Talent Development colleagues.
- Influence and advises key stakeholders and partners to inform strategic decision-making.
- Drafts communications to market and socializes talent development solutions to drive long-term strategic initiatives.
- Facilitates learning offerings including senior executive audiences and designs and develops bespoke learning experiences where the need is not covered by the enterprise curriculum.
- Gathers and analyzes data to develop solutions to gaps in program success criteria, contribute to program strategy development, and establish goals and metrics to measure performance.
- Identifies and communicates relevant data and insights to inform decision-making related to functional talent priorities.
Basic Qualifications:
- BA/BS in L&D, HR or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years' of work experience including at least 4+ years of experience in L&D.
- Significant experience in providing L&D expertise and consulting partnership, ideally within a global organization.
- Excellent facilitation skills and proven delivery of training programs, at senior level.
- Expertise in designing, building and delivering learning offerings to sophisticated audience.
- Excellent communication and presentations and public speaking skills.
- Demonstrated experience in leading L&D initiatives within a fast-moving organization.
- Capability of working autonomously and forming strong networks and working relationships.
- Strong Project Management experience.
- Strong international or cross-cultural work experience.
- AI Fluency
- Consulting and Advisory Skills
- Facilitation and Learning Design
- Relationship Building and Influencing
- Organizational Development & Systemic Thinker
- Change Management
The pay range for this role is $116,000 to $189,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pay Transparency Policy Statement
As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.