Lead People Development Partner

Overview

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us

As the Lead People Development Partner, you will design, implement, and continuously improve global talent management initiatives— including performance management, career pathing, and succession planning—to strengthen organizational capability and ensure long-term talent readiness. You will partner closely with leaders and HR stakeholders to create and refine programs that drive employee growth, leadership effectiveness, and business impact. This role is pivotal in shaping a future-ready workforce and enabling strategic transformation through talent.

• Design, manage, and continuously enhance performance systems aligned with business priorities, including goal setting, feedback, assessments, calibrations, evaluations and continuous listening mechanisms
• Develop, operationalize, and evolve career path frameworks and growth ladders across geographies to enable career development and internal mobility
• Lead and refine the talent review, promotion, and succession planning process, partnering with leaders to identify, develop, and retain high-potential talent
• Partner with business leaders and HRBPs to identify current and future skills and capability needs, conducting skills gap analyses and shaping targeted development initiatives
• Build capability roadmaps that strengthen organizational readiness and align to strategic priorities
• Develop and facilitate training and communication strategies that build awareness, understanding, and adoption of talent management processes, tools, and programs
• Create feedback loops and leverage dashboards, metrics, and benchmarking to measure program effectiveness, track progress, and guide iterative improvement
• Drive retention and mobility strategies by connecting talent reviews, skills data, and development opportunities into an integrated talent strategy
• Collaborate with HRBPs, Total Rewards, and senior leaders to align programs with business strategy and ensure they remain relevant and impactful
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders, reinforcing adoption and the long-term integration of talent practices

• 8+ years of experience in talent management or HR program leadership
• Proven track record leading initiatives in performance management, calibrations, succession planning, and career frameworks
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing and collaborating at the senior leadership level
• A data-driven, programmatic approach to measuring and improving talent outcomes
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to design toolkits, train managers, and drive adoption
• Critical thinking: strong reasoning skills; able to structure thinking into logical flow and sequence that’s easy for others to understand; able to create and work with conceptual frameworks
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to maintain flexible working hours to accommodate teams in multiple geographic locations
• Must be comfortable in an environment of evolving technologies and processes and willing to be a model and advocate for change, adaptable and flexible to new ways of working
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative environment

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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