Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Our Human Capital Management division recruits, develops, and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs. We design and implement strategies, processes, and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity, and enable the firm and our clients to achieve superior results. We seek individuals with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking, and intellectual curiosity who want to impact the success of our most valuable asset: our people.

The Talent Development Associate will play a central role in designing, managing, and delivering high-impact development programs that help employees build skills, capabilities, and experiences needed to grow and perform across the firm. This role partners closely with the Talent function, HCM leadership, divisional stakeholders, external vendors, and program participants to translate firm and talent priorities into practical, differentiated learning experiences.

The position sits at the intersection of people development strategy, content design, stakeholder engagement, communications, measurement, and program execution. It requires strong project management, clear communication, sound judgment, and the ability to move seamlessly between strategic planning and detailed delivery.

The Associate will help shape development experiences supporting employees at key career moments, including leadership development, skill-building programs, coaching, peer learning, speaker-led sessions, and firmwide talent initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
Program Strategy, Design & Development
- Support the design and evolution of firmwide development experiences to build critical skills and leadership capabilities
- Translate firm priorities, leadership expectations, participant feedback, and stakeholder input into clear program objectives, learning journeys, session designs, and deliverables
- Develop strategy materials, agenda concepts, speaker briefs, session objectives, pre-read materials, manager toolkits, participant communications, and discussion guides
- Partner with Talent colleagues, business leaders, program alumni, and external partners to create relevant, commercial, and practical content
- Continuously refine programming based on survey insights, feedback, business priorities, and lessons learned

Program Execution & Delivery
- Manage end-to-end execution of development programs including nominations, launch, engagement, sessions, coaching, follow-up, and closeout
- Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, trackers, rosters, workback schedules, and decision logs across multiple workstreams
- Coordinate complex logistics across regions including participant experience, travel planning, briefing sessions, speaker holds, vendor timelines, venue needs, materials production, and day-of delivery
- Prepare and facilitate program briefings, participant sessions, manager calls, alumni panels, and stakeholder updates
- Anticipate risks, dependencies, and decision points; escalate thoughtfully and keep stakeholders aligned

Stakeholder Management & Executive Communication
- Serve as a trusted coordination point across key stakeholder groups
- Draft polished, audience-specific communications for participants, managers, leaders, speakers, internal reviewers, and partners
- Prepare stakeholder materials including strategy decks, briefing notes, talking points, decision memos, meeting agendas, program updates, and leadership summaries
- Support leader and external speaker engagement including outreach materials, calendar holds, session framing, moderator planning, and briefing preparation
- Navigate sensitive stakeholder dynamics with discretion, clarity, and sound judgment

Measurement, Insights & Continuous Improvement
- Design participant, manager, and stakeholder surveys to assess program needs, experience, learning outcomes, and behavioral impact
- Analyze survey results, qualitative feedback, participation data, and program outcomes to identify themes, insights, and improvement opportunities
- Translate feedback and impact data into concise narratives, recommendations, slide content, and program enhancements
- Partner with colleagues to maintain organized program records, data sources, impact trackers, and materials repositories
- Use insights from prior cohorts to strengthen program design, participant experience, manager engagement, and stakeholder reporting

Experience
Approximately 5-6 years of experience in talent development, leadership development, learning, human capital strategy, program management, or a related field.

About you
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage detailed workplans, competing priorities, and multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting polished materials for diverse audiences
- Comfortable operating with leaders, managers, participants, and cross-functional partners, including handling sensitive or high-visibility interactions with professionalism and discretion
- Ability to synthesize complex inputs, feedback, and data into clear insights, recommendations, and practical actions
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work across strategy, content, logistics, and communications

Qualifications
Key skills and competencies include:
- Program Management: Brings structure, rigor, and follow-through to complex, multi-workstream initiatives
- Content Design: Develops clear, practical learning materials, session objectives, agendas, toolkits, and communications for varied employee audiences
- Stakeholder Management: Builds trust and alignment across HCM, leaders, managers, cross-functional partners, vendors, and business stakeholders
- Executive Communication: Writes with clarity, polish, and audience awareness across emails, decks, talking points, and briefing materials
- Analytical Judgment: Uses feedback, data, and business context to identify insights and improve programming
- Discretion & Professionalism: Handles leader engagement, participant information, and sensitive program decisions with care
- Agility: Moves comfortably between strategic thinking and detailed execution, adapting quickly as priorities evolve