Our Culture

We know that our people are our greatest assets, and we are committed to building a culture where employees love coming to work each day. At Endeavor Air, we foster a diverse, culturally-rich and safe workplace where employees are treated with dignity and respect. With a culture built on safety, excellence, and teamwork, Endeavor offers limitless potential for aviation professionals looking to start or continue their careers.

Our team promotes an inclusive environment in all aspects of the airline and our operation. As an EEO employer, we provide opportunities for all qualified candidates without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran, or disabled status.

Overview

The Manager, Talent Development is responsible for establishing and implementing professional development strategies and programs to support Endeavor’s culture, advance organizational goals, provide developmental and learning opportunities for employees. The Manager works with other leaders to champion the Company’s efforts to attract, train and retain top talent. This ultimately improves the airlines overall bench strength, talent retention and internal promotion rates. 

Responsibilities

• Along with the director, develops and executes the overall talent development plan for the organization.
• Conducts needs assessment with leadership, managers/supervisors and employees to determine necessary training and development opportunities. 

• Manages development programs including implementation, facilitation, and evaluation of programs and solutions.
• Collaborates with HR colleagues to determine necessary and/or required training.
• Designs programs that help meet specific learning objectives for targeted groups of employees and supports leaders with teambuilding and other types of departmental training as requested.

• Design and implement programs for performance development, leadership, employee assessment and succession planning to develop the talent pipeline.
• Supports and implements leadership development sessions to develop high potential employees and emerging leaders.
• Analyze and reports data to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of the talent development programs.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends, tools, practices and advancements and brings creative ideas into action.
• Manages the coordination of corporate new hire onboarding programs.
• Manage the development budget and may assist with expense and payroll approval as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Indicators of Success:

• Continuous improvement of the strategy of learning and development for Endeavor Air.
• Collaborate with leaders to find development solutions that bring teams to the next level.
• Build on individual strengths to reinforce the attributes of the culture at Endeavor Air.
• Analysis and metrics developed to determine training and development success.
• Build collaborative relationships within the HR team to reach the goals of the Company.

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises:  facilitator and coordinator

Competencies Required

• Ethics and Values - Serves as a champion to employees and projects that are beneficial to the company. Displays courage and willingness to take an unpopular stance to make positive long-term progress for individuals and the organization.
• Knows Our Business - Looks for ways to improve our success operationally and through people. Understands how all aspects of the business operate in a systemic way. Technically and professionally skilled to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Builds Trust and Decision Making - Models honesty and open communications in large group meetings. Responds to challenge in a positive way – sees as an opportunity to learn new perspectives and perhaps improve the organization.
• Drive for Results by Inspiring Others - Builds passion and enthusiasm for the organization’s mission. Identifies measurements that will drive long term positive results, and shares the rationale, thus engaging the organization.
• Know Your Team and Leading People - Inspires organization to build effective work relationships that are based on strengths and focused on achieving organizational goals, understanding, and utilizing each team member’s interests and development goals. As a leader, proactively sees opportunities for talented and diverse staff to work with upper leadership to promote development and results.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in human resources or related business field or combination of education and experience in a human resources or training and development role.
• SPHR or PHR preferred
• 5 years’ experience working in training and development or related HR discipline
• 1 - 3 years of supervisory experience is preferred
• Demonstrated experience in talent management, strategic planning, organizational development, change management, professional leadership development, employee engagement
• Experience with the creation and development of internal/external training programs to drive organizational effectiveness
• Advanced demonstration of communication skills, including presentation skills
• Strong process and operational background
• Must be both strategic and tactical, with demonstrated project management skills
• Knowledge of employment laws and requirements
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• This position handles confidential information therefore the individual must be discrete.
• Experience working with a learning management system (LMS) preferred

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
• Some repetitive motion such as typing.
• 5 – 20% travel may be required.
• Position requires some physical exertion such as pulling, pushing, reaching, bending, standing, walking and light lifting of boxes, bags, electronic equipment, and emergency/galley equipment not to exceed 30 lbs.
• Can involve long periods of sitting.
• Some travel will be required

W

hat We Offer

Providing world-class service to our customers starts with providing world-class benefits to our employees. Endeavor Air employees receive a competitive total compensation package which includes a variety of benefits to choose from and some of the best perks around.

• Free or reduced-rate travel privileges on Delta Air Lines and 80+ air carriers worldwide for employees and eligible family members
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• 401(k) with Company Match starting on Day 1
• Operational Performance Rewards (OPR) Program
• Life and AD&D Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), and voluntary supplementary benefit options

FLSA Status

Salary

Endeavor Air anticipates the pay range for this position as indicated above. Pay will be based on many factors and is ultimately determined by candidate skills, work experience, education and certifications.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Endeavor Air is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran, or disabled status.

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