Listing evidence and provenance
- Source
- Workday View original listing
- Freshness
- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed November 12, 2026
- Classification
- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Grid Infrastructure
- Pay provenance
- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
The Director, Talent Management provides strategic leadership for the enterprise talent management function, designing and executing programs that attract, develop, engage, and retain the workforce ERCOT needs to fulfill its mission.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, and performance management of staff.
- Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers. Interactions frequently involve special skills, such as negotiating with customers or management regarding matters of significance to the organization.
- Typically directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers within ERCOT. Has overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods.
- Responsible for budgetary decisions within functional area according to organizational policy/guidelines. Recommends financial decisions that impact area of responsibility.
- Develop and execute the enterprise talent management strategy in support of the ERCOT mission, vision, and business strategy.
- Lead enterprise succession planning for executive, leadership, and critical roles, including talent reviews, readiness assessments, and pipeline development, and report succession risk and readiness to executive leadership.
- Direct strategic workforce planning to forecast workforce supply and demand, identify critical skill gaps and retirement risk, and develop strategies to fill strategic roles.
- Design and oversee leadership development, individual development planning, high-potential, and career pathing programs that build internal capability.
- Own the enterprise performance management framework, including goal setting, feedback, and calibration processes, ensuring consistency, fairness, and alignment to organizational objectives.
- Lead the annual employee engagement survey and direct enterprise engagement strategies and leader action planning based on survey results.
- Partner with HR business partners, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Learning, and Organizational Development to integrate talent practices across the employee lifecycle.
- Establish talent metrics and use data analytics to evaluate program effectiveness, identify trends, and provide insights and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Serve as business owner for talent management processes and technology in Workday and SAP SuccessFactors, ensuring data integrity and driving system enhancements.
- Advise and coach executives and senior leaders on talent decisions, organizational capability, and change.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team; set objectives, manage budget, and manage vendor relationships.
- Ensure talent programs and practices comply with applicable U.S. federal and state employment laws and ERCOT policies.
- Lead or sponsor Organizational Development and change management initiatives as assigned.
- Develop and implement enterprise-wide AI strategies for talent management that align with the corporate AI vision and business priorities
Ready to Apply?
Apply directly on ERCOT's site
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