Talent and Development Manager

Chelsea is strengthening its workforce and laying the foundation for a more capable, aligned, and future-ready organization. To support this next stage of growth, we are hiring a Talent & Development Manager, a high-impact HR leader who will design, deliver, and continuously improve the programs that build workforce capability, elevate talent practices, and strengthen employee experience.

This is a hands-on role for a self-starter who enjoys building programs from the ground up, partnering across the business, and enabling employees and leaders to do their best work.

About the Role

The Talent & Development Manager owns the programs and processes that build employee capability, enhance culture, and support a strong talent pipeline. This includes employee development, full-cycle talent acquisition, performance management, onboarding, training, and manager enablement. The role balances operational ownership (~60%) with strategic leadership (~40%), making it ideal for someone who wants to execute while also shaping long-term HR programs.

Key Attributes

Self-Starter With Team Orientation

• Proactive, takes ownership, and moves work forward independently
• Motivated by doing high-quality work that strengthens shared goals and relationships

People-Centered Relationship Builder

• Builds trust quickly with employees and leaders
• Uses collaboration to uncover gaps, solve problems, and drive outcomes

Able to Manage Many Development Threads Simultaneously

• Balances multiple coaching needs, development plans, and performance issues at once
• Responds quickly and thoughtfully to emerging challenges

Balanced Decision-Maker (Structure + Big Picture)

• Understands policy, process, and detail
• Can zoom out to consider broader business impact, culture, and operational context
• Guides leaders towards consistent best practices

Flexible, Curious, and Solutions-Oriented

• Thrives in environments where programs must be built from scratch
• Brings creative problem-solving and a continuous-improvement mindset

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Employee Development (~50%)

• Build and run the performance management cycle, including goal-setting, check-ins, and annual reviews
• Design, deliver, and track learning and development programs (technical, leadership, and professional skills)
• Support managers with coaching tools, performance conversations, and development strategies
• Implement career pathing frameworks for field and office roles
• Maintain multi-person development plans; track progress and intervene quickly when issues arise
• Reinforce core values and culture through development practices
• Respond in real-time to coaching moments, performance concerns, and emerging development needs

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment (~40%)

• Own full-cycle recruiting: sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring, and workflow management
• Develop sourcing strategies for skilled trades, technical roles, and office roles
• Train managers on structured interviewing
• Own the onboarding and orientation program end-to-end
• Manage candidate communications, pipelines, metrics, and early-tenure turnover
• Strengthen the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and employer brand
• Execute interviews, coordinate hiring processes, and support hiring decisions

Cross-Functional HR Support (~10%)

• Assist with HR processes such as policies, engagement, employee relations, leave management and HR compliance
• Support communication of compensation, rewards, and benefits programs
• Provide HR support to employees and leaders across the organization

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of HR experience with strong exposure to Talent Acquisition and L&D
• Experience building HR programs in a small or growing organization preferred
• Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to balance detail and structure with flexibility and judgment

Why Chelsea?

Chelsea Lighting is the largest supplier and provider of project management services for lighting in the New York City area. Serving the NYC real estate, design and construction communities, our commitment to provide value-added, best-in-class customer service remains pervasive in everything we do.

With expertise in light fixtures and lighting controls and the related logistics, technology and project management, our team of experts have been involved in the largest, most complex, high-profile construction projects in the NYC area.

Chelsea Lighting’s success is driven by its commitment to train, develop, and reward our people.

We are not a retail store, manufacturer, or designer. We are not a general or electrical contractor and we do not have oversight of or perform the installation of the electrical fixtures and/or controls, nor do we employ electricians. Chelsea Lighting is the company that builders/contractors/building owners rely on to coordinate all the lighting and associated technological project management aspects of a construction project - find, purchase, warehouse, manage logistics, control, program, commission, troubleshoot, regularly meet with the contractor/client to discuss construction schedule adherence and milestones, and offer creative solutions for problem resolution.

Working at Chelsea is being part of an all-star team of dedicated high performers with a winning culture presenting a long-term career filled with opportunities and some fun!