Lead Talent Development Specialist

Bloomreach is building the world’s premier agentic platform for personalization.We’re revolutionizing how businesses connect with their customers, building and deploying AI agents to personalize the entire customer journey. We're taking autonomous search mainstream, making product discovery more intuitive and conversational for customers, and more profitable for businesses. We’re making conversational shopping a reality, connecting every shopper with tailored guidance and product expertise — available on demand, at every touchpoint in their journey. We're designing the future of autonomous marketing, taking the work out of workflows, and reclaiming the creative, strategic, and customer-first work marketers were always meant to do. And we're building all of that on the intelligence of a single AI engine — Loomi AI — so that personalization isn't only autonomous…it's also consistent.From retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming, businesses use Bloomreach to drive higher growth and lasting loyalty. We power personalization for more than 1,400 global brands, including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora. As a Lead Talent Development Specialist, you are a senior individual contributor in the People team and the primary owner for key Talent Development topics. You set direction and own high-impact programs and cross-functional projects end-to-end. You work with a high degree of autonomy, partner closely with senior stakeholders, and are accountable for driving clarity, standards, and consistency across Talent Development initiatives. Your salary starts from €3,200 gross per month with restricted stock units and other benefits included. You can work in one of our Central Europe offices (Bratislava, Brno, Prague) or from home in Central and Eastern Europe on a full-time basis. Your job will be to Design, own, and continuously improve global Talent Development programs across Learning & Development, Leadership Development, Career Development, and Culture & Engagement, ensuring they are scalable and aligned with company strategy. Own complex, cross-functional projects end-to-end, from defining goals and success measures to implementation, communication, and ongoing iteration. Influence and partner with key stakeholders (including HRBPs, People leaders, and business leaders) to drive adoption of Talent Development initiatives and embed them into day-to-day ways of working. Use data and insights (quantitative and qualitative) to evaluate program effectiveness, tell a clear story of impact, and make prioritization and trade-off decisions. Act as a player-coach for the team, sharing best practices, coordinating others on specific projects, and role-modelling high standards in execution and collaboration. Manage key vendors and tools, ensuring they deliver value and that the organization is enabled to use them effectively. Your success story In 30 days, you understand our key programs, current roadmap, and start contributing meaningfully to initiatives. In 90 days, you independently own one or more Talent Development programs or projects, and propose clear, data-informed enhancements. In 180 days, you own a portfolio of Talent Development initiatives end-to-end and are seen as the go-to expert and trusted advisor on these topics. What you bring 5-7+ years’ relevant experience in Talent/People Development, with depth in areas such as Learning & Development, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Career Development, and/or Culture & Engagement. Proven track record designing, implementing, and iterating company-wide or department-scale programs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Strong project and stakeholder management skills: you lead complex projects across teams, communicate clearly, and influence senior stakeholders. Analytical and data-savvy, able to define success metrics and turn data into actionable insights and recommendations. Deep functional expertise in Talent Development and working knowledge of the wider People domain. Comfortable working in a global and ambiguous environment, with high ownership, structured thinking, and clear communication. Personal qualities Clear career motivation to grow in Talent Development and contribute at a senior individual-contributor level. Structured, concise communication, and strong influencing skills. High independence, reliability, and self-organization across multiple concurrent workstreams. Curiosity and continuous-learning mindset, bringing in external best practices and new ideas to improve our Talent Development approach. More things you'll like about Bloomreach: Culture: A great deal of freedom and trust. At Bloomreach we don’t clock in and out, and we have neither corporate rules nor long approval processes. This freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility. We are interested in results from day one. We have defined our 5 values and the 10 underlying key behaviors that we strongly believe in. We can only succeed if everyone lives these behaviors day to day. We've embedded them in our processes like recruitment, onboarding, feedback, personal development, performance review and internal communication. We believe in flexible working hours to accommodate your working style. We work virtual-first with several Bloomreach Hubs available across three continents. We organize company events to experience the global spirit of the company and get excited about what's ahead. We encourage and support our employees to engage in volunteering activities - every Bloomreacher can take 5 paid days off to volunteer*. The Bloomreach Glassdoor page elaborates on our stellar 4.4/5 rating. The Bloomreach Comparably page Culture score is even higher at 4.9/5 Personal Development: We have a People Development Program -- participating in personal development workshops on various topics run by experts from inside the company. We are continuously developing & updating competency maps for select functions. Our resident communication coach Ivo Večeřa is available to help navigate work-related communications & decision-making challenges.* Our managers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Leader Development Program to develop in the areas we consider essential for any leader. The program includes regular comprehensive feedback, consultations with a coach and follow-up check-ins. Bloomreachers utilize the $1,500 professional education budget on an annual basis to purchase education products (books, courses, certifications, etc.)* Well-being: The Employee Assistance Program -- with counselors -- is available for non-work-related challenges.* Subscription to Calm - sleep and meditation app.* We organize ‘DisConnect’ days where Bloomreachers globally enjoy one additional day off each quarter, allowing us to unwind together and focus on activities away from the screen with our loved ones. We facilitate sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities for each other. Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.* Compensation: Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options are granted depending on a team member’s role, seniority, and location.* Everyone gets to participate in the company's success through the company performance bonus.* We offer an employee referral bonus of up to $3,000 paid out immediately after the new hire starts. We reward & celebrate work anniversaries -- Bloomversaries!* (*Subject to employment type. Interns are exempt from marked benefits, usually for the first 6 months.) Excited? Join us and transform the future of commerce experiences! If this position doesn't suit you, but you know someone who might be a great fit, share it - we will be very grateful! Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our website or to personal email accounts of employees of Bloomreach are considered property of Bloomreach and are not subject to payment of agency fees. #LI-Remote