Talent Development Partner

The Talent Development Partner plays a key role in shaping the future of RaceTrac by designing and delivering impactful talent development programs that accelerate growth, build leadership pipelines, and prepare our team for what’s next. In this dynamic role, you’ll collaborate closely with leaders and human resources partners to create programs that ignite employee inspiration, boost engagement, and enhance performance. Your work will drive meaningful business outcomes while helping to build a thriving, high-performing culture where employees feel empowered and excited to grow.

What You Will Do:

• Alongside the Talent Development Manager, develops and drives the implementation of the organization’s talent development strategy.

• Designs and enhances development programs for high-potential talent, leaders, and individual contributors across both hourly and salaried employee groups, ensuring content is effectively transitioned to the Learning Content Specialist for development and delivery.

• Enhances onboarding and new leader assimilation programs in collaboration with key stakeholders.

• Leads the configuration, change management, implementation, and maintenance of RaceTrac’s talent programs, including but not limited to High Potential and leadership development initiatives.

• Partners with key stakeholders to research, develop, and facilitate leadership development programs, building bench strength and cultivating future leaders for the organization.

• Builds and sustains relationships with external partners to offer a comprehensive catalog of development opportunities, including coaching, team building, and leadership development.

• Act as a Talent Champion by promoting understanding, adoption, and utilization of talent tools and programs within RaceTrac.

• Actively gathers feedback on talent initiatives to assess program effectiveness and implements enhancements based on input.

• Continuously seeks opportunities to enhance talent processes, tools, and offerings by benchmarking industry best practices, leveraging innovative technology, and identifying process improvements.

• Builds and maintains strong relationships across departments and business units within the organization.

• Serves as a trusted adviser on talent management best practices.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For:

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly/ Can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately/ Has broad knowledge and perspective/ Is future oriented/ Can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods/ Can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans

• Organizing: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done/ Can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal/ Uses resources effectively and efficiently/ Arranges information and files in a useful manner

• Presentation Skills: Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one on one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses/ Is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics/ Commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation/ Can change tactics midstream when something isn’t working

• Comfort Around Higher Management: Can deal comfortable with more senior managers/ Can present to more senior managers without undue tension and nervousness/ Understands how senior managers think and work/ Can determine the best way to get things done with them by taking their language and responding to their needs/ Can craft approaches likely to be seen as appropriate and positive

• Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and method to solve difficult problems with effective solutions/ Probes all fruitful sources for answers/ Can see hidden problems/ Is excellent at honest analysis/ Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change/ Can shift gears comfortably/ Can decide and act without having the total picture/ Isn’t upset when things are up in the air/ Doesn’t have to finish things before moving on/ Can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Work Experience/ Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience required; Master’s degree from an accredited university with a focus in I/O psychology, Human Factors, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, or related field preferred.

• 4-6 years of experience within Human Resources required with 1-2 years in Talent Management, Talent Development, Organizational Development preferred.

• Strong project management and execution skills.

• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills; ability to professionally interface with all levels of the business including senior executives.

• Proven experience and confidence in facilitating presentations, with the ability to adapt messaging to diverse audiences effectively.

• Experience in talent program designing preferred.

• Flexible team player who actively seeks to contribute to the success of the team and organization in a positive manner.

This is a hybrid role with 3-days in the office expectations, and 2 virtually based in Atlanta GA.

Fueled by Growth, Driven by You

At RaceTrac, our people make the difference. Whether you’re working in a store, at our corporate office, or on the road, you’ll be part of a team that brings energy, innovation, and a passion for serving others every day. We support each other, celebrate wins big and small, and create opportunities for growth at every level. With four operating divisions RaceTrac, RaceWay, Energy Dispatch, and Gulf - there’s always a new challenge to take on and a new path to pursue. Join us and discover how far your career can go.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.