As Marqeta’s Senior Director, Talent Development, you will lead the Talent Development function & team to develop and execute Marqeta’s learning and talent development strategy. A key focus of this role is ensuring that the products and solutions delivered by the team are exceptionally simple, intuitive, and easy for our business partners to implement, enabling seamless integration into the flow of work and driving employee development.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States. We’d love for you to join us!
The Impact You'll Have
- Talent Planning Strategy and Execution: Drive a cohesive, forward-thinking approach to talent management that is aligned to business objectives. This includes developing, iterating on, and implementing a talent planning strategy (performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning) that rewards performance and identifies areas of opportunity in the organization. In partnership with the Head of People Business Partners, prepare all materials needed for Marqeta’s Board of Directors review.
- Learning strategy and execution: Utilize business data, engagement surveys, employee feedback, and industry best practices to establish Marqeta’s learning roadmap that covers technical, leadership, and soft skills. Ensure learning initiatives are targeted, aligned with employee and organizational priorities, and integrated into the flow of work.
- Performance and Growth: Oversee a performance management process and goal-setting framework that drives individual and organizational performance. This includes designing high-potential and successor development programs, as well as personal development planning.
- Innovate learning experience and their ROI: Stay ahead of talent management and learning trends, adopting best practices for learning in the flow of work to maximize business impact.
- Leadership and Manager Development: Design and deliver holistic leadership development initiatives that develop first-time and seasoned leaders. Creating a culture of strong leaders who are capable of leading their team and cross-functionally.
- Maximize vendor partnerships: Regularly evaluate vendor capabilities to ensure alignment with Marqeta’s learning strategy. Make data-driven decisions to optimize partnerships.
- Lead by example: Utilize your deep expertise and adaptive leadership style to guide your team toward operational excellence, flexibility, and collaboration that contribute to Marqeta’s growth.
Who You Are
- Extensive Talent Planning and L&D Expertise:
- 12+ years of experience in Talent Planning and Learning & Development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Proven ability to design and execute talent strategies (e.g., performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning) and learning programs aligned with organizational goals.
- Clear and Effective Execution:
- Skilled in simplifying complex topics and concepts into easy-to-understand, actionable content.
- Develop Talent Development products and tools that are intuitive, user-friendly, and seamlessly integrated into business workflows.
- Strategic and Hands-On Leader:
- Ability to drive high-impact strategic initiatives while being ready to roll up your sleeves to ensure execution excellence.
- Experience in designing and delivering practical, high-impact learning experiences, such as Marqeta built courses and leadership development programs.
- Data-Driven Problem Solver:
- Comfortable applying a first-principles approach to solve ambiguous challenges.
- Leverage business data, employee feedback, and best practices to create targeted, impactful Talent Development solutions.
- Collaborative Relationship Builder:
- Strong ability to build and maintain partnerships across all levels of the organization, including executives and cross-functional teams.
- Experienced in working with business leaders and stakeholders to co-create solutions and drive alignment on talent and learning priorities.
Your Manager
- Crystal Sumner, Chief Administrative Officer
Typical Process
- Application Submission
- Recruiter phone call
- Hiring manager video call
- Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
- Offer!
At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the role. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so again, don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
Compensation and Benefits
Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:
- National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
- Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
- Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.
Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.
When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:
- National: $200,000 - $250,000
- Premium: $216,000 - $270,000
- Premium Plus: $235,000 - $294,000
We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.
Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible time off – take what you need
- Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
- Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
- Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
- Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
- Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
- Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive
Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.
Marqeta’s Values– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.
– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.
– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.
– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.
Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy
Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.
Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice. Additional information for California residents can be found here.
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