Sr Analyst-Talent Assessment

Do your Best Work in Mooresville
This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up - we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.
Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to support talent initiatives that drive Lowe's business objectives, as part of the global talent management function. This role collaborates with all talent management functions, including career management, performance development, organizational effectiveness, talent assessment, talent and succession planning, and leadership development. This position supports the design and implementation of assessment solutions in the areas of employee selection, placement, performance management, talent assessment and succession planning, and individual and team development. This includes leading small assessment projects independently and playing a significant support role on large, cross-functional initiatives that have major financial and operational impact at the enterprise. This role participates in all phases of projects from early project contracting to final measurement and evaluation and manages vendor interactions. This role also creates and maintains assessment templates and content libraries, and develops important materials that support the implementation, communication, and training of assessment tools and processes.
What You Will Do

• Consults with clients, typically interacting with HR and business leaders at the Director and below, to identify needs and design assessment solutions that help support business unit talent goals while minimizing organizational risk
• Manages small to moderate scale projects and partners with a senior team members on larger, more complex consulting engagements
• Coordinates with vendors, providing necessary project information and data and checking work
• Provides team members with feedback to promote tool/process improvement as well as overall learning and growth
• Designs and implements valid, defensible, and sustainable assessment tools and processes (for purposes of selection, placement, development, performance management, and succession) that align with Lowe's talent management strategy and support specific client needs
• Builds (or supports the development of) tools (e.g., structured interviews, performance evaluations, personality and cognitive tests, knowledge and aptitude tests, work samples, assessment center exercises, etc.) that target roles across all lines of business and range from senior executive to high volume hourly
• Conducts small and medium-scale job analysis studies to support the development of job descriptions, competency profiles and/or assessment tools/processes (e.g., interview guides, work samples)
• Drafts supporting materials (e.g., process documentation, FAQs, user guides, communications) to help ensure successful implementation and proper use of assessment tools and processes
• Maintains and updates templates, tools, and content databases, ensuring consistent branding, messaging and alignment to company initiatives
• Conducts data analysis (e.g., descriptives, frequencies, correlations, means comparisons) and organizes data for easy interpretation and presentation to others
• Recommends ways to improve foundational tools and processes along with the team's overall consulting approach

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree Psychology, HR Management, Organization Development, Organization Behavior, or a related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 2-4 years Talent Management, Organizational Development, Selection & Assessment, Performance Management, and/or related field (internal or consulting)
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following applied disciplines: Selection & Assessment, Performance Management, and/or Succession Planning

Preferred Skills/Education

• Master's degree Psychology, HR Management, Organization Development, Organization Behavior, or a related field
• 1 Year Talent Management, Organizational Development, Selection & Assessment, Performance Management, and/or related field (internal or consulting)
• 1 Year Working in a corporate retail organization
• Demonstrated experience with Assessment tool/process design and implementation
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects (program and project management), including the development of wide-scale communication plans

About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week, with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,700 home improvement stores, 530 branches and 130 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com .
About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com .
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.