Director, Talent & Growth

Job ID 10153881 Location Burbank, California, United States / Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States / New York, New York, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Jun. 17, 2026

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Job Summary:

The Director, Talent & Growth within the Enterprise Talent & Growth Learning and Talent Solutions Center of Excellence (COE), leads the strategy, design, governance, integration, and operational execution of enterprise coaching and assessment experiences across BetterUp and traditional coaching offerings. Serve as a cross-functional connector across Talent & Growth, segment partners, People Insights, communications, legal, privacy, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure coaching solutions are aligned to leadership priorities, business needs, participant experience, and measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities

Shape and evolve the enterprise coaching strategy across BetterUp and traditional coaching, ensuring clear use cases, differentiated offerings, and alignment to leadership development priorities.
Define and refine coaching program models, participant experiences, and operating frameworks for executive, senior leader, and scaled leadership coaching experiences.
Lead cross-functional strategy development for traditional executive coaching, including fit-for-purpose decision-making, governance protocols, onboarding processes, confidentiality standards, roles and responsibilities, and vendor management.
Guide the integration of assessments into coaching, executive onboarding, and leadership development experiences, including alignment across data governance, privacy, legal, and stakeholder expectations.
Partner with external providers, including BetterUp, to improve coach quality, participant experience, product design, and the fit of coaching solutions to enterprise and segment needs.
Translate business needs, segment insights, participant feedback, and engagement data into recommendations that strengthen offerings, improve adoption, and inform future strategy.
Develop and operationalize reporting frameworks in partnership with PI, success metrics, and governance cadences that provide visibility into participation, engagement, license utilization, and program impact.
Support enterprise and segment launch readiness through communications planning, activation strategies, marketing inputs, re-engagement strategies, onboarding materials, and leader-facing resources.
Contribute annual and multi-year planning for coaching investments, offering evolution, and integration with broader talent and leadership initiatives.
Create tools, templates, process maps, and documentation that improve consistency, scalability, and operational execution across coaching and assessment work.
Provide team leadership by driving alignment, clarifying ownership, building cohesion, and enabling progress across a growing and evolving body of work.

Scope and Impact

This role operates across enterprise and segment stakeholders to strengthen the overall coaching ecosystem, from high-touch executive coaching to scaled digital and hybrid coaching experiences. The role influences strategy, program design, governance, communications, reporting, and integration with adjacent talent processes, helping ensure coaching and assessments are not stand-alone offerings but connected levers within leadership development, executive onboarding, succession, and organizational effectiveness.

Key Partnerships

Talent & Growth COE and Executive Development
Segment Talent and HR partners
BetterUp and other external coaching vendors
People Insights and reporting partners
Communications, creative, and activation partners
Legal, privacy, and data governance stakeholders
Business office, operations, and vendor management partners
Senior leaders, executive stakeholders, and participant support partners

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading complex, cross-functional talent or leadership development initiatives; strong strategic thinking and program design capability; ability to translate ambiguous business needs into scalable solutions; strong stakeholder management, communication, and operational planning skills; comfort working across enterprise, segment, and external partner environments; and the ability to use qualitative and quantitative insights to shape recommendations and drive adoption; experience with executive coaching, leadership assessments, or talent development ecosystems is a plus

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $203,600 to $248,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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