Senior Talent Development & Culture (TD&C) Partner (USA Remote)

Company Description

When you join Turnitin, you'll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.

Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.

Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

Turnitin, LLC is an equal opportunity employer- vets/disabled.

Job Description

As a Senior Talent Development & Culture (TD&C) Partner, you serve as a senior subject matter expert and consultative partner supporting both culture and business performance. Blending People Business Partner (PBP)-level strategic partnership with COE specialist depth in engagement, learning, and cultural storytelling, you will collaborate directly with People Leaders, COEs, and employee-led culture groups to activate talent programs that drive growth, inclusion, and connection. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in white space, brings creative energy to culture-building, and has a confident external presence that reflects Turnitin’s voice and values.

You will own high-impact projects–such as performance enablement, learning delivery, talent reviews, engagement action planning, and culture communications–while also being called upon to support people managers with day-to-day employment matters and compliance awareness during PBP leaves of absence in a surge capacity. This role bridges strategic program design with frontline partnership, translating Turnitin’s EVP and values into everyday employee experiences.

Responsibilities:

People Partnership & Strategic Enablement

• Act as a strategic thought partner to people leaders and People Business Partners, advising on talent development, performance practices, and team culture.
• Provide HR Generalist-level guidance on basic employment law, compliance, and policy application, particularly for U.S.-based teams.
• Coach managers on people challenges, development planning, and feedback aligned with Turnitin’s Leadership Characteristics - Drive, Resilience, Performance and Cultural Stewardship.

Program Leadership: Learning, Talent & Development

• Lead initiatives that directly drive individual, team, and organizational performance–ensuring people managers have the tools, frameworks, and confidence to lead with clarity and accountability.
• Design and deliver performance management practices that are fair, consistent, and action-oriented–from expectation setting to feedback, development planning, and tough conversations.
• Partner with People Business Partners to run inclusive talent reviews and succession planning processes that identify, calibrate, and accelerate readiness for critical roles.
• Build and scale learning experiences that enable both business impact and personal growth–equipping employees and leaders with the mindsets and skills to thrive in a high-performance, values-driven environment.

Culture Storytelling & Engagement

• Co-create and deliver culture storytelling and recognition aligned with EVP, in partnership with Culture Leaders and Communications.
• Contribute to content for internal and external platforms such as Great Place to Work, Glassdoor, Newsweek, and Fortune submissions.
• Lead engagement action planning via Culture Amp in collaboration with People Business Partners (PBPs) ensuring accountability and follow-through across teams.
• Partner with employee-led culture groups (ERGs, ACTivate, GP2W, etc.) to amplify their work, while also navigating moments of tension or complexity with confidence, empathy, and clarity.
• Confidently engage in digital culture spaces (e.g., Slack), identifying when support, alignment, or redirection is needed–responding with purpose and discretion.

Data Driven Insights 

• Leverage engagement and performance data to inform strategies, track progress, and identify needs.
• Support dashboards and reporting in partnership with People Analytics.

Qualifications

Who you are:

Bold, creative, and confident in your voice–whether coaching a leader, facilitating a sessio