Managing Director, Head of Talent Management

Position Overview

The Opportunity

Apollo is a firm that plays to win — and we know that winning starts with extraordinary people doing the best work of their careers. The Head of Talent is the architect of that promise.

This is not a traditional HR leadership role. It is a senior, firmwide leadership position for someone who thinks like a principal, operates without walls, and believes that talent architecture is a competitive advantage. You will own the processes, philosophy, and culture that allow Apollo to attract, develop, and retain the people who will shape the next 35 years of this firm.

You will work at the enterprise level — partnering with senior leadership, Human Capital colleagues, and business leaders across regions and functions — to build a talent ecosystem that is cohesive, commercially grounded, and built to last. The bar is high. The opportunity is exceptional.

What You'll Own

Enterprise Talent Strategy

• Own and evolve Apollo's firmwide talent management strategy — performance management, succession planning, talent assessment, and promotion processes
• Ensure these systems operate as an integrated ecosystem, with clear connectivity across the full employee lifecycle
• Serve as a senior thought partner to leadership on talent and culture — not an advisor from the outside, but a partner sitting beside the business

Leadership & Capability Development

• Design and advance how Apollo develops its leaders and managers at every level
• Build a scalable, best-in-class approach to executive coaching and leadership development — not because it's expected of a firm our size, but because we believe the best long-term performers never stop learning
• Act as a coach yourself to senior leaders and key talent
• Oversee firmwide learning priorities, holding yourself and your team to Apollo's standard: relevance, rigor, and real impact

Succession & Talent Mapping

• Lead firmwide succession planning and talent mapping, improving visibility into leadership pipelines and readiness across the organization
• Elevate the quality and forward-looking nature of talent discussions with senior leadership
• Partner with business and HC leaders to ensure succession and development plans are actionable and actively managed — at Apollo, succession isn't a compliance exercise, it's how we protect our edge

Organizational Effectiveness & AI

• Play a central role in driving organizational effectiveness tied to Apollo's continued growth and evolution
• Lead efforts to build AI fluency and capability from a people perspective — supporting both skill development and behavioral adoption
• Support leaders through change by strengthening change management, communication, and capability enablement
• We see AI transformation as a leapfrog opportunity; this role helps our people get there first
• Help the business and HCBPs with designing organizations that provide competitive advantage in an AI-first world

Governance & Enterprise Collaboration

• Partner closely with HCBPs and Centers of Excellence — compensation, analytics, learning, HC Operations and Technology — to ensure alignment and disciplined execution across the talent ecosystem
• Influence outcomes across COEs through insight, influence and credibility, not mandate
• Contribute to senior leadership forums where talent, readiness, and organizational health are on the agenda

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-caliber global talent team; set clear expectations and high standards
• Model Apollo's culture in how you work — flat and informal, no walls, right over easy
• Drive continuous improvement through data, honest feedback, and a willingness to learn from what hasn't worked
• Role model the tenants and philosophy that underpin What Makes Apollo Apollo

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of progressive experience in talent management, leadership development, or human capital leadership; financial services or similarly complex, high-performance environments strongly preferred

• Demonstrated success designing and leading enterprise-level talent systems that drive performance and scale

• Strong consulting mindset combined with in-house execution experience; able to influence through insight and credibility rather than authority

• Proven ability to operate with senior leadership in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and integrity

• Executive-level presence with excel