Director, Talent Management

Role Overview

Regal Rexnord is seeking a strategic leader to serve as

Director, Talent Management

to serve as enterprise leader and expert for our global talent management processes and outcomes. This leadership role will be based in the greater Chicago, IL or Milwaukee, WI area.

Reporting to the VP, Talent and Leadership Development, this role will be responsible for influencing strategic based talent outcomes that enable RRX to have a healthy pipeline of talent at all levels. Will be responsible for leading a team responsible for refining and deploying Regal Rexnord’s global talent management processes inclusive of succession planning, development of emerging talent and early career high potential talent pipelines and performance management. This role will also ensure that RRX’s value of Diversity, Engagement and Inclusion is integrated into all aspects of our talent management processes. With a strong emphasis on associate Engagement, this role will oversee the survey tool and create frameworks to enable closed loop feedback & continuous improvement. This leadership role will partner closely with the HR Leadership Team, HRBPs and Business leaders.

Core Responsibilities

- Talent Management Strategy: Lead the enterprise-wide talent management frameworks processes to create deeper adoption to enable profitable revenue growth and operational excellence. This includes succession planning and developing a heathy pipeline of talent at all levels identifying future enterprise RRX leaders. Special emphasis on emerging and early-career talent.

- Associate Engagement: Drive stronger engagement ownership at the associate and leader levels.

- Diversity, Engagement, and Inclusion: Ensure RRX’s value of Diversity, Engagement and Inclusion are woven into every aspect of our talent processes, from recruitment to onboarding, development, performance management, and succession planning.

- Succession Planning: Partner with HR VPs and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to drive strategic succession initiatives across the enterprise, assess senior talent, and coordinate executive coaching. Identify and address gaps requiring succession hiring.

- Senior & Emerging Talent Development: Develop and execute plans to identify and nurture emerging senior talent through experience tracking, planned rotations, stretch assignments, and targeted internal and external development opportunities.

- Early Career High Potential Talent: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition for campus recruitment, facilitate candidate interviews and rotation placements, and deliver high-touch onboarding with experiential learning and executive exposure.

- Performance Management: Oversee annual performance cycle, linking performance management to operational outcomes, and encourage continuous feedback and leadership development.

- Talent Visibility & Cadence: Drive higher frequency and quality of talent discussions across segments using structured processes, technology (including Workday), and best practices.

- Measurement & Reporting: Track key talent pipeline metrics (retention, development, movement, readiness), prepare Board updates, and support presenters with high-impact materials.

- Engagement & Continuous Listening: Modernize survey experience and reporting. Implement continuous listening strategies at key lifecycle moments.

- Tools & Training: Develop essential tools and training for HR partners to scale support in areas such as change leadership, organizational design, team effectiveness, and communications.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field (required).

- Minimum 10+ years of progressive HR experience, preferably in a global industrial manufacturing setting.

- Expertise in talent management, succession planning and engagement measurement best practices. Experience working in a business and in a corporate HR setting.

- Proven ability to champion associate engagement and RRX’s value of DEI across large, complex organizations.

- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; able to influence at all levels.

- Experience with Workday or similar HRIS systems is strongly preferred.

- Results-driven mindset with a track record of delivering enterprise talent solutions in fast-paced, metrics-driven environments.

- Expertise in creating materials that spark productive enterprise talent discussions.

- Adaptability to shifting priorities and rapid change.

Expected Base Salary Range: $117k - $183k + Incentives

The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for this position. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, the geographic market of that location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors. Benefits

- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage

- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)

- Paid Time Off and Holidays

- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions

- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

- Paid Leaves

- Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

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Notification to Agencies

: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.