# Talent Programs Lead

**Company:** [Replit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/replit)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $171k – $214k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Talent Management, Program Management, Hrbp, People Operations, Organizational Development, AI, Automation, Rippling, Workday, Lattice, Slack, Google Workspace, Notion, Zoom
**Posted:** 2026-06-04

> Replit is seeking a strategic Talent Programs Lead to build, run, and evolve core talent programs and operating rhythms. This senior individual contributor role drives company-wide initiatives like performance cycles, onboarding, and manager enablement, leveraging AI and automation to scale People infrastructure.

## Job Description

Replit is looking for a strategic, operator-minded Talent Programs leader to join the People team. This role will report to the Head of People Business Partners & Talent Programs and operate as a senior individual contributor responsible for building, running, and evolving the company’s core talent programs and operating rhythms.

This role blends program strategy, operational excellence, and hands-on building. You will drive company-wide talent programs including performance cycles, calibrations, onboarding, manager forums, and enablement initiatives while creating scalable content, frameworks, and processes that improve consistency and execution across the business.

## In this role you will…

*   Own and continuously improve the company’s core People operating rhythms and talent programs, including performance cycles, calibrations, manager enablement, onboarding, listening systems and recurring People operating cadences.
*   Drive end-to-end program management for performance and talent cycles, including timelines, milestones, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and operational follow-through.
*   Partner cross-functionally with PBPs, Finance, Recruiting, and business leaders to ensure talent programs are aligned, scalable, and operationally effective.
*   Lead calibration operations and coordination across the company, helping drive consistency, alignment, fairness, and high performance standards.
*   Own and evolve Manager Forum as a core company operating ritual, including roadmap development, agenda setting, recurring themes, leadership enablement, and feedback loops into broader People strategy.
*   Build scalable manager enablement materials and program content, including performance review guides, calibration prep materials, compensation conversation talk tracks, onboarding content, promotion and leveling documentation, and internal operating playbooks.
*   Create lightweight but high-impact frameworks, templates, and repeatable processes that improve consistency, execution, and manager effectiveness across the organization.
*   Own onboarding program operations and experience including cohort planning, scheduling, executive coordination, run-of-show management, and continuous program iteration.
*   Gather and analyze feedback from new hires, managers, and stakeholders to continuously improve onboarding and talent program effectiveness.
*   Leverage AI and automation to identify opportunities and improve scalability, speed, quality, and consistency across People workflows, manager support, and operational processes.
*   Build or experiment with internal People tools, automations, agents, and AI-assisted workflows using Replit and other technologies.
*   Identify organizational and operational friction points across the People team and drive improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and scalability.

## Required skills and experience:

*   8+ years of experience across Talent Management, Talent Programs, HRBP, People Operations, Organizational Development, or related People functions
*   Experience running complex, cross-functional talent programs at scale
*   Strong operator mindset with exceptional program management skills
*   Proven ability to build content, frameworks, and scalable processes
*   Strong written communication and executive-facing communication skills
*   Ability to influence without authority and work effectively across senior stakeholders
*   High ownership and bias toward action
*   Excitement around AI, automation, and rethinking how People teams operate
*   Comfort operating in fast-moving, high-growth environments with ambiguity
*   Strong systems thinking and continuous improvement mindset

## Nice to have:

*   Experience building workflows, automations, or lightweight internal tools
*   Familiarity with compensation cycles, calibration processes, and manager enablement
*   Experience using AI tools to improve operational efficiency or employee experience

## Tools + Tech Stack for this role:

*   HRIS / People Systems: Rippling, Workday
*   Performance & Feedback, Listening Systems: Lattice
*   Collaboration & Communication: Slack, Google Workspace, Notion, Zoom.

## Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

*   💰 Competitive Salary & Equity
*   💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
*   ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
*   🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability
*   🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
*   🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
*   🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only)
*   📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend
*   🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment
*   🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
*   🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings
*   ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

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