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Join Turnitin as a Senior Talent Development & Culture Partner, where you will strategically support culture and business performance through innovative talent programs. This remote role is ideal for a creative leader passionate about enhancing employee engagement and organizational success.

Responsibilities: You will provide strategic guidance to People Leaders, lead talent development initiatives, assist in performance management, and support employee engagement through culture storytelling and recognition efforts.

Skills: Required skills include strong HR expertise (HRBP or HR Generalist experience), program ownership in learning and development, and the ability to coach and build relationships across all levels.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 6-7 years in relevant HR roles, recognized subject matter expertise, and proficiency in tools like Culture Amp and Google Suite.

Location: The position is fully remote, with no specified travel requirements.

Compensation: $74625 - $124375 / Annually

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 session, or showing up on platforms like LinkedIn. You challenge the status quo with intention, bringing fresh ideas that may go against the grain but are always rooted in organizational values and purpose. You act with courage, move with clarity in ambiguity, and lead with a sense of momentum.

• 6–7 years in HR, Learning, Talent, or People Partnering roles with cross-functional program ownership.
• Must have HRBP or HR Generalist experience, supporting managers on the front lines with working knowledge of U.S. employment law and compliance requirements.
• Recognized SME in at least one area: learning enablement, performance management, culture/engagement, or internal storytelling.
• Strong business acumen and trusted relationship-builder across levels, functions, and geographies.
• Able to operate at both strategic and tactical levels–comfortable facilitating, coaching, and delivering independently.
• Big plus if you’re proficient in Culture Amp, Google Suite, Slack, Happeo, and project management or content tools (e.g., Asana, Canva, AI-assisted writing tools).

Success in this role looks like:

• Talent and learning programs are inclusive, coordinated, and evolving in line with business needs and culture goals.
• People managers feel supported through timely, practical HR advice and are equipped to lead with empathy, clarity, and accountability.
• Culture storytelling and employee voice are visible and impactful–driving engagement and reinforcing values.
• Engagement and performance data are actively used to shape team strategies and support action.
• You drive outcomes–not just activity. You track progress, own results, and challenge the status quo to keep culture work aligned with business performance.

Tii Elements:

• Cultural Awareness 
• Self-Awareness & Impact 
• Curiosity 
• Resourcefulness 
• Accountability

Additional Information

The expected annual base salary range for this position is: $74,625/year to $124,375/year. This position is bonus eligible / commission-based.

As a Remote-First company, actual compensation will be provided in writing at the time of offer, if extended, and is determined by work location and a range of other relevant factors, including but not limited to: experience, skills, degrees, licensures, certifications, and other job-related factors. Internal equity, market and organizational factors are also considered.

Total Rewards @ Turnitin

Turnitin maintains a Total Rewards package that is competitive within the local job market. People tend to think about their Total Rewards monetarily — solely as regular pay plus bonus or commission. This is what they earn in exchange for what they do. However, Turnitin delivers more than just these components. Beyond the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential to positively impact global education, and thriving in an organization that is free of politics and full of humble, inclusive and collaborative teammates, the extrinsic rewards at Turnitin include generous time off and health and wellness programs that offer choice and flexibility and provide a safety net for the challenges that life presents from time to time. 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 Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.

Our Values underpin everything we do.

• Customer Centric - We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning - We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
• Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
• Action & Ownership - We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
• One Team - We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
• Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage*
• Education Reimbursement*
• Competitive Paid Time Off 
• 4 Self-Care Days per year
• National Holidays*
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time*
• Charitable contribution match*
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement*
• Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave*
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution*

* varies by country

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad

At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!

Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.