What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. People Development Partner position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
We're looking for a Learning & Development Partner who thrives at the intersection of facilitation and execution. You'll work with leaders and teams to build capability, strengthen culture, and deliver learning experiences that drive measurable results across your site and assigned business units. This role blends facilitation, coordination, and design: from supporting New Hire Orientation to designing and delivering development programs. You'll help translate organizational needs into learning that improves performance today.
The role combines training facilitation, learning consultation, and systems-thinking. You'll be expected to build immersive experiences and tools that translate organizational needs into learning that improves performance today and builds capability for tomorrow.
What You'll Do
- Coordinate and facilitate the new-hire experience in person and virtually. Manage run-of-show, new-hire communication, and logistics, and support measurement and iteration so every new hire leaves Day 1 with clarity, connection, and confidence
- Lead in-person and online sessions on leadership, communication, motivation, and culture building. Facilitate to leaders and adapt content and delivery to a range of leader audiences while maintaining consistency across sessions
- Apply frameworks such as ADDIE and 4MAT to design and build engaging, outcome-based learning. Partner with stakeholders and senior partners to translate business needs into effective learning solutions
- Provide project coordination and delivery support across People Development initiatives, keeping work on track and helping demonstrate its value
- Use Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation (primarily Levels 1 and 2, building toward behavior change) to assess effectiveness and identify improvements
- Consult with leaders and HR partners for your site and assigned units to identify development needs and connect them to available resources
What You'll Bring
- 5 years of experience in Learning and Development, Organizational Development, or HR in dynamic, fast-paced, high-change environments
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree or certification (ICF, ATD, SHRM-CP, or equivalent) preferred
- Ability to work fully on-site and to travel up to 15% of the time
- Proven ability to design, measure, and deliver end-to-end training programs with full ownership over the ADDIE process
- Experience owning end-to-end execution, including orientation, logistics, communication, and evaluation
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and relationship-building skills
- Proficency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn internal tools
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
- Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.