Director of Talent and Performance Management

We’re looking for a strategic and people-centered leader to help us reimagine performance management and elevate our talent planning capabilities. If you’re passionate about building inclusive, agile, and high-impact talent strategies—and enjoy working in a collaborative, engineering-driven culture—this is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead Performance Management Redesign: Design and implement a modern performance management approach focused on growth, feedback, and accountability. 
• Own the Performance Cycle: Oversee goal setting, mid-year check-ins, and year-end reviews to ensure consistency and impact. 
• Advance Talent Planning: Partner with senior leaders and HRBPs to build strong pipelines, succession plans, and workforce strategies. 
• Support Leadership Development: Align performance and talent strategies with leadership programs and career pathways. 
• Use Data to Drive Decisions: Leverage analytics to uncover trends, measure impact, and guide talent investments. 
• Inspire and Lead: Cultivate a fun, inclusive, and motivating environment that energizes high-performing teams, learning is celebrated, and leadership is accessible.  Mentor a small, high-performing team and foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement. 

• Education: Master’s degree in Organizational Development, HR, Psychology, or related field preferred. 
• 7+ years of experience in Talent Management, Organizational Development, or HR Strategy in a global, matrixed environment.
• Prior experience with technology or semiconductor companies is preferred.
• Expertise in performance management redesign and talent planning. 
• Strong business acumen and ability to turn strategy into action. 
• Comfort with HR systems (e.g., SuccessFactors, Workday) and analytics tools. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. 
• A collaborative mindset and passion for building people-first solutions. 
• Candidate must reside in Austin, TX, or Morrisville, NC. 

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.