Adam S. Rosenberg
Silver Spring
Summary
Senior talent executive with 20+ years leading global talent strategy and development initiatives across Fortune 500 organizations. Deep expertise spanning performance management, career development, succession planning, and skills-based workforce transformation. Proven track record designing and implementing enterprise talent programs that strengthen leadership pipelines, enable internal mobility, and align workforce capability with business strategy. Trusted advisor to senior executives, translating talent analytics and workforce insights into scalable solutions that improve organizational effectiveness and high-performing team outcomes. Experience building modern talent platforms and AI-enabled skills ecosystems while leading high-performing teams and complex enterprise transformations. Certified in Prosci ADKAR change management, Hogan personality assessment, leadership development facilitation, and behavioral interviewing.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director, Talent Strategy & Workforce Development
JPMORGAN CHASE
Silver Spring
07.2022 - 11.2024
- Led talent and learning for Cybersecurity & Technology Controls (CTC) organization of 2,500+ employees globally.
- Managed team of 5 product owners.
- Built high-trust leader partnerships and collaborated with Corporate HR and Digital Strategy stakeholders to address capability gaps and build programs that amplified Core HR initiatives, supported by comprehensive change management.
- Partnered with senior CTC leaders and HR stakeholders to translate business priorities into a multi-year talent strategy, leveraging workforce analytics, leader interviews, and engagement data to identify critical talent needs and development opportunities.
- Built career architecture and skills framework enabling internal mobility, customized development, and workforce planning across critical technology roles.
- Launched AI-enabled skills intelligence platform using LLM technology to assess workforce capabilities, generate personalized development plans, and enable internal mobility, including 5 internal transfers within first 60 days.
- Partnered with DEI and recruiting leaders to embed inclusive, skill-based interviewing and onboarding practices and strengthen early career and apprenticeship pipelines.
- Modernized CTC Academy through role-based learning pathways, certification programs, and knowledge-sharing communities, strengthening skills-based development and accelerating capability building across distributed technical teams.
- Managed product roadmap and team’s talent portfolio using agile delivery methods (KPIs, OKRs, JIRA) and dashboards while representing team at 8+ quarterly business reviews with senior leadership.
Global Lead, Talent Assessment & Badging
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
Bethesda
04.2018 - 06.2022
- Established global Talent Assessment COE, defining strategy, governance, operating model, vendor approach, and enterprise delivery standards supporting hiring, development, and succession.
- Increased COE headcount to 4.
- Advised HR leadership on using assessments for executive hiring and professional development based on products’ business strategy alignment, validity evidence, user experience, and expected ROI.
- Innovated how firm selects talent by measuring aptitude for admission to re-skilling bootcamp and using technical skill assessments to hire Software Engineers.
- Established legal defensibility through validity and adverse impact studies based on data from 100s of participants.
- Secured buy-in from internal and external legal counsel.
- Managed team that designed and launched firmwide Digital Badging program to validate skills at 3 proficiency levels with assessments and publish credentials in employee profiles via Credly.
- 10,000+ employees badged within 2 years of launch.
- Led multiple vendor environmental scans, procurements, and contract negotiations.
- Managed vendor relationships.
Lead Associate, Human Capital & Learning
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
Bethesda
08.2015 - 04.2018
- Team and people leader for client-facing and internal consulting engagements.
- Led capture and delivery of $1M in new and follow-on work.
- Successful leadership of job architecture project for Booz Allen HR facilitated move to Corporate HR role.
- Led 8-member team of instructional designers and subject matter experts that built hands-on workshop covering cyber fundamentals and open-source research for a global bank.
- Attended by 25 Threat Intelligence Analysts.
- Oversaw build, validation, and sale to 3 clients of simulation-based cyber skills assessment and training platform.
- Helped close skill gaps for 75+ users via customized scoring dashboard and development guides.
- Managed cross-functional team that built job structure and competency framework covering technical, non-technical, and supervisory areas.
- Products supported new integrated talent management system for multiple agencies.
- Strengthened client’s employer brand by leading 7-member team that built recruiting strategy and employee value proposition (EVP) based on 30+ interviews, benchmarking 25+ competitors’ social media activity, and industry best practices.
- Briefed agency Director on recommendations, deliverables, and implementation strategy.
Managing Director & Founder
APOGEE TALENT CONSULTING
Silver Spring
11.2014 - 07.2015
- Provided talent management, learning, and business capture services to private sector and non-profit clients.
- Built competency-based leadership capabilities for new leadership development program.
Director, Talent Management & Organizational Development
AMTRAK
Washington
09.2012 - 10.2014
- Established and led enterprise Talent Management COE responsible for performance management, career development, succession planning, job architecture, and organizational effectiveness across a national workforce.
- Led enterprise implementation of integrated talent management system supporting goal setting, continuous feedback, performance reviews, and succession planning.
- Delivered training to 100s of employees.
- Strengthened leadership pipeline by assessing potential via structured talent reviews, establishing HiPo pools, and ensuring succession plans created for 100% of top 3 levels of leaders and 'ready now/soon' successors identified for 50% of leaders.
- Built agency’s first values-based competency model encompassing professional and leadership competencies and 300+ technical skills across 18 job functions.
- Led 15-member team that designed, validated, and implemented hiring assessments measuring Safety and Customer Service Orientation, integral parts of Amtrak’s new strategic plan.
Global Director, Talent Management
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
Bethesda
01.2010 - 08.2012
- Led global redesign of performance management system for 140,000 employees, introducing continuous feedback, goal alignment, and leadership calibration across Marriott’s global operations.
- Served as technical lead for system build and implementation.
- Partnered with business and HR executives to establish program requirements and define annual review process and tools.
- Enabled implementation with direct support for HR leaders and managers.
- Delivered training to 1,000s of employees.
- Developed performance management roadmap based on executive interviews, employee surveys, and external benchmarking to inform Global HR Strategic Plan.
Global Director, Talent Assessment
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
Bethesda
08.2008 - 12.2009
- Led assessment function for The Ritz-Carlton brand’s 25,000 employees.
- Introduced pre-hire testing, behavioral interviewing, and new engagement tools and processes.
- Created and delivered training for 100+ HR Directors and 1,000s of employees.
- Programs yielded $750,000+ annual savings for enterprise.
- Increased executive retention by 10% with design, validation, and launch of competency-based assessment center administered to 50+ General Managers annually.
- Briefed Ritz-Carlton President on new approach.
Associate, Human Capital, Organization & Strategy
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
Herndon
07.2003 - 07.2008
Education
PhD - Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Minor in Management
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
BA - Psychology (Magna Cum Laude)
TULANE UNIVERSITY
Skills
- Talent Strategy & Planning
- Performance Management
- Career Development
- Succession Planning
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Skills-Based Workforce Strategy
- Internal Mobility
- Learning & Development
- Leadership Development
- Project Management
- Executive Partnerships & Influence
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Data-Driven Insights
- Talent Governance
Certification
- Prosci ADKAR Change Management (Train-the-Trainer)
- DDI Leadership Development Facilitation; Targeted Selection Behavioral Interviewing (Train-the-Trainer)
- Hogan Personality Assessment, Level 1 (HPI, HDS, MVPI)
Key Skill Areas
- Talent Strategy & Planning
- Performance Management
- Career Development
- Succession Planning
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Skills-Based Workforce Strategy
- Internal Mobility
- Learning & Development
- Leadership Development
- Project Management
- Executive Partnerships & Influence
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Data-Driven Insights
- Talent Governance
Selected Enterprise Impact
- Led global performance management transformation covering 140,000 employees at Marriott.
- Implemented enterprise talent management and succession planning programs impacting 20,000 Amtrak employees.
- Built global Talent Assessment COE supporting 35,000 employees at Booz Allen Hamilton.
- Designed skills-based workforce architectures for JPMorgan and Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber organizations.
Timeline
Executive Director, Talent Strategy & Workforce Development
JPMORGAN CHASE
07.2022 - 11.2024
Global Lead, Talent Assessment & Badging
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
04.2018 - 06.2022
Lead Associate, Human Capital & Learning
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
08.2015 - 04.2018
Managing Director & Founder
APOGEE TALENT CONSULTING
11.2014 - 07.2015
Director, Talent Management & Organizational Development
AMTRAK
09.2012 - 10.2014
Global Director, Talent Management
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
01.2010 - 08.2012
Global Director, Talent Assessment
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
08.2008 - 12.2009
Associate, Human Capital, Organization & Strategy
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
07.2003 - 07.2008
PhD - Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Minor in Management
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
BA - Psychology (Magna Cum Laude)
TULANE UNIVERSITY