Director of Talent

AFC Transport is a growing transportation and logistics company with operations across the U.S. and an international support team. We're entering a major growth phase and need a strong people leader to help build the structure, leadership bench, training systems, culture, and talent foundation required to scale. This isn't a slow corporate environment. We're building something ambitious, with a strong foundation, expanding fleet, growing logistics operations, and a clear vision for what's next. The Role The Director of Talent will work directly with the CEO and executive team as a strategic advisor on people, leadership, organizational structure, culture, training, hiring, retention, and performance. We're looking for a builder. Someone who knows that people, leadership, culture, and training aren't the "soft" parts of the business — they're major drivers of performance, retention, growth, and company value. What You'll Do Serve as a strategic people advisor to the CEO and executive team Design and execute the people strategy required to support AFC's next stage of growth Partner with leaders to improve organizational structure, role clarity, accountability, communication, and leadership effectiveness Build and lead people development programs: leadership training, manager training, career paths, succession planning, and employee growth plans Create training programs for managers, operations teams, sales, logistics, support staff, and future leaders Define and reinforce AFC's culture, values, leadership principles, and expected behaviors Lead culture-building initiatives that strengthen ownership, urgency, accountability, teamwork, service, loyalty, and continuous improvement Build systems for performance management, feedback, coaching, recognition, engagement, and retention Help leaders identify talent gaps, performance issues, development needs, and future leadership potential Redesign onboarding so new employees understand AFC's culture, expectations, systems, and how to succeed Lead recruiting strategy for key leadership, corporate, operations, sales, logistics, driver support, and specialized roles Build a consistent hiring process using scorecards, structured interviews, assessments, and clear decision-making standards Own AFC's employer brand and recruitment marketing strategy Develop campaigns, content, employee stories, social media strategy, and candidate messaging that show why AFC is a great place to build a career Track talent, culture, training, and people KPIs (retention, turnover, engagement, quality of hire, leadership bench strength, training completion, internal promotions, performance trends, employee satisfaction) Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree required 10+ years of experience in talent leadership, people operations, HR leadership, organizational development, learning & development, culture building, or a related people function Proven experience building people systems in a growing company Strong background in employee development, manager training, leadership coaching, performance management, succession planning, and retention Experience advising CEOs, founders, executives, or senior leadership on people strategy and organizational development Experience building or improving company culture in a fast-moving business environment Experience creating training programs, leadership development programs, onboarding systems, and career path frameworks Strong understanding of recruiting, hiring process design, employer branding, and talent acquisition strategy Ability to use data, systems, assessments, surveys, AI tools, ATS platforms, and analytics to improve people decisions Excellent communication, writing, judgment, organization, emotional intelligence, and follow-through Preferred Experience Transportation, logistics, supply chain, industrial services, private equity-backed companies, or high-growth founder-led businesses Driver recruiting, operations recruiting, sales recruiting, or high-volume hiring Building an employer brand and recruitment marketing strategy from the ground up Developing leaders in operational, sales, logistics, or multi-location environments Helping a company scale by improving structure, accountability, training, culture, and leadership depth Who You Are You're strategic but hands-on. Comfortable advising the CEO one moment and building a training process or coaching a manager the next. You're direct, organized, people-smart, practical, and strong enough to challenge leaders when needed. You know how to build trust, communicate clearly, and help people grow without lowering standards. What Success Looks Like Stronger leaders at every level Managers who are better trained, more consistent, and more accountable Employees who understand the company's values, expectations, and standards New hires who onboard faster and become productive sooner High performers who see a future at AFC and want to grow here Internal promotions increasing across the organization Culture that operates as a real competitive advantage A CEO and executive team with a trusted people advisor guiding growth decisions AFC becomes known as a place where high-performing people build serious careers Location: Tampa, FL (in-office) Type: Full-time Compensation: Competitive base salary plus performance-based opportunity #J-18808-Ljbffr