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# Senior Manager, Talent Management and Performance at Turn/River

- **Company:** Turn/River
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/turn-river/d29a8887-305e-4547-b888-87e754631338

## Job description

## About Turn/River

Turn/River Capital is a private equity firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy to investing, partnering with software businesses to accelerate growth and build enduring value. The firm’s team of equal parts investors and operators provides hands-on operational support and the flexible capital to systematically scale marketing, sales and customer success at its portfolio companies. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Turn/River has $5.6bn in committed capital and invests globally with a focus on North America and Europe.

## About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Talent Development & Performance to help build the systems that enable people to ramp quickly, perform at a high level, and continue growing throughout their careers at Turn/River. Sitting on our People Team and reporting to the Head of People, this person will own several of the firm’s most important talent programs, including immersive onboarding and learning, performance management, career development, and manager enablement. This is a hands-on builder role for someone who has seen what excellent talent practices look like in a high-performance organization and is excited to create the right version for a growing firm - not simply inherit established programs. You’ll work closely with leaders and subject matter experts across the firm to capture what great looks like here and translate that into practical, engaging development experiences. You’ll also help evolve how we approach performance and growth so that expectations, feedback, development, and career progression are meaningfully connected.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own the strategy, design, and execution of firm-wide onboarding and talent development programs for new and tenured employees.
- Partner with leaders and subject matter experts to capture institutional knowledge and translate it into practical learning experiences, including live training, cohort-based programs, case studies, playbooks, and self-guided resources.
- Own and evolve the firm’s performance management process, including annual reviews, mid-year check-ins, manager enablement, calibration, and supporting systems.
- Partner on career development and leveling, helping translate career frameworks into clear expectations, development priorities, and meaningful growth conversations.
- Develop tools and programs that strengthen manager effectiveness, including feedback, coaching, and employee development.
- Identify firm-wide and team-specific development needs and create targeted workshops, trainings, lunch & learns, or other bespoke learning experiences.
- Support talent reviews, development planning, and succession thinking for critical roles and high-impact talent.
- Measure the effectiveness of talent programs and continuously improve them based on employee and manager feedback.
- Contribute selectively to broader People initiatives related to talent strategy and organizational effectiveness.

## Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience across Talent Development, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, People Development, or a related discipline.
- Experience owning multiple aspects of the talent lifecycle, ideally including learning and development, performance management, career development, and/or manager development.
- Proven experience designing and implementing high-quality onboarding and development programs from strategy through execution.
- Ability to translate complex or highly specialized knowledge into clear, engaging, and practical learning experiences.
- Experience supporting or owning performance management processes and connecting performance, feedback, and development.
- Strong facilitation, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Strong judgment and credibility working with senior leaders and highly accomplished professionals.
- Highly organized, hands-on, and comfortable building from the ground up in a lean People organization.
- Experience in or meaningful exposure to private equity, investment management, banking, or related financial services - including through consulting or professional services - strongly preferred.

Location

- San Francisco, hybrid work model. Onsite commitment is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

## Compensation

- The annual base salary for this role is $227,500 - $237,500, taking into account numerous variable factors considered in compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and organizational requirements.

## Benefits and Perks

The below benefits are offered to full-time employees based out of our San Francisco office:

- An opportunity to make an impact across multiple high-growth tech firms
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% for employee & dependents
- Flexible vacation policy
- 401K matching
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Health and Wellness benefits
- Household Services benefits
- Home Office benefits
- Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement
- Donation matching
- Work from home Monday & Friday
- Energetic work environment with snacks and weekly team lunches 3x per week, centrally located near multiple public transit lines
- A company that enjoys having fun: holiday parties, annual company offsite and retreat, annual summer "work from anywhere" month

Turn/River provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, natural hair styles, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under any applicable state, or federal leave act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal law.

## About Turn/River

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Turn/River is a software investment firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy, partnering with B2B software businesses to accelerate organic revenue, scale operations, and build enduring value in the AI era.
- **Entity Type**: Private (private equity / venture capital firm)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Venture Capital & Private Equity, Software Growth Investing, AI Platform Transformation
- **Target customers**: B2B – portfolio companies (mid-market and large software businesses seeking operational scaling); the firm does not sell a product directly to end users.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We aim to accelerate organic growth for each company we invest in and transform them from beloved products to AI platform leaders with the revenue and capital efficiency to match.” [turnriver.com](https://turnriver.com/)

## Products & Services
As an investment and operational platform, Turn/River’s offerings are not traditional products but structured capabilities:
- **“Growth Engineering” System**: A repeatable set of small changes across marketing, sales, and customer success, designed to drive transformative, metrics‑backed growth for portfolio companies.
- **Hands‑On Operational Support**: A dedicated team of software operators (marketers, sellers, developers) who work side‑by‑side with portfolio leadership to build best practices in AI, product, finance, and GTM.
- **Flexible Growth Capital**: Equity investments from acquisition‑stage to large‑cap (e.g., $4.4B take‑private of SolarWinds), with a focus on North America and Europe.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private investment firm; manages funds, not publicly traded)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue (firm’s own) estimated at **$38.3 million**; headcount **85** (+26.8% YoY) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
- **Notable Investments & Acquisitions**: SolarWinds (acquired Feb 2025, $4.4B), Tufin (acquired Apr 2022, $570M), Huddle (acquired Aug 2017, $89M), Recruiterbox (Mar 2018), STARLIMS.
- **Growth Signals**: Named one of GrowthCap’s “Top Growth Investors of 2025” and “Top Women Leaders” (Maggie Miller); active job postings up 50% quarter‑over‑quarter; 12 open roles at time of research.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator‑Investor Model**: Team composed of both investors and former software operators who have built billion‑dollar businesses – not just capital providers.
- **Proprietary Growth System**: A data‑driven, repeatable playbook for increasing organic revenue and capital efficiency, proven across multiple portfolio exits.
- **AI‑First Focus**: Explicit strategy to help portfolio companies evolve into AI platform leaders, leveraging in‑house expertise in AI agent engineering, data science, and digital marketing.
- **Scale & Speed**: Ability to underwrite and close large‑cap deals (e.g., $4.4B SolarWinds) while providing the same hands‑on support to earlier‑stage software companies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepening AI capabilities across the portfolio; expanding headcount in engineering, data science, and GTM roles; continuing to acquire and scale software businesses in observability, security, and IT management.
- **Future direction**: Building a growing network of “AI‑native” portfolio companies; extending operational playbooks into generative AI and agent‑based products.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity, Drive, Collaboration, and Social Good. Emphasis on data‑driven decisions, transparency, and learning from missteps. [turnriver.com/careers/](https://turnriver.com/careers/)
- **Employee Reviews**: 4.4/5 on LinkedIn (17 reviews) – Culture 4.2, Compensation 4.6, Career 4.6, Work‑Life 4.2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
- **Work Environment**: Headquartered in San Francisco (555 Mission St) with a hybrid‑friendly culture (offices in SF; some remote roles visible on careers page). Offers equity and competitive salaries.
- **Engineering & AI Focus**: Roles like VP, Agent Engineering; Manager, AI Agent Operator; Senior Manager, Data Science – signals strong internal AI/tech culture.
- **Perks & Culture Highlights**: “Social good” volunteering partnerships (e.g., San Francisco Education Fund); regular team events; commitment to diversity of background and perspective.

## Sources
1. [turnriver.com](https://turnriver.com/)
2. [turnriver.com/careers/](https://turnriver.com/careers/)
3. [turnriver.com/careers/openings/](https://turnriver.com/careers/openings/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
5. [turnriver.com/meet-our-team/](https://turnriver.com/meet-our-team/)

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