Ting Zhang is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Managing Human Capital course in the Elective Curriculum and previously taught the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum.

Her research focuses on the challenges of developing talent and examines how organizations can foster more effective coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship. Her research has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Research in Organizational Behavior and covered in media outlets including The Atlantic, New York Times, and The Washington Post.​

Prior to joining HBS, she was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Management Division at Columbia Business School, where she taught Managerial Negotiations. She received her A.B. in Economics and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University.