Department Leader, Leadership Development

About-Us

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.

Job-Overview

We are seeking a Department Leader, Leadership Development to lead a team of experienced professionals to identify, develop, and deliver learning solutions for Home Office leaders. This role is ideal for a seasoned leadership development leader who wants to amplify their impact by improving the practice of leadership at the firm. Leveraging best practices and emerging trends, you will design leadership solutions to build the capabilities of our Leaders of Associates and Leaders of Leaders for today, tomorrow and the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilizes expert facilitation skills in conducting leadership programs for early to mid-level leaders in the Home Office
• Manages established external partnerships including universities, consulting firms, coaches, budgets and systems that support development processes
• Leads a team of two experienced Leadership Development professionals to identify, develop, and deliver learning solutions for Home Office leaders
• Applies adult learning principles, instructional design principles and experience working with multiple learning modalities to create effective and efficient learning solutions
• Markets and socializes learning solutions to drive awareness, enrollment, and sustained behavior change
• Establishes trusted partnerships with key business, Human Capital and Talent Management stakeholders to plan and deliver solutions that improve leadership performance
• Develops high-quality, innovative learning solutions using both traditional and emerging methods with a strong emphasis on sustainable behavior change

Skills-Requirements

• Master’s degree in Adult Education, Organization Development, Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Education or related field is a plus
• 7+ years of experience in leadership development, learning and development, or organization development is required. Experience leading others is a plus.
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Extensive project planning skills preferred
• Experience with new and emerging learning modalities, such as AI-enabled learning, micro-learning, avatars, and on-demand coaching
• Demonstrated ability to build constructive, collaborative business relationships across organizational functions and levels
• Demonstrated track record of aligning learning strategies and programs to organizational strategy and realizing measurable business impact

Awards-Accolades

• For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® ranking by Great Places to Work® and Fortune® magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list.
• Edward Jones has been named to the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Places to Work® and Fortune® magazine, ranking No. 45.
• 2022 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, published September 2022, research by Great Places to Work®, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
• Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The ranking designated Jones as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+Equality.
• 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2022, published Fortune July 2022, Great Places to Work® data as of March 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
• 2022 Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality, Great Place to Work® in partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation, published Equity Magazine January 2022, data as of July 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
• Edward Jones was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Places to Work® and Fortune® magazine. The privately held firm ranked No. 2 overall, in its fourth appearance on the list.
• 2022 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, published April 2022, research by Great Place to Work®, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

EEO

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: