Head Of Learning & Organization Development

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Head of Learning and Development will transform, drive and develop the company's learning and development strategy to support future growth and reinforce a strong, engaged diverse culture.

This critical role will utilize their extensive experience, strong intellectual curiosity, and a highly collaborative approach, to design and deliver impactful enterprise learning and development strategies for all levels of talent throughout the organization with a specific focus on professional and managerial development.

This role will spearhead the transformation of the current workforce and organizational culture through key talent programs including leadership development, performance management, talent assessment, career pathing, mentoring, and gap analysis.

This requires a broad and current knowledge of active learning techniques for adult learners; learning modalities, including emerging technology; organizational development methodologies, analytics, and human capital measurement.

Responsibilities

Strategy Development

• Craft a learning & development strategy for talent across the enterprise and at all levels; focus on the development of a high-performance culture of learning and innovation through a pragmatic program with measurable ROI.
• Evaluate and assess current strategy, programs, and structure to ascertain the strengths and opportunities of current state;
• Works as a strategic thought partner with the HR Leadership team and Executive team to develop and implement specific programs and initiatives aligned with the organization’s talent strategy and guiding principles.
• Develops and drives a strong performing, highly capable team focused on the future success of leaders in the organization.
• Design and deliver core strategic leadership development initiatives in the broader areas of talent, high performance teams and culture for frontline leaders to executive education.

Key Culture Influencer

• Support the CHRO and Executive team with assessing, defining, and transforming the organization’s ways of working that best represents the identified leadership attributes and that are effective, efficient, and sustainable.
• Leads the organization’s employee engagement, development, and retention initiatives to increase individual and organizational performance including both listening to & understanding employees, assessing organizational health through engagement surveys and other methods, and addressing key insights through related action plans.

Execution and Success Champion

• Provide leadership, consultation, and advice in areas of talent development, executive development, performance management and organizational effectiveness. Direct and lead the development of strategic integrated solutions that address causes affecting performance by providing assessments and data analysis that lead to effective learning and development opportunities.
• Executive collaboration, communication, and ability to partner with peers and stake holders, take feedback and pivot, able to work in fast paced environment.
• Utilizes technology to optimize processes, business process redesign, as well as execution of standard and customized data analysis and reporting.
• Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners to identify & deploy strategies within and across functional teams, while establishing frameworks and tools to apply consistently across the enterprise.
• Evolve talent review process including, key definitions and methodologies, tools, format, and cadence, to ensure clear and practical talent conversations, development, planning and action.
• Identify and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to actively track, measure and manage the effectiveness and performance, and overall impact of Leadership development programs.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Organizational development, leadership development, learning, or HR) and leading a learning/Organizational development team in a fast paced, high growth organization, delivering results.