Director, Leadership development

Location: London, UK (Remote) or Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)

About the role:

Would you like to be a Director of Leadership Development? We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Leadership Development/Organization Development professional to join our team. You will have the opportunity to design and lead enterprise and/or division level interventions to accelerate our business strategy through leaders.

Join our Talent & Transformation team, where we strive to enhance the strength, depth, diversity, and impact of our senior leaders, deliver prioritized business improvement work which optimizes the "whole system" of the organization, and build a highly engaged, purpose-driven organization in which all our associates are inspired and enabled to do their best work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and address complex leadership challenges at the enterprise or division level through intervention design, collaboration, and end-to-end executed interventions to drive company strategy and accelerate business transformation.
• Drive outcomes in consultative topics for the business, focusing on leadership skill frameworks across various leadership subsets/populations. Identify key areas of intervention and collaborate with partners across talent management, leadership engagement, strategy, organizational development, DEI & Culture, and learning to enhance leadership skills.
• Collaborate with talent assessment/management and data insights colleagues to apply talent management assessments and emerging data trends as key drivers to enhance leadership skills and strengthen the talent/leadership pipeline.
• Lead the development and implementation of high-quality enterprise-wide leadership development approaches to reinforce application and understanding of leadership expectations.
• Work collaboratively with business leaders, HR, and other functional colleagues to address business and leadership development challenges in light of company strategy.
• Support the diagnosis of complex Leadership Development challenges and opportunities.
• Deliver outcome-focused Leadership Development design in co-creation with selected partners, encompassing impact on current state, practical interventions, and necessary change management planning.
• Contribute to the collective capability development of Leadership Development as an active member of the community in support of business needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• University degree in social science/psychology/organizational design, business degree, or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in Leadership Development, including complex intervention design at senior levels of organizations.
• Experience in leading large scale, complex leadership development/change management interventions.
• Experience diagnosing complex organizations and understanding organizational health.
• Strong experience with senior executive engagement and facilitation.
• Experience working in international and global project teams.
• Proven analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to implement to business outcomes.
• Proven expertise in leadership development and change management methodologies.
• Strong collaboration and networking skills.
• Life science industry expertise.
• Further Education in Educational Sciences, Change Management, or Coaching.
• Previous experience in management consulting or as HR/PO Business partner.

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