Director – Leadership Effectiveness

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on intricate challenges related to leadership, team dynamics, and organizational effectiveness.

• Oversee a range of leadership-effectiveness initiatives, establishing objectives, scope, implementation strategies, resource requirements, and success metrics.

• Manage and nurture Academy personnel through goal-setting, performance evaluations, coaching, and continuous feedback.

• Identify challenges in individual capabilities, team interactions, organizational conditions, and systemic influences.

• Conduct stakeholder research, including interviews, observations, as well as qualitative and quantitative analyses.

• Design, prototype, test, refine, implement, and assess leadership-effectiveness interventions.

• Convert leadership expectations, Culture Principles, and leadership competencies into actionable behaviors, tools, experiences, and workflows.

• Guide senior leadership teams through intricate discussions, problem-solving, reflection, and decision-making processes.

• Provide counsel to leaders managing organizational changes.

• Lead cross-functional and matrixed teams while securing executive support.

• Collaborate with HR Leadership Development and Culture Strategy on coordinated interventions.

• Supervise external coaches, facilitators, consultants, and other professionals.

• Work with Academy Operations on budgeting, resource distribution, contracting, and delivery planning.

• Advise the SVP on emerging leadership requirements, systemic obstacles, intervention priorities, and institutional effects.

• Share insights, recommendations, progress updates, and outcomes with senior leaders and institutional partners.

• Stay actively engaged in consulting, design, facilitation, and execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, behavioral science, business, design, or a related discipline is required.

• 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in organizational effectiveness, organizational development, leadership consulting, strategic design, or similar roles within a consulting firm or a complex organization.

• Proven experience in managing and developing direct reports while leading intricate projects through direct, matrixed, and cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated success in advising senior executives on complex organizational issues and translating insights into practical, actionable solutions.

• Experience in leading initiatives focused on leadership, team effectiveness, or organizational change from diagnosis through implementation and evaluation.

• Strong comprehension of how organizational functions, leadership practices, and institutional conditions interact to affect performance.

• Proven ability to conduct and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, validate assumptions, and formulate evidence-based recommendations.

• Advanced facilitation and consulting skills, including experience in guiding senior teams through sensitive matters, conflicting perspectives, and significant decisions.

• Experience in applying human-centered design, systems thinking, behavioral science, and organizational change methodologies.

• Strong project leadership capabilities, including experience in coordinating resources and aligning cross-functional and matrixed teams.

• Capacity to define meaningful outcomes and assess changes in leadership practices, team effectiveness, and organizational performance.

• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, with the capability to engage credibly with senior leaders.

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, prioritize competing demands, and remain actively involved in execution.

• Experience in maneuvering through complex organizational environments.

• Experience in directing external consultants, coaches, or facilitators.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Flexible working arrangements.