We know that providing employees with career development opportunities is a key driver of engagement. The Organizational Development Director will serve as a thought partner to the Senior Director, Organizational Development in building a scalable, global learning function that leverages people insights, long-range business plans, talent strategy, learning trends, and innovation to meet the development needs of the business today and in the future.
In the future, this person may lead a small team of direct reports and indirectly leads cross-functional team members through projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Proactively engage in external research and knowledge sharing to stay current on learning and development trends and best practices.
Partner with leadership to understand business needs and ensure learning initiatives address identified needs.
Create recommendations on how to optimize and scale learning experiences to meet the development needs of a fast-growing, global organization.
Engage with key stakeholders to identify and support senior and executive leader development opportunities.
Build communications plans for organizational development initiatives leveraging our internal communication channels.
Deliver people/career/capability insights to the business; identify qualitative and quantitative inputs, establish frequency, audiences, and reporting needs.
Manage strategic external vendor relationships to support learners around the world.
Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
Regular and reliable attendance.
Ability and means to travel between locations (i.e., Madison locations, Redwood City, CA).
Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Behavior/Development/Psychology, or another field relating to learning and development; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 6 years of relevant experience in employee development, leadership development, training, or organizational development activities in lieu of Master’s degree.
Demonstrated career progression in terms of increasing responsibility, exposure, and scope.
Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders in needs assessments, identify themes and trends to build a global training program that increases internal capabilities to deliver business results.
Demonstrated ability to evolve training programs based on stakeholder feedback, long-range plans, and overall business strategy.
Demonstrated ability to deliver recommendations on how to optimize and scale learning experiences to meet the development needs of a fast-growing, global organization.
Demonstrated ability to connects the dots, deliver insights, and tell the story of how investing in development impacts business results.
Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
Leadership experience in a high growth, matrixed, and/or multinational organization.
Ability to build and deploy a learning strategy that aligns with our organizational philosophy of meeting people where they are in their skills, behaviors, and mindsets.
Strong project management and organization skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
Strong business acumen; including ability to make sense out of complexity, ability to think strategically, and take appropriate actions.
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We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Applicable portions of the Company’s affirmative action program are available to any applicant or employee for inspection upon request.
