Manager, Leadership & Team Development

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Reporting to the Director, Talent & Leadership, you will lead the design, deployment and sustainment of innovative, leading-edge leadership and team development solutions for a global audience, delivering learning initiatives that drive career development and performance. This role is focused on building and delivering a core curriculum of leadership development programs for various audiences, including Senior Executives, aligned with our Leadership Capabilities framework.  These initiatives will encompass formal, experiential, in-person and digital learning channels to ensure learning is accessible and adopted by our workforce. You will work with HR Business Partners and business stakeholders to design and build solutions that are relevant and applicable to global employees, at all levels of the enterprise.

As the Manager, Leadership and Team Development, you will be responsible for:

Needs Assessment and Strategy

• Leading the strategy, design and delivery of innovative leadership and team development programs, including flagship, transitional (e.g., new people leaders/new executives), and targeted leadership development initiatives and other offerings to drive professional growth and accountability aligned with our enterprise Leadership Capabilities framework and business needs
• Developing learning paths that employ blended delivery methods and best-in-class methodologies to deliver a sustained learning experience that achieves long-term outcomes
• Consulting with business leaders and HR Business Partners to understand their needs and aligning leadership and team development solutions to meet them
• Building strong relationships with business leaders to identify appropriate opportunities for sponsorship, championship, engagement and alignment
• Maintaining up to date understanding of global best practices and market benchmarks through white papers, thought partnerships and other channels

Design and Development

• Working with various business and HR stakeholders to design and develop blended learning experiences and materials aligned with adult learning principles and innovative, best-in-class learning standards
• Leading the sourcing, evaluation, contracting and relationship management with external vendors, reviewing vendor material on a continual basis while having an ever-constant eye to market trends and innovation
• Developing detailed plans for design and deployment of programs, including budgets, communication plans, and delivery planning
• Overseeing a roster of internal and external facilitators to deliver initiatives, and facilitating initiatives as required including in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats

Implementation, Delivery and Review

• Leading the overall implementation, communication and change-management of complex, blended leadership and team development programs
• Advising on and drafting impactful communication and engagement materials for release through email, SharePoint, LMS, live presentations and other channels
• Identifying success measures, evaluating and reporting on program outcomes to ensure return on investment and achievement of desired program outcomes
• Developing materials and presentations for all partners and stakeholders, including ELT-level audiences
• Coaching and mentoring facilitators and internal partners, providing guidance on development best practices

Additional

• Establishing and maintaining project management standards and processes for implementation of learning initiatives
• Ensuring updated and accurate vendor, financial, and budget documentation
• Modelling our Leadership Capabilities and supporting the development of team members through feedback and coaching

To succeed in this role, you have:

• 5+ years experience leading leadership development programs, preferably within a complex, matrixed  global organization in financial services
• University degree in HR, IO Psychology, Organizational Development, Business, or related discipline   
• Coaching certification (ICF or equivalent) highly desirable
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
• Familiarity with Qualtrics and Workday highly desirable
• Proven success developing and delivering leadership and team development programs using blended learning methods for audiences at all levels, including senior executives
• Relationship management, stakeholder management, influencing, and consulting skills through identifying stakeholders, finding out their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these by arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment
• Advanced planning and organizing skills, ability to prioritize across and deliver against multiple projects and programs
• Strong data and analysis skills to identify trends and guide decision making; storytelling through data
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, virtually and in-person
• Exceptional communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal with a focus on plain language)
• Passion for OMERS values and ability to add to a positive culture and working environment
• Availability to travel as required (up to 25%)

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.