Director, Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development

Discover Vanderbilt Health: With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated.

About the Role

The Vanderbilt Health Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development. This role is responsible for leading initiatives that enhance organizational performance, employee engagement, and strategic alignment. The Director partners with senior leaders to design and implement strategies that drive cultural transformation, leadership development, change management, and continuous improvement across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Leadership Development
  • Collaborate with HR and the Learning & Organizational Effectiveness team to design a leadership development strategy and related programs for frontline leaders and high-potential talent development.
  • Formalize a consistent talent review and succession planning approach leveraging Workday Talent modules for enterprise-wide consistency.
  • Coach leaders on team effectiveness, communication, and strategic thinking.
  • Create and deliver an assessment and executive coaching strategy for use across Vanderbilt Health.
• Culture & Engagement
  • Develop a meaningful employee listening strategy to generate insights across the talent lifecycle (onboarding, engagement, exit).
  • Create a future-focused strategy for the engagement survey cycle, incorporating best-practice external research.
  • Drive initiatives that foster a high-performance, inclusive, and value-driven culture.
  • Lead employee engagement strategies and action planning based on survey insights.
  • Deliver the enterprise engagement survey and action planning process.
• Performance
  • Lead the enterprise performance management cycle and process, enhancing systems and communications while incorporating best practices.
  • Align performance management with compensation for a comprehensive plan.
  • Establish KPIs to measure organizational effectiveness and track progress.
  • Use data and analytics to inform decisions, report outcomes to stakeholders, and improve processes based on feedback.

Preferred Experience

• Workday Talent: Experience planning strategy for the roll-out of Workday Talent Modules to support Leadership Development strategies.
• Qualtrics Platform: Experience with Qualtrics or engagement survey platform strategy, design, and deployment, including multi-entity or multi-country roll-outs.
• Team Leadership: Experience leading teams (initially 2-5 employees) and managing vendor relations, with the ability to informally influence key stakeholder groups.
• Change Leadership: Leverage change management background and structured approaches to inform strategies for enterprise Center of Excellence (COE) initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong leadership development experience.
• Expertise in creating and executing executive development and coaching frameworks.
• Experience building first-time front-line management programs.
• Experience designing and implementing organizational surveys.
• Firm understanding of the 9-Box talent management framework.
• Workday experience, particularly with Talent Management, Learning, and HCM modules.
• Experience with Qualtrics.
• Health industry experience.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues
  • Develops self and others by acting on constructive feedback and initiating talent development strategies.
  • Builds and maintains relationships to forecast needs and influence work delivery.
  • Communicates effectively by anticipating audience concerns and finding mutually beneficial solutions.
• Delivering Excellent Services
  • Serves others with compassion, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of broad-based issues.
  • Solves complex problems by critically evaluating information and identifying trends/risks.
  • Offers meaningful advice and support through ongoing feedback and development discussions.
• Ensuring High Quality
  • Performs excellent work by anticipating obstacles to quality standards and developing mitigation plans.
  • Ensures continuous improvement by learning from others and identifying key opportunities.
  • Fulfills safety and regulatory requirements by developing corrective actions for unsafe environments.
• Managing Resources Effectively
  • Demonstrates accountability by identifying obstacles to goals and developing solutions.
  • Stewards organizational resources by creating systems and processes to manage them effectively.
  • Makes data-driven decisions by applying in-depth knowledge of data to recommend new approaches.
• Fostering Innovation
  • Generates new ideas by identifying opportunities and leading development of value-creating initiatives.
  • Applies technology to drive efficiencies in innovative ways.
  • Adapts to change by anticipating its impact and assisting teams in embracing it.

Schedule

First Shift; Remote Role

Benefits

This role offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.