Manager, Professional Development - Educational Services

About the role

The Manager of Professional Development creates, manages, and evaluates professional development activities designed to facilitate and strengthen leadership development, workforce development, and new employee orientation. This role partners with executive leaders and Human Resources to assess development needs, implement learning strategies, facilitate leadership and workforce development initiatives, and oversee programs promoting talent development, organizational readiness, and succession planning.

Responsibilities

• Partner on the development and execution of a comprehensive professional development strategy integrating learning, leadership development, succession planning and talent initiatives with hospital strategic priorities.
• Lead the design, implementation and evaluation of leadership development, training, new employee orientation, and workforce programs supporting operational excellence, engagement, and workforce effectiveness.
• Conduct needs assessments to identify development opportunities and guide targeted workforce and leadership development solutions, driving measurable outcomes.
• Operationalize the “Woman’s Leading with Impact” campaign and workforce development initiatives through onboarding, competency development, performance expectations, succession planning, and ongoing training.
• Drive and support succession and workforce planning processes in collaboration with Human Resources.
• Lead and sustain Woman’s Crucial Learning initiatives (e.g., Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability) or similar programs.
• Coordinate and facilitate training efforts, reinforcing practical application within leadership and team development strategies.
• Design and maintain high‑potential development programs to prepare team members for future leadership and promotion opportunities.
• Create and coordinate new leader orientation plans for newly hired or promoted leaders, supporting successful transition, engagement and leadership effectiveness.
• Design and facilitate customized team development sessions, leadership retreats, and workshops.
• Partner with Human Resources and hospital leadership to develop and implement individualized development plans, leadership assessments, and feedback processes, including 360‑degree assessments.
• Analyze development and assessment data to support growth and leader development outcomes.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, inclusion, accountability and leadership excellence by promoting talent development and aligning opportunities with organizational values and strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, professional development, business administration or a related field (required).
• Master’s degree in human resources, leadership development or business administration (preferred).
• Leadership coaching certification (desirable).
• Crucial Learning certification (preferred).
• Minimum of five years of related experience in training and development or program management, with progressive responsibility in leading teams (required).
• Demonstrated experience in change management, talent development, leadership development and succession planning (strongly preferred).
• Healthcare or corporate leadership development experience (preferred).

Schedule

Full‑Time, Monday – Friday.

Pay

Salary (exempt position): $76,731 – $113,942.

About the organization

Woman’s Hospital is one of the largest specialty hospitals in the country dedicated to the care of women and infants. Nationally recognized for exceptional patient care, innovative programs, and a supportive work environment, the hospital consistently exceeds state and national benchmarks for patient satisfaction. It operates Louisiana’s largest delivery service, performs thousands of procedures annually—including over 8,500 surgeries and 35,000 breast procedures—and was the first hospital in the Baton Rouge area to earn Magnet designation for nursing excellence. Woman’s has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare year after year.