Senior Director, Organizational Development & Learning

About the role

UCLA Health is seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Director, Organizational Development & Learning to lead the organization’s enterprise learning, leadership development, talent growth, and organizational effectiveness strategies.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing a comprehensive enterprise-wide organizational development and learning strategy aligned with UCLA Health’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Leading leadership development programs that prepare current and future leaders to successfully navigate growth, transformation, and organizational complexity.
• Designing and implementing change management, talent development, succession planning, coaching, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Prioritizing employee engagement, leadership capability, workforce effectiveness, and career development.
• Expanding access to learning and professional development opportunities across UCLA Health’s diverse and geographically distributed workforce.
• Establishing measurement frameworks and analytics that assess learning effectiveness, leadership impact, employee experience, retention, and organizational outcomes.
• Leveraging best practices and emerging trends in organizational development, workforce development, leadership education, and adult learning to drive innovation and organizational performance.
• Building and developing a high-performing Organizational Development & Learning team while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Representing UCLA Health nationally as a thought leader in learning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Eight or more years of progressive organizational development and learning experience.
• Five or more years of progressive leadership experience with demonstrated success leading teams and enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Experience developing and implementing leadership development, learning, talent management, and organizational effectiveness programs within complex organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, Leadership, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, Leadership, or a related field.
• Experience within a large academic health system, healthcare organization, or similarly complex matrixed environment.
• Professional certifications in organizational development, executive coaching, leadership development, talent management, or change management.

Benefits

The environment is nurturing and fosters growth. When I come to work, I know what I'm doing matters.

I've been blessed to touch so many lives through my serving. It's a privilege to uplift other employees with words of encouragement and a smile.

The first thing i noticed when i joined the team was how everyone is very welcoming and friendly with supportive management. I did not feel like an outsider.

Once I joined, I knew UCLA Health was THE place to be due to the growth potential and training offered

If you want to grow professionally, this is the right place for you.

We are family here. We support each other. We collect together.

It’s so diverse and inclusive here. There’s always the opportunity to share your thoughts. It's a place where you feel you belong.

Your career path at UCLA Health will enable you to follow a myriad of avenues and turns. It opens up a wide variety of opportunities.

There’s a togetherness and higher level of commitment to teamwork at UCLA Health. We are several groups and teams that work together with a common goal which is to improve our patients experience.

UCLA Health is a supportive, collaborative, and purposeful environment where leadership is invested in your growth and creating real opportunities. And knowing that what we do matters gives a real sense of purpose.