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Director, Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
New York City, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2026

About the role

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. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization:

VUMC Learning & Development

Job Summary:

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

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Shift: First Shift; Remote

Role Accountabilities:

  • Leadership Development
    • Collaborate with HR and across Learning & Organizational Effectiveness team to design a leadership development strategy and related programs related to frontline leaders, and high potential talent development.
    • Formalize a consistent talent review and succession planning approach that leverages and deploys Workday Talent modules for consistency and enterprise view of talent.
    • Coach leaders on team effectiveness, communication, and strategic thinking.
    • Create and deliver assessment and executive coaching strategy approach to be used across Vanderbilt Health.

  • Culture & Engagement
    • Create a meaningful employee listening strategy that results in meaningful insights across the talent lifecycle (onboarding, engagement, exit).
    • Create future focused strategy for the engagement survey cycle, including 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 enterprise engagement survey and action planning process.

  • Performance
    • Lead enterprise performance management cycle and process. Enhance system, communications, and incorporate best practices. Align with compensation for comprehensive plan.
    • Establish KPIs to measure organizational effectiveness and track progress.
    • Use data and analytics to inform decisions and report outcomes to stakeholders, improve processes and programs based on feedback.

  • Preferred Experience
    • Workday Talent. This leader will preferably have experience working with and planning strategy for future roll-out of Workday Talent Modules to support our Leadership Development strategies.
    • Qualtrics Platform. Experience with Qualtrics and/ or engagement survey platform strategy, design, and deployment is preferred. This experience includes design, development, and deployment of a multi-entity or country roll-out.
    • Team Leadership. This role will initially lead 2-5 employees and manage vendor relations for aligned platforms. In addition, informally influence key stakeholder groups across the organization. Previous leadership experience is preferred.
    • Change Leadership. Leverage change background and structured approaches to inform strategies for enterprise COE initiatives listed above.

      

  Qualifications:

  •      Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience.

  Preferred Qualifications:

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

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