Corporate Vice President, Leadership and Development Manager

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of talent at New York Life. As part of Human Resources, you'll contribute to a comprehensive strategy that attracts, develops, and retains top talent. Whether it's identifying future leaders, crafting engaging learning experiences, or fostering a vibrant workplace culture, your work directly empowers individuals and fuels the company's growth. Join us and play a vital role in making New York Life a destination employer for generations to come.

Role Overview:

This is an exciting opportunity to join New York Life’s (NYL) enterprise Talent & Leadership Development Center of Excellence. This team has a strong legacy of developing employees at all levels of the organization; equipping them with foundational and emerging skills required to role model our company values and deliver optimal business outcomes.

The Learning & Development team is seeking a strong leader with deep expertise in leadership development, L&D and culture initiatives to join their team. The successful candidate will have proven experience leading successful leadership development functions in large and matrixed organizations. They will have expertise in designing and delivering engaging, innovative and impactful training programs for leaders at all levels, from first time managers to senior executives; ensuring that programming aligns with the company’s priorities, values, and leadership behaviors.

As the CVP, Leadership and Manager Development, you will be at the forefront of shaping and driving our organization’s approach to leadership development. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive programs and experiences that enhance leadership capabilities and managerial skills across all levels of the company. This role requires a strategic visionary with a deep understanding of leadership theory and practice, exceptional program management skills, and the ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives.
 

This position reports to the VP, Learning & Development.

What You’ll Do:

1. Strategic Planning:
   • Develop and execute a strategic vision for enterprise-wide leadership and manager development that aligns with New York Life’s culture, leadership expectations and equips leaders at all levels to build high-performing teams capable of executing on the company’s strategic priorities.
   • Continually identify and calibrate enterprise leadership development priorities through assessments, feedback, focus groups and strong partnership with HR, leaders and stakeholders across the organization.
   • Partner across the organization on the creation and rollout of an evolving culture initiative; ensuring pillars of the company culture are reflected in how we engage and educate leaders across the organization.
      
2. Program Design & Delivery:
   • Create and oversee the design and delivery of robust and impactful leadership and manager training programs, ensuring alignment to key strategic priorities and leadership behaviors.
   • Integrate best practices, external perspective and innovative approaches to ensure programs are impactful and relevant.
      
3. Leadership Development:
   • Establish a strategic approach to leadership development; building a pipeline of future leaders through a suite of programs that supports the growth of high-potential talent and emerging leaders.
   • Partner across Talent Management to support mentorship and sponsorship initiatives to enhance and accelerate leadership development and succession planning.
      
4. Manager Development:
   • Design