Vice President, Leadership Development

About this role

The Role

Are you passionate about making a difference and having impact through learning? Are you motivated by the opportunity to help shape the leadership of a world class organization? Can you bring creative ideas to address the needs of a fast-paced, high performance culture? If yes, BlackRock’s Talent Management team is looking for a leader like you to join the Leadership Development team.

The mission of HR at BlackRock is to help great people experience outstanding careers and Leadership Development is critical in helping us achieve this. In this role you will be helping design and deliver world class leadership experiences to ensure we are furthering BlackRock’s culture and driving performance, engagement and enabling great careers.

This role is part of a global team charged with activating leadership at BlackRock. In addition to delivering our core leadership and manager development programs, this person will work across HR, business leaders and employees to assess leadership needs and design experiential approaches to ensuring our managers and leaders are able to deliver for their teams as well as our clients.

We are looking for an experienced leadership development professional who can help design and pilot new programming as well as deliver on core programs. The ideal candidate will be creative and collaborative and able to execute high quality experiences with multiple stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with partners to identify development needs for managers and leaders at BLK that will drive performance, engagement and a sense of belonging for employees

• Design interactive and innovative development experiences to inspire and activate leadership

• Create high impact materials to support engagement strategies for programming with various audiences

• Manage a portfolio of pilot and/or core programs – identify participants, engage managers and other partners, potential partnership with vendors to design and deliver, measure and report impact, project manage development and delivery of programs

• Design and facilitate sessions (90 minutes – multiple days)

• Collaborate with regional partners to tailor global efforts for local delivery

• Contribute to other HR and Talent Management initiatives as needed

Qualifications & Proficiencies:

• 8+ years of corporate leadership or manager programming experience, preferably in a fast-paced high-growth environment with many internal / external partners

• Strong project management skills; design thinking and agile development experience a plus

• Ability to synthesize disparate, complex information into a clear and concise message and narrative, leveraging metrics and data

• Excellent PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills

• Ability to interact expertly with project team and senior partners

• Strong attention to detail and communication skills (verbal and written)

• Proven track record to multi-task, prioritize challenging demands, and work in a fast-paced, changing, global environment

• Quick learner, self-motivated and ability to work independently

• Able to navigate through ambiguity; flexible and adaptable to change

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect