Associate Director, Coaching & Leadership Development

The Institute for Performance and Learning; Toronto; On-site; CAD 122,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

Group benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

OMERS is seeking an Associate Director of Coaching & Leadership Development to establish an internal coaching culture and design enterprise leadership programs. The role partners with senior leaders, HRBPs and Talent Management to embed coaching as a strategic capability across the organization.

You will lead coaching for senior executives, develop scalable programs, and manage a roster of internal and external coaches.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive experience in leadership development or executive coaching.
• Proven ability to design and scale leadership or coaching programs at an enterprise level.
• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to engage senior audiences.
• Formal coaching training and certification (ICF or equivalent).
• University degree in Human Resources, Business, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead an internal coaching culture aligned to the organization’s leadership strategy and values.
• Provide 1:1 and small-group coaching to senior leaders: supporting transitions, performance, leadership impact, and enterprise mindset.
• Lead a community of practice to ensure ongoing development and alignment to standards of an internal roster of trained coaches.
• Design and deliver innovative leadership and team development initiatives aligned with the enterprise framework.
• Partner with HRBPs and Talent Management to embed coaching as a leadership capability.
• Oversee external coaches and internal facilitators to deliver initiatives across in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.
• Define success measures and outcomes for coaching and leadership development initiatives.

Skills

Leadership development

Executive coaching

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

University degree in HR/Business

Coaching certification (ICF)

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

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The Associate Director, Coaching & Leadership Development will establish and lead an internal coaching practice that supports senior leaders and teams across the organization, as well as leading the design and delivery of enterprise leadership development and high potential programs. This role is responsible for designing a scalable, high‑quality coaching culture strengthening leadership capability and performance.

The role blends enterprise program design, coaching and facilitation, partnering closely with senior leaders, HRBPs, and the Talent Management team to embed coaching as a leadership capability and development tool. This role may also have people leadership accountabilities

Key Responsibilities

Establish and Lead an Internal Coaching Culture

• Design and implement an internal coaching framework aligned to the organization’s leadership strategy and values.
• Define coaching standards, governance, ethics, and quality controls to ensure consistency and credibility.
• Determine where internal coaching is most effective versus external coaching, and manage a high quality, aligned roster of external coaches.
• Build tools, resources, and processes to scale coaching across leadership and deeper in the organization over time.

Senior Leader Coaching

• Provide 1:1 and small‑group coaching to senior leaders: supporting transitions, performance, leadership impact, and enterprise mindset.
• Lead a community of practice to ensure the ongoing development and alignment to standards of an internal roster of trained coaches
• Coach leaders on complex topics including influence, decision‑making, ambiguity, resilience, leading through change, etc.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders, balancing challenge and support.
• Educate leaders on the value of coaching and help normalize coaching as a strategic leadership tool

Needs Assessment and Strategy

• Leading the strategy, design and delivery of innovative leadership and team development programs, including flagship, transitional, and targeted leadership development initiatives and other offerings to drive professional growth and accountability aligned with our enterprise Leadership Capabilities framework and business needs
• Developing learning paths that employ blended delivery methods and best-in-class methodologies to deliver a sustained learning experience that achieves long-term outcomes
• Consulting with business leaders and HR Business Partners to understand their needs and aligning leadership and team development solutions to meet them
• Building strong relationships with business leaders to identify appropriate opportunities for sponsorship, championship, engagement and alignment
• Maintaining up to date understanding of global best practices and market benchmarks through white papers, thought partnerships and other channels

Design and Development

• Working with various business and HR stakeholders to design and develop blended learning experiences and materials aligned with adult learning principles and innovative, best-in-class learning standards
• Leading the sourcing, evaluation, contracting and relationship management with external vendors, reviewing vendor material on a continual basis while having an ever-constant eye to market trends and innovation
• Developing detailed plans for design and deployment of programs, including budgets, communication plans, and delivery planning
• Overseeing a roster of internal and external facilitators to deliver initiatives, and facilitating initiatives as required including in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats

Strategy, Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Define success measures and outcomes for coaching and leadership development initiatives (e.g., leader impact, engagement, retention, readiness).
• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to refine the coaching practice and ensure it delivers business and people outcomes.
• Stay current on external best practices in coaching and leadership development

Experience & Qualifications

Required

• 7-10 years of progressive experience in leadership development, executive coaching, or organizational development roles.
• Demonstrated experience coaching senior and executive leaders in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to design and scale leadership or coaching programs at an enterprise level.
• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to engage senior audiences.
• Formal coaching training and certification (e.g., ICF or equivalent)
• University degree in Human Resources, Business, or related discipline

This posting is for an existing vacancy.The expected salary range for this position is $122,000.00 - $188,000.00 per year.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.