Senior Specialist - Leadership Development

Spencer Stuart; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading executive search firm in Greater London is seeking a Solutions Specialist to innovate and evolve leadership development methodologies. This role involves collaborating with practitioners globally, leading workstreams, and conducting SWOT analyses of existing offerings. Candidates should have over five years of relevant experience, an advanced degree in Organizational Psychology, and strong leadership capabilities. The position offers a chance to shape the firm's leadership agenda and partner on flagship client engagements.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in leadership development or related professional settings.
• Certification or experience using psychometrics.
• PhD in Organizational Psychology is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain leadership development approaches and programs.
• Conduct SWOT analysis of existing offerings.
• Design standardized program frames for client-specific solutions.

Skills

Leadership development expertise

Strong critical thinking

Excellent collaboration skills

Proficiency in English

Education

Advanced degree in Organizational Psychology or related field

Tools

Psychometric certifications (Hogan, OPQ, Sova PQ)

Job description

Overview

At Spencer Stuart, we are committed to maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and excellence across our organization. As we define our approach to leadership development, our Methodologies team plays a central role in enabling us to develop, test, and scale state-of-the-art leadership development offerings that are relevant to current and emerging client needs.

The Solutions Specialist - Leadership Development Methodologies is leading the design and evolution of our leadership development approaches in collaboration with practitioners across the globe. Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the Methodologies Lead and team to develop, standardize and maintain leadership development approaches and programs that are robust, adaptable, and responsive to evolving client needs, with a view toward shaping the firm’s leadership development agenda over the next 1–2 years and beyond
• Leading defined workstreams and sprints in partnership with practitioners in the field, including:
• Conducting SWOT analysis of existing offerings including stakeholder interviews
• Shaping a clear point of view on leadership development, including personal transformation, and testing these ideas with key clients and potential participants
• Identifying and evaluating potential external partnerships to strengthen or extend our offerings through collaboration or acquisition
• Designing standardized program frames that can form a scalable basis for client specific solutions
• Building and curating a comprehensive library of content and interventions to support the design of leadership development programs
• Defining and codifying an integrated approach to executive coaching aligned with broader leadership development methodologies
• Collaborating with the Spencer Stuart Technology team to ensure our technology solutions effectively support and reflect the underlying methodologies
• Partnering with practitioners on flagship client engagements, helping to elevate our leadership development approach while gaining insight into client challenges, priorities, and market trends

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Five or more years of experience in leadership development, leadership advisory or other professional services settings
• An advanced degree from a highly competitive university in Organizational psychology or related field
• Certification or experience using psychometrics, such as Hogan, OPQ or Sova PQ

ADVANTAGEOUS EXPERIENCE

• PhD in Organizational Psychology or related field
• Coaching Certification
• Direct interaction or experience with executive-level clients

CRITICAL CAPABILITIES FOR SUCCESS

• Passion for and expertise in leadership development
• Result-focused, learning-oriented, self-driven, and pro-active
• Ability to take the lead on, shape, bring structure to and deliver on ambiguous initiatives
• Great collaborator and relationship builder
• Strong critical and conceptual thinker
• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of the English language
• Good understanding and/or passion to learn about the developments of AI in the field

PREFERRED CAPABILITIES

• Superior business writing skills, as evidenced through project work or writing samples to be provided upon request.
• General business acumen, as defined by a keen and quick understanding of a range of business situations/contexts
• Written and spoken command of additional languages besides English

To see and hear more about our organization, its culture and values, as well as what it’s like to work at Spencer Stuart, please visit https://www.spencerstuart.com/who-we-are/careers-at-spencer-stuart

In order to be considered for this role you must complete an application on Spencer Stuart's website. We will not be able to consider your candidacy unless an application is received.

Spencer Stuart is a proud equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to non-discrimination without regard to actual or perceived race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, immigration status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.