Director of Global Leadership & Organizational Excellence

Morningstar, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 161,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Stock Ownership Potential

Wellness programs

Paid sabbatical

Mentorship opportunities

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago seeks a Director of Leadership & Organizational Development to shape enterprise leadership capabilities across the firm.

You’ll design development experiences, act as an internal consultant to senior leaders, and drive an innovative portfolio that aligns with business priorities. You’ll partner with global colleagues, lead complex initiatives from concept to execution, and connect leadership development to broader talent priorities such as succession, mobility, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in leadership development, organization development, organizational effectiveness, talent management, human capital consulting, or a related field.
• Proven ability to design and deliver leadership experiences that improve leader capability, accelerate readiness, and support business priorities in a complex, global organization.
• Strong internal or external consulting judgment, with experience diagnosing business and organizational needs, advising senior leaders, and turning strategy into practical talent or organization effectiveness solutions.
• Track record of collaborating and influencing within an organization across businesses, regions and functions to create buy-in, ensure alignment and deliver impactful talent solutions.
• Experience improving leadership team effectiveness, role clarity, operating rhythms, culture, engagement, change management, or workforce transformation outcomes.
• Track record of building experiential, memorable, and practical development solutions that move beyond traditional training and help leaders solve real business challenges.
• Executive presence and facilitation skillss sufficient to lead senior-level discussions, surface tradeoffs, and create alignment across diverse perspectives.
• Ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with business leaders, HRBPs, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, and other People & Culture partners.
• Data-informed solutioning, with the ability to use feedback, talent insights, engagement data, and program metrics to sharpen decisions and show impact.
• Clear, concise communication skills, including the ability to simplify complexity and tailor messages for senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve Morningstar's enterprise leadership development portfolio, ensuring flagship experiences stay credible, distinctive, globally relevant, and connected to business priorities.
• Design practical, high-impact development experiences for leaders at critical career stages: emerging, high-potential, senior, and enterprise leaders.
• Build experiential learning approaches, including simulations, action learning, leadership labs, cohorts, and business challenges, that help leaders apply capabilities in real work.
• Serve as an internal consultant to senior leaders, diagnosing leadership, organizational effectiveness, and team performance challenges and designing practical interventions that improve execution and collaboration.
• Facilitate leadership team sessions and strategic working sessions that clarify priorities, roles, decision rights, ways of working, and accountability for outcomes.
• Partner with Workforce Planning and other People & Culture teams to translate workforce trends, business strategy, and evolving ways of working into leadership capability and organizational effectiveness priorities.
• Connect leadership development to broader talent priorities: succession, internal mobility, career growth, manager effectiveness, culture, engagement, and AI-enabled changes in how we work.
• Use data, talent insights, and program metrics to improve offerings, demonstrate impact, and focus investments on measurable business and talent outcomes.
• Lead complex, high-visibility initiatives from concept through execution, managing stakeholders, vendors, and participant experience.

Skills

Leadership development

Internal consulting

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Job description

Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago seeks a Director of Leadership & Organizational Development to shape enterprise leadership capabilities across the firm.

You’ll design development experiences, act as an internal consultant to senior leaders, and drive an innovative portfolio that aligns with business priorities. You’ll partner with global colleagues, lead complex initiatives from concept to execution, and connect leadership development to broader talent priorities such as succession, mobility, and