Director of Leadership Excellence & Change

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; États-Unis; À distance; USD 138 000 - 262 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a Director, Leadership Effectiveness to act as a senior internal consultant within the Leadership Academy.

You will partner with leaders to strengthen leadership across the organization through diagnosis, design, implementation, and evaluation of complex initiatives. Responsibilities include advising senior leaders, managing a portfolio of initiatives, and developing Academy staff while aligning with campus priorities and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressively responsible experience in organizational effectiveness, organizational development, leadership consulting, strategic design, or related work.
• Experience managing and developing direct reports and leading complex work across teams.
• Experience advising senior executives and translating insights into practical solutions.
• Experience leading leadership and organizational-change initiatives from diagnosis through evaluation.
• Strong understanding of how leadership practices and institutional conditions impact performance.
• Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research and develop evidence-informed recommendations.
• Advanced facilitation and consulting skills with senior teams on sensitive issues and decisions.
• Experience applying human-centered design, systems thinking, and behavioral science methods.
• Strong project leadership and cross-functional coordination.
• Ability to define outcomes and evaluate leadership and organizational performance.

Responsabilités

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on leadership and organizational challenges.
• Lead a portfolio of leadership-effectiveness initiatives with clear objectives and measures.
• Manage Academy staff through goal setting, performance management, coaching, and development.
• Diagnose challenges by distinguishing capability, team dynamics, and systemic factors.
• Conduct stakeholder research and analysis to identify needs and patterns across the institution.
• Design and lead interventions strengthening leadership, teamwork, decision-making, and collaboration.
• Translate St. Jude’s culture and leadership capabilities into practical behaviors and tools.
• Apply organizational development and behavioral science methods to solutions.
• Design, prototype, test, and refine interventions and guide adoption.
• Define and evaluate outcomes with the SVP and Academy Operations to inform decisions.
• Facilitate senior leadership teams through complex conversations and decisions.
• Advise leaders on organizational change and required leadership behaviors and practices.
• Lead cross-functional teams with executive sponsorship and clear accountability.
• Partner with HR Leadership Development to determine when learning is needed.
• Partner with Culture Strategy on leadership and culture priorities and aligned action.
• Direct external coaches and consultants and evaluate quality and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Academy Operations on budgets, contracting, and delivery planning.
• Advise the SVP on emerging needs and systemic barriers for institutional impact.
• Communicate insights and progress to senior leaders and institutional partners.
• Remain hands-on in consulting, design, facilitation, and implementation.

Connaissances

Leadership consulting

Organizational development

Stakeholder research

Facilitation

Human-centered design

Systems thinking

Behavioral science

Executive communication

Project leadership

Formation

Bachelor's degree in organizational development, behavioral science, business, design, or a related field

Master's degree preferred

Description du poste

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a Director, Leadership Effectiveness to act as a senior internal consultant within the Leadership Academy.

You will partner with leaders to strengthen leadership across the organization through diagnosis, design, implementation, and evaluation of complex initiatives. Responsibilities include advising senior leaders, managing a portfolio of initiatives, and developing Academy staff while aligning with campus priorities and measurable outcomes.