Executive Development - Lead Strategic Learning Advisor

H-E-B; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B in Texas seeks a senior leadership development leader who connects business needs to learning solutions and leads executive development for director and executive audiences, designing journeys based on analysis and performance gaps.

You will design and deliver executive learning experiences to strengthen leadership capability, accelerate readiness, and support succession outcomes, partnering with HR and senior leaders to align strategy with capability.

Qualifications

• Expert individual contributor with ability to define objectives and own results.
• Recognized leader who translates complex needs into objectives, plans and goals.
• Experience in developing new products, processes, and strategic plans with long-term impact.
• Mentors and reviews the work of others.
• Strategic adviser to senior leadership, building cross-organizational networks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an enterprise-wide expert in learning needs analysis and performance consulting for director and executive audiences.
• Lead the design, delivery, and evolution of Executive Development programs and experiences, including leadership pipelines.
• Shape executive learning strategies by identifying future leadership capability needs, readiness risks, and succession-related development opportunities.
• Partner with HR, Talent Management, and senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability development and executive readiness.
• Evaluate external learning partnerships, including executive education providers, universities, assessments, coaches, and leadership development vendors.
• Pilot innovative leadership development solutions, including AI-enabled learning, executive education experiences, and emerging leadership practices.
• Measure leadership capability growth, readiness indicators, and portfolio impact to inform future investment decisions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Connects business needs to learning solutions. Leads executive leadership development initiatives for director, executive, and leadership pipeline audiences. Designs learning journeys and programs based on analysis, strategy, and performance gaps. Designs and delivers executive learning experiences that strengthen leadership capability, accelerate readiness, and support succession outcomes.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Serve as an enterprise-wide expert in learning needs analysis and performance consulting for director and executive audiences.
• Lead the design, delivery, and continuous evolution of Executive Development programs and experiences, including ALP, ALC, MA, and other leadership pipeline initiatives.
• Shape executive learning strategies by identifying future leadership capability needs, readiness risks, and succession-related development opportunities.
• Partner with HR, Talent Management, and senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability development and executive readiness.
• Evaluate and manage external learning partnerships, including executive education providers, universities, assessments, coaches, and leadership development vendors.
• Pilot innovative leadership development solutions, including AI-enabled learning, executive education experiences, and emerging leadership practices.
• Measure leadership capability growth, readiness indicators, and portfolio impact to inform future investment decisions.

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Expert individual contributor in a professional role. Receives direction in the form of broad outcomes and is expected to define project objectives and own results.
• Recognized master who works on novel challenges, translating complex business and technical needs into objectives, plans, specifications, resources, short-term (1-3 years) strategic objectives, and long-term goals.
• Majority of time is spent developing and implementing new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans. Performance has a long-term effect on the company's success.
• Coaches, directs, oversees, and/or reviews the work of lower-level professionals.
• Strategic advisor to senior leadership, consulting on solutions and strategic implementation of new initiatives with far-reaching impacts. Creates formal networks across the organization.

Preferred Experience / Expertise

• Executive Leadership Development, Executive Education, Leadership Readiness & Succession Development, Learning Portfolio Management, Learning Technologies & AI-Enabled Learning
• Experience supporting Director, VP, Officer, or executive populations

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Education: Bachelor’s Degree or additional role-relevant experience - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Function in a fast-paced, office environment
• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Work extended hours; sit for extended periods.
• Occasionally lift 20 lbs or more

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 8/25/2025