Executive Director, Organizational & Talent Development

RemX | The Workforce Experts; Texas; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

RemX | The Workforce Experts is seeking an Executive Director of Organizational & Talent Development to architect scalable talent systems for a rapidly expanding healthcare services organization. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on program delivery across OD, LD, and workforce planning for a geographically dispersed workforce.

You will partner with senior leaders to design and implement leadership development, succession planning, and career pathing while driving retention and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within Organizational Development, Talent Management, Learning & Development, or Human Resources.
• Demonstrated success building talent development, learning, and organizational effectiveness programs from the ground up.
• Experience supporting multi-site, geographically dispersed organizations.
• Executive-level leadership experience across at least two of the following areas: Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent Management, Organizational Development.
• Experience leading managers, owning departmental budgets, and driving enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Strong project management and change management experience.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining deeply involved in execution.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-wide organizational development and talent management strategies.
• Build scalable succession planning, performance management, leadership development, and career pathing programs.
• Partner with executive leadership to identify current and future workforce capabilities needed to support organizational growth.
• Lead initiatives focused on employee engagement, culture, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop competency frameworks and talent review processes.
• Support organizational design and workforce planning initiatives associated with growth, change, and integration efforts.
• Create and lead enterprise-wide learning and development programs.
• Design development programs for leaders and employees across corporate and operational functions.
• Build leadership development initiatives for managers, directors, and emerging leaders.
• Develop onboarding and assimilation programs that support employee success.
• Evaluate and implement learning management systems and development technologies.
• Establish metrics and reporting to measure program effectiveness and return on investment.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership to support workforce planning and talent strategy.
• Assist in building scalable recruiting practices that support growth objectives.
• Support employer branding and employee value proposition initiatives.
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify workforce needs and succession risks.
• Partner with compensation and rewards leaders on organizational design and job architecture initiatives.
• Support development of competitive compensation and recognition programs.
• Ensure alignment between talent, rewards, development, and retention strategies.
• Provide workforce analytics and talent insights to executive leadership.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders regarding talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and workforce planning.

Skills

Organizational development

Leadership development

Learning & development

Talent management

Workforce planning

Succession planning

Strategic thinking

Executive leadership

Change management

HR strategy

Education

Master's degree in HR / Organizational Development / Business Administration or related field

Job description

Executive Director, Organizational & Talent Development

Location: Remote (U.S.) - Preferred Central or Eastern Time Zone

Travel: Approximately 25%

Compensation: Competitive executive-level compensation package, including base salary and annual incentive opportunity.

The Opportunity

Our client is a rapidly growing healthcare services organization undergoing significant expansion and transformation. As the organization continues to scale, they are seeking a highly hands-on Executive Director of Organizational & Talent Development to build and lead key talent initiatives that support long-term growth and organizational effectiveness.

This is not a traditional executive role that leads through multiple layers of management. Instead, the organization seeks a proven builder who thrives in creating programs from the ground up and remains actively involved in execution. The ideal candidate will bring both strategic vision and a hands-on approach to designing, implementing, and scaling talent development, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and workforce planning initiatives across a geographically dispersed workforce.

Position Summary

The Executive Director, Organizational & Talent Development will serve as the architect of the organization's talent strategy and development framework. This individual will be responsible for creating scalable programs that drive leadership capability, employee growth, workforce effectiveness, succession planning, and organizational performance.

In addition to leading Learning & Development and Organizational Development, this role will partner closely with leaders across Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards to ensure an integrated people strategy that supports retention, engagement, and business growth.

The successful candidate will be highly resourceful, execution-oriented, and capable of quickly assessing organizational needs, establishing priorities, and delivering meaningful results.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Development & Talent Management

• Design and implement enterprise-wide organizational development and talent management strategies.
• Build scalable succession planning, performance management, leadership development, and career pathing programs.
• Partner with executive leadership to identify current and future workforce capabilities needed to support organizational growth.
• Lead initiatives focused on employee engagement, culture, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop competency frameworks and talent review processes.
• Support organizational design and workforce planning initiatives associated with growth, change, and integration efforts.

Learning & Development

• Create and lead enterprise-wide learning and development programs.
• Design development programs for leaders and employees across corporate and operational functions.
• Build leadership development initiatives for managers, directors, and emerging leaders.
• Develop onboarding and assimilation programs that support employee success.
• Evaluate and implement learning management systems and development technologies.
• Establish metrics and reporting to measure program effectiveness and return on investment.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership to support workforce planning and talent strategy.
• Assist in building scalable recruiting practices that support growth objectives.
• Support employer branding and employee value proposition initiatives.
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify workforce needs and succession risks.

Total Rewards & Organizational Effectiveness

• Partner with compensation and rewards leaders on organizational design and job architecture initiatives.
• Support development of competitive compensation and recognition programs.
• Ensure alignment between talent, rewards, development, and retention strategies.
• Provide workforce analytics and talent insights to executive leadership.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders regarding talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and workforce planning.
• Develop and manage departmental budgets and measure program effectiveness.
• Build strong partnerships across a multi-site, geographically dispersed workforce.
• Translate business objectives into practical and executable talent strategies.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within Organizational Development, Talent Management, Learning & Development, or Human Resources.
• Demonstrated success building talent development, learning, and organizational effectiveness programs from the ground up.
• Experience supporting multi-site, geographically dispersed organizations.
• Executive-level leadership experience across at least two of the following areas:
• Learning & Development
• Talent Acquisition
• Total Rewards
• Talent Management
• Organizational Development
• Experience leading managers, owning departmental budgets, and driving enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Strong project management and change management experience.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining deeply involved in execution.

Preferred

• Healthcare services or other highly regulated service-based industry experience.
• Experience supporting high-growth, acquisitive, or private equity-backed organizations.
• Experience leading organizational change and integration initiatives.
• Master's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or similar professional certification.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is:

• A builder who enjoys creating programs from the ground up.
• Highly strategic yet equally comfortable executing day-to-day initiatives.
• Comfortable working within a lean, evolving organization.
• Experienced partnering directly with executive leadership teams.
• Skilled at balancing long-term organizational planning with immediate business needs.
• Results-oriented and able to demonstrate measurable business impact.