Global Leader Development Architect & Enterprise Capability

Cummins; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 206,000 - 344,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cummins Inc. is seeking an Executive Director – Leadership Development & Enterprise Capability Building to shape leadership development architecture and standards across the enterprise.

You will lead a global team of development experts, partnering with senior leaders to strengthen Cummins' leadership bench and readiness for future challenges. The role is based in Indianapolis or Columbus with onsite flexibility and relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, leading, and evolving enterprise-wide leadership development strategies, architectures, and capability-building systems within large, complex, matrixed global organizations.
• Deep expertise in leadership development, executive development, learning science, coaching, assessment, talent management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Ability to translate business strategy and future workforce needs into leadership capability frameworks, development pathways, scalable experiences, and measurable organizational outcomes.
• Executive presence and strategic consulting skills that enable influence and credibility with senior executives, officers, board members, HR leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong enterprise and systems-thinking capabilities with the ability to connect business priorities, talent strategies, leadership development, and organizational outcomes.
• Experience building and leading high-performing global teams of leadership development experts, facilitators, coaches, consultants, and external partners.
• Demonstrated success leading through complexity, organizational change, and competing stakeholder priorities while driving enterprise alignment and adoption.
• Strong analytical and business acumen with the ability to leverage data, talent insights, and evidence-based decision-making to evaluate impact and inform strategic investments.
• Experience leveraging modern learning technologies, digital platforms, and responsible AI solutions to enhance leadership development effectiveness, accessibility, and scalability.
• Passion for fostering inclusive, high-performing leadership cultures that enable innovation, continuous learning, collaboration, and long-term business success.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Cummins’ enterprise leadership development strategy and Leadership Development Architecture (LDA), ensuring leadership capabilities enable business objectives, workforce evolution, and enterprise transformation.
• Build leadership capability across all employee and leader populations by creating connected development pathways, experiences, and tools that support growth throughout key career and leadership transitions.
• Lead the identification, prioritization, development, and measurement of critical leadership capabilities that strengthen organizational performance, succession readiness, and long-term business success.
• Direct the executive development portfolio, integrating coaching, assessments, sponsorship, mentoring, enterprise exposure, and experiential learning to accelerate senior leadership readiness and effectiveness.
• Establish enterprise standards, methodologies, quality expectations, and governance practices that elevate the consistency, effectiveness, and impact of leadership development globally.
• Partner across HR and business functions to ensure leadership development is integrated with talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, succession management, and employee experience strategies.
• Leverage external research, leadership trends, learning science, leadership analytics, and responsible AI-enabled solutions to drive innovation and continuously improve leadership outcomes.
• Build and lead a high-performing global team while fostering inclusive leadership practices, equitable access to development opportunities, measurable business impact, and a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Skills

Leadership development

Executive development

Learning science

Coaching

Talent management

Organizational effectiveness

Strategic influence

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, IO Psychology, Business, or related field

Advanced degree (MBA, Ed.D., Ph.D.) preferred

Job description

Cummins Inc. is seeking an Executive Director – Leadership Development & Enterprise Capability Building to shape leadership development architecture and standards across the enterprise.

You will lead a global team of development experts, partnering with senior leaders to strengthen Cummins' leadership bench and readiness for future challenges. The role is based in Indianapolis or Columbus with onsite flexibility and relocation assistance available.