Leadership Development Architect for Emerging Leaders

Doist; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k) with profit sharing

Paid time off

Job summary

William Blair is seeking a Senior Consultant, Leadership Development to design and deliver leadership programs for managers from first-line to senior leaders, combining curriculum, coaching, and performance insights. You will own content creation, facilitation, and program management in a fast‑paced, collaborative HR environment.

The role requires 9–12 years in learning and development, strong instructional design, LMS (Workday Learning preferred), and the ability to operate across time zones;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 9–12 years of professional experience in learning and development.
• 5+ years designing and delivering end-to-end management/leadership development programs; not vendor‑driven.
• Strong instructional design and facilitation; able to design content and deliver to manager/senior‑leader audiences.
• Experience building programs in ambiguous, early‑stage environments.
• Strong consulting mindset to synthesize strategy, data, and stakeholder input.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills with senior stakeholders.
• LMS experience required; Workday Learning preferred.
• Knowledge of adult learning theory and competency‑based design.
• Experience managing external vendors.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones.
• Willingness to come into the office at least two days a week.

Responsibilities

• Build program content: Design and develop curriculum, materials, and learning experiences for leadership development programs, working within an established strategic framework.
• Deliver post-promotion cohort programs: Design and facilitate structured programming for newly promoted senior leaders as they move into expanded roles.
• Run a pre-management pipeline program: Design and deliver a skill-building curriculum that prepares high-performing individual contributors for the transition into management.
• Facilitate ongoing manager development: Deliver targeted programming and coursework for experienced managers already leading teams, building their capability over time.
• Maintain the leadership self-service toolkit: Own and expand resources managers can use on their own to support everyday leadership tasks.
• Deliver leadership assessment results: Facilitate readback and development conversations for senior audiences using tools such as Hogan.
• Manage external vendor relationships supporting leadership/management content, as needed.
• Partner with HR Business Partners to understand business-unit-specific leadership development needs and inform how programs are delivered.
• Manage programs operationally through the LMS, including scheduling, reporting, and participant engagement tracking.
• Additional responsibilities, as requested.

Skills

Leadership development

Instructional design

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday Learning

LMS

Job description

William Blair is seeking a Senior Consultant, Leadership Development to design and deliver leadership programs for managers from first-line to senior leaders, combining curriculum, coaching, and performance insights. You will own content creation, facilitation, and program management in a fast‑paced, collaborative HR environment.

The role requires 9–12 years in learning and development, strong instructional design, LMS (Workday Learning preferred), and the ability to operate across time zones;