Leadership Development Coaching Lead, Associate Director - Leadership Development

EY; Southfield (MI); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic leader for their Leadership Development Coaching Team. This role involves empowering individuals through innovative coaching strategies, leading a team of experienced coaches, and collaborating with key stakeholders to enhance leadership capabilities. With a focus on delivering exceptional coaching experiences and fostering a growth-oriented culture, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of leadership development. If you are passionate about coaching and ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical and Dental Coverage

401(k) Plans

Flexible Vacation Policy

Paid Time Off Options

Winter/Summer Breaks

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in executive coaching, especially in professional services.
• Ability to lead a diverse team of coaches and manage coaching programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a national team of coaches providing executive coaching to senior leaders.
• Manage client relationships and ensure high-quality coaching experiences.

Skills

Executive Coaching

Leadership Development

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Cultural Diversity Awareness

Education

ICF PCC Credential

Coaching Education

Tools

The Leadership Circle Profile

Immunity to Change

Job description

Join to apply for the Leadership Development Coaching Lead, Associate Director - Leadership Development role at EY

Location: Anywhere in Country

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

Our Leadership Development team is looking for a dynamic leader for our Coaching Team focused on leadership development by empowering individuals as they rise to meet the challenges of increasing leadership complexity with clarity, confidence, and impact.

As the Leader, you’ll be responsible for working with various stakeholders including Leadership Development Leads, EY Global, other EY US Talent functions and business leaders to: lead a team of coaches to serve as a holistic coaching center of excellence for our business, develop and maintain a clear coaching offering strategy, ensuring high quality impact, and meeting ever evolving business needs, through a variety of coaching modalities such as signature 1:1 executive coaching, group coaching, utilizing AI supported coaching, and consulting on coaching skills development of all EY professionals. You are excited about the possibilities and “next gen” of coaching and the impact it can have as a key driver of leadership growth.

You’ll also be a member of the Leadership Development Leadership Team and contribute to building a strong foundation for EY’s leadership development philosophy and culture as well as deploy creative and impactful leadership development coaching offerings that you will expand and evolve over time.

You will lead a dynamic, national team of experienced coaches providing coaching to priority Partner populations across the US, including those Partners that are part of leadership development programs for future leadership roles. EY leaders are called to be more agile and shift their development to sustainably lead, grow and drive the business. In this role, a portion of your time will be dedicated to serving as a coach practitioner focusing on creating these transformative shifts through 1:1 coaching engagements, group coaching engagements, and potential additional modalities.

You will actively seek feedback on the client experience and impact of the coaching engagements across US and gather meaningful thematic insights. As required, you will actively engage internally and externally as thought leader in the field of coaching, remaining apprised of the leading-edge methodologies and coaching enablement strategies across the profession.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Leading team of 8-10 Executive Coaches to serve as Leadership Development Coaching COE
• Providing executive coaching as defined in the US and LATAM regions’ coaching strategy to both, senior leaders and leadership teams, managing a rolling book of business of approximately 25% of your time.
• Delivering exceptional coaching experiences that strengthen the Leadership Development coaching brand and generate growth opportunities for the practice
• Seek out and keep informed of top of coaching trends and potential application to EY Leadership coaching
• Actively seek client feedback both informally and formally throughout coaching engagement
• Uphold ICF Competencies and Code of Ethics
• Teaming across the coaching team, contribute to team projects and tasks, share experiences and best practices and support each other for the team to grow and deliver exceptional services
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key Talent stakeholders to understand and manage the demand for leadership and team coaching
• Curating coaching practice impact and insights and share themes with key business and Talent stakeholders
• Where required, preparing and delivering coaching events/workshops, participate in team interviews, create presentations, agendas and other relevant materials or work flexibly as part of project teams as a subject matter resource (SMR)
• The regional environment needs your willingness to work alternative hours or travel if required.
• Lead the operations team to manage pipeline of clients and oversee resource management planning
• Maintaining strong business relationships with key stakeholders to manage pipeline and strategically deploy coaching capacity
• Make strategic sourcing decisions on how to serve coaching demand (insource/outsource)
• Managing / overseeing relationships with vendors if you plan on leveraging global MSAs for skillsoft and LCP in New US/LATAM development programs

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience leading an executive coaching practice
• 10 plus years of relevant work experience with at least 5 years of experience of coaching senior business executives, ideally in professional service firms
• ICF PCC credential and in-depth coaching education.
• Fluent in English both verbal and written.
• Experienced to work and coach virtually in a culturally diverse environment.
• Excellent teaming to collaborate effectively within the team, across the talent ecosystem and the wider firm.
• Respected ability to cope with ambiguity in a complex and agile environment.
• Lead with a growth mindset and the ability to create a growth-oriented coaching culture.
• Strong communication skills for sharing thought leadership to strengthen our brand and reputation, both internally and externally.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Accreditation to work with “The Leadership Circle Profile” for both, individuals and teams
• Certified in the “Immunity to Change” approach, 1:1 and teams

What We Offer You

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $123,600 to $238,000. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $148,400 to $270,500. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.

For those living in California, please click here for additional information.

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.

EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at [e-mail].