Leadership Development Lead (Hybrid, Chicago)

Kraft Heinz, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401k plan

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Chicago seeks a Manager, Leadership Development to manage programs, platforms, and operating mechanisms linking leaders to timely development. You will lead coaching, assessment, and development platforms, and drive enterprise portfolio access and measurement.

Work across Talent Management, HRBPs, regions, vendors, and leaders to translate priorities into scalable solutions, while identifying opportunities to simplify and improve the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise leadership development programs, including executive coaching, leadership assessments, and large-scale 360-feedback programs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, facilitate discussions, and navigate a highly matrixed global organization.
• Proven experience managing coaching portfolios and external vendor relationships, including executive coaching providers, assessment partners, and development platforms, with responsibility for program effectiveness, utilization, and participant experience.
• Strong understanding of leadership coaching methodologies and talent development practices, with the ability to assess development needs and recommend appropriate coaching, assessment, and development solutions for leaders at the manager through executive levels.
• Demonstrated program and project management experience within a Learning & Development, Leadership Development, Talent Management, or Center of Excellence environment, including coordinating delivery across regions, business functions, and HR stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex global development portfolios, including annual calendars, participant nominations, stakeholder communications, and governance processes to ensure consistent execution across multiple geographies.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with HR Business Partners, Talent Management teams, regional leaders, and business stakeholders to align development offerings with enterprise talent priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience leveraging utilization data, participant feedback, and program outcomes to drive continuous improvement and portfolio decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational management of the leadership development portfolio across calendars, nominations, eligibility, and communications.
• Coordinate access to coaching, assessment, cohort-based, and on-demand offerings, ensuring local adaptation and global consistency.
• Partner with regions to clarify handoffs, anticipate delivery needs, and drive adoption of enterprise offerings.
• Create reusable launch kits, communications, templates, and program resources for consistent global execution.
• Establish program management standards and governance across the portfolio with the Learning Transformation & Operations team.
• Maintain a catalog of offerings and practical decision guides for HR Partners and Talent teams.
• Surface portfolio gaps, overlaps, demand trends, and opportunities to scale or consolidate offerings.
• Lead the coaching and assessment platforms with AI-enabled coaching initiatives and define priority use cases.
• Build clear reporting on participation, utilization, outcomes, and investment to inform portfolio decisions.

Skills

Executive coaching

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Leadership coaching

Program management

Global portfolio mgmt

Partnership building

Analytical thinking

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Chicago seeks a Manager, Leadership Development to manage programs, platforms, and operating mechanisms linking leaders to timely development. You will lead coaching, assessment, and development platforms, and drive enterprise portfolio access and measurement.

Work across Talent Management, HRBPs, regions, vendors, and leaders to translate priorities into scalable solutions, while identifying opportunities to simplify and improve the portfolio.