Leadership Development Senior Specialist

General Dynamics Corporation; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gulfstream, a leader in business-jet aviation, seeks a Leadership Development Senior Specialist to own and evolve the Leadership Essentials program and shape how leaders enter, learn, and grow within the organization.

You will influence leadership development strategy, partner across the People Team and executive stakeholders, and drive scalable, high-impact experiences that strengthen culture and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years progressively responsible HR experience.
• Experience translating strategy into scalable programs and experiences.
• Ability to advise leaders and build executive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of leadership development programs and initiatives.
• Define objectives, governance, and success metrics for programs.
• Collaborate with People Team and business leaders to implement solutions.
• Develop content and learning experiences with instructional design SMEs.
• Design, facilitate, and enable leadership experiences and focus groups.
• Monitor outcomes using data and feedback to drive improvements.

Skills

Leadership development

Stakeholder management

Program design

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Leadership Development Senior Specialist

Responsibilities for this Position

Leadership Development Senior Specialist

At Gulfstream, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in inspiring and empowering every individual to reach their fullest potential. From workforce development and meaningful connections to a culture of trust, respect, and integrity, we invest in our employees so they can do their best work and achieve success together. Creating and delivering the worlds finest aviation experience starts with our people and when our people thrive, so does our mission.

This role is an opportunity to take ownership of an established leadership development experience (Leadership Essentials) while helping define what comes next. The successful candidate will influence how leaders enter, understand, and grow within the organization, building a connected portfolio of experiences that strengthens leadership capability and organizational culture over time.

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 5 years progressively responsible related HR experience.

Position Purpose

The People Experience Principal is accountable for delivering high impact People Experience programs and initiatives that advance enterprise people and business strategies. As a senior individual contributor, this role translates strategic priorities into scalable programs and experiences, develops recommendations, builds executive alignment, and leads program implementation, measurement, continuous improvement and long-term sustainment. The Principal advises leaders at all levels, including senior executives, and partners across the People Team to strengthen leadership capability, organizational culture, employee engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Accountable for the successful implementation, execution, measurement, and continuous improvement of assigned People Experience programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise People and business priorities.
• Lead end-to-end program delivery, including program design, content planning, participant experience, deployment, communications, and ongoing sustainment.
• Create and advance new program recommendations, presentations, and business cases; build stakeholder alignment and secure executive sponsorship, including CHRO approval, as appropriate.
• Translate priorities into scalable programs, experiences, tools, and interventions that strengthen leadership capability, culture, engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and subject-matter expert to leaders at all levels, including senior executives, providing insights and recommendations that support decision-making.
• Collaborate across the People Team, with business leaders, and other stakeholders to design and implement People Experience solutions.
• Define program objectives, success measures, governance, and stakeholder accountability to support effective delivery and sustainable results.
• Evaluate program outcomes using participation data, employee feedback, organizational data, and workforce insights to identify opportunities, guide priorities, and improve program effectiveness. Take action to strengthen adoption, impact, scalability, and sustainability.
• Coordinate and align the resources and support necessary, partnering with People Programs and other resources on project management, change management, communications, and deployment support, as appropriate.
• Partner with instructional design and subject-matter experts to develop, refine, and maintain practical, relevant, and scalable program content and learning experiences.
• Design, facilitate, or enable leadership experiences, focus groups, roundtables, and other interventions that advance portfolio objectives.
• Apply relevant external research, emerging trends, and leading practices to continuously improve assigned programs and initiatives.

Additional Functions:

• Lead or support additional initiatives, pilots, and projects that advance People Experience priorities.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Knowledge of collaboration platforms, presentation tools, analytics, and program management solutions used to design, deliver, measure, and sustain programs.
• Exceptional consulting, stakeholder management, influencing, executive presentation and organizational skills.
• Strong program design, facilitation, communication, strategic thinking, change leadership, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor and advise leaders at all levels, including senior executives.
• Ability to translate strategies, data, insights, and business needs into practical, scalable solutions.
• Strong portfolio and program management, governance, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to create compelling recommendations and presentations, build executive support, and lead enterprise-wide rollout and adoption.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives through ambiguity while partnering effectively with implementation and change management teams.

This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Additional Information

Requisition Number: 237278

Category: Human Resources

Percentage of Travel: Up to 25%

Shift: First

Employment Type: Full-time

Posting End Date: 11/06/2026

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

Gulfstream does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position, unless the applicant is a currently sponsored Gulfstream employee.

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Gulfstream designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world's most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft.