Organization Development and Learning Specialist, Senior

Blue Shield of CA; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Senior Leadership Development Specialist to drive curriculum and programs that develop leaders across the organization. You will partner with HR and business teams to design, deliver and measure leadership development initiatives that support strategic priorities.

You will manage projects, plan events, and facilitate sessions both in-person and virtual, while engaging stakeholders and communicating updates effectively.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree or HS diploma with 4 years additional relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong project management skills with ability to forecast risks.
• Self-direction and initiative with agile and flexible mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Executive presence under high-visibility delivery challenges.
• Experience with enterprise transformation initiatives desired.
• Designing and delivering learner experiences in person/virtually.
• Proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel; Qualtrics; LMS tools.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and manage leadership development programs.
• Design and implement curriculum for leaders at all levels.
• Lead event planning and facilitation both in-person and virtual.
• Coordinate communications and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Executive presence

Change management

Learning design

Facilitation

Agile

Self-direction

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Qualtrics

Absorb

Workday

Job description

Your Role

The Organizational Development and Performance team is comprised of three sub-teams: Leadership Development, Talent Mobility, and Talent and Performance Management. The Leadership Development Specialist, Senior will report to the Senior Manager of Leadership Development. In this role you will be key in fostering a culture of continuous learning and making Blue Shield a great place to do meaningful work through multiple programs supporting learning for leaders at all levels. You will work closely with various teams to design and implement leadership development curriculum and program offerings. Your responsibilities will include project management, event management, communications, stakeholder engagement and in-person and virtual facilitation.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Required: Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Required: at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Required: strong project management skills, with the ability to manage details, manage up and forecast risks and develop plans to minimize them
• Required: self-direction to make progress with limited information or direction; takes initiative to seek support when needed, and can be agile and flexible
• Required: strong interpersonal and communication skills; effective verbal and non-verbal communication (clear and concise) when conveying complex information
• Required: executive presence when presenting and navigating high-visibility delivery challenges under pressure
• Desired: experience supporting enterprise transformation initiatives by partnering with stakeholders to design and deliver learning solutions that drive adoption of new leadership behaviors and performance management practices, grounded in change management principles.
• Desired: designing and delivering learner experiences/programs in person and/or virtually
• Desired: strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel, Qualtrics, and Learning Management Systems (e.g., Absorb, Workday)

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.