Program Manager, Leadership Readiness and Enablement

UChicago Medicine; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine seeks a Program Manager for Leadership Readiness and Enablement. This role focuses on developing and executing leadership programming while collaborating with HR and operational leaders.

Based in Hyde Park, Chicago, this full-time position requires over 8 years of experience in leadership development and strong project management skills. You'll help shape the future of leadership at UChicago Medicine, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in leadership development or organizational development.
• Strong understanding of leadership competencies and adult learning principles.
• Experience measuring program effectiveness and using data to drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of leadership readiness programming.
• Oversee and support enterprise development programs.
• Serve as a strategic partner to HR leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership development

Project management

Organizational development

Change management

Curriculum design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution

Tools

Learning technologies

Job description

Overview

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as a Program Manager, Leadership Readiness and Enablement in the Talent Strategy & Experience department. This position is based at the Hyde Park campus in Chicago, IL, with opportunities to work from home. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and lead the execution, and continuous optimization of leadership readiness and enablement programming, including enterprise learning and development programming. Focus on succession planning and development strategy across multiple leader populations, including emerging leaders, frontline leaders, managers, senior leaders, executives, and broader employee development populations as applicable.
• Oversee and support enterprise development programs including initiatives such as Manager Enablement Training (MET), Rise Higher, Executive Leadership Institute, and other custom learning offerings.
• Serve as a strategic partner to HR leaders, operational leaders, and executive stakeholders in support of enterprise learning and development initiatives.
• Partner with organizational leaders and HR stakeholders to identify workforce and leadership capability gaps and translate organizational priorities into targeted development strategies, ensuring learning and development programming aligns with organizational goals and workforce development needs.
• Coordinate program logistics, communications, vendor partnerships, facilitation schedules, and participant experiences.
• Support external partnerships, benchmarking, and research related to learning and development best practices and emerging workforce trends.
• Ensure scalability, sustainability, and continuous improvement of learning and development programming and processes.
• Partner with succession planning and talent management to translate talent review outcomes, succession insights, competency gaps, and leadership readiness needs into actionable development plans.
• Support the integration of leadership competencies into development programs, learning experiences, talent assessments, performance management processes, and leadership tools.
• Assist in building scalable development pathways that strengthen internal mobility, workforce capability, leadership readiness, and long-term succession pipelines.
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to support individualized and cohort-based development planning.
• Facilitate instructor-led training, workshops, retreats, and development experiences across all leadership levels and employee populations as assigned.
• Design, enhance, and maintain learning curriculum and development materials using adult learning principles and best practices.
• Support blended learning approaches including in-person, virtual, cohort-based, and experiential learning models.
• Ensure programming remains current, relevant, engaging, and aligned with enterprise culture and organizational expectations.
• Establish and monitor success metrics and program evaluation strategies to assess development effectiveness and organizational return on investment.
• Analyze development outcomes using data points including participation, engagement, retention, promotion rates, internal mobility, succession readiness, and leader effectiveness.
• Make recommendations for program enhancements based on participant feedback, organizational outcomes, workforce trends, and business needs.
• Develop presentations, reports, and executive summaries to communicate program impact and strategic recommendations to leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in leadership development or organizational development programs and initiatives
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in designing and/or facilitating development programming for leadership and/or employee populations
• Minimum of 8 years of experience translating organizational strategy, talent insights, or succession planning outcomes into development solutions
• Project management experience
• Program management experience
• Strong understanding of leadership competencies, adult learning principles, organizational development, workforce development, and talent strategy
• Experience measuring program effectiveness and using data to drive continuous improvement and demonstrate ROI
• Strong project management and stakeholder management capabilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Learning and development program management
• Leadership development and facilitation expertise
• Curriculum and instructional design
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Program evaluation and analytics
• Executive communication and presentation skills
• Relationship management and collaboration
• Change management and organizational effectiveness
• Learning technologies and virtual facilitation platforms
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience working within complex, matrixed, or healthcare organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within complex, matrixed, or healthcare organizations

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days
• Location: Hyde Park
• Unit/Department: Talent Strategy
• CBA Code: Non-Union

About Us

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.