Senior Associate, Organization Development

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 73,700 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO

Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a Senior Associate for Organizational Development to design, deliver and maintain learning programs. You will work with subject-matter experts to deliver courses, manage logistics, and track outcomes to support career growth across OCC.

You will partner with the OD team to execute learning initiatives, facilitate sessions, and ensure timely completion of programs while supporting vendor relationships and ERP/LMS operations in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Experience as a trainer or facilitator.
• Excellent communication, presentation and public speaking skills.
• Strong organizational skills with multiple assignments.
• Knowledge of instructional design theory and implementation.
• Knowledge of change management methodology and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver learning programs with OD team and SMEs (in person, e-learning, content curation).
• Facilitate training in person or online.
• Handle training logistics and materials for projects.
• Support development of OD and L&D programs, including enrollment tracking and reporting.
• Administer LMS tasks and maintain records.
• Coordinate master training schedule and reserve facilities.
• Communicate with managers on training needs and career growth goals.
• Support OD outreach and vendor relationships and procurement.
• Collaborate on deliverables and ad-hoc talent development projects.

Skills

Trainer/Facilitator experience

Communication/public speaking

Organizational skills

Instructional design

Change management

Education

BA degree in Education, Training, HR, OD or related field

3+ years learning & development or instructional design

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workday

AI tools

Job description

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What You’ll Do

As a Senior Associate on OCC’s Organizational Development (OD) team, you will apply your excellent organization, problem-solving, and communication skills to support learning and development and career-growth programs across the organization. This role will be responsible for utilizing best practices while developing, delivering, and maintaining learning and development programs, and ensuring that participant completion and timelines are met. This individual will work closely with the OD team to deliver assigned learning programs and support tracking of program outcomes.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with OD team and functional SMEs to develop and deliver learning (in person, e-learning modules, content curation).
• Facilitate training in person and/or online.
• Responsible for training logistics for assigned projects including preparation, maintenance, and distribution of training materials.
• Support the development of OD and L&D programs, including stakeholder communications, roll‑out logistics, enrollment tracking and completion reporting.
• Conduct administration tasks within learning management system (LMS).
• Coordinate the master training schedule and reservation of facilities for training programs and events.
• Communicate with managers, supervisors and employees on how to analyze training needs and career growth goals and recommend learning and development activities.
• Support OD outreach and employee requests related to OD.
• Support training vendor relationships, procurement process, tracking spend and reporting.
• Partner with OD team members and project leads on assigned deliverables. Support other ad‑hoc projects and requests to develop talent at OCC

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Qualifications

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• [Required] Previous work experience as a trainer or facilitator
• [Required] Strong communication, presentation and public speaking skills
• [Required] Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments
• [Required] Knowledge of instructional design theory and implementation
• [Required] Knowledge of change management methodology and best practices

Technical Skills

• [Required] Proficient with Microsoft Office
• [Preferred] HRIS experience (Workday)
• [Preferred] Experience utilizing AI tools

Education and/or Experience

• [Required] BA degree in Education, Training, HR, OD or related field required
• [Required] 3+ years of progressive learning and development or instructional design experience preferred

Certificates or Licenses

• [Preferred] Certifications in instructional design, facilitation and presentation, E-Learning development, etc.

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work‑life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• 401k Employer Match
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
• In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

$73,700.00 - $94,000.00

Incentive Range

6% to 10%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

For more information about OCC, please click here.

OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer