Senior Director, Leader and Org Enablement

Scorpion Therapeutics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Senior Director of Talent & Leadership to design and implement enterprise leadership development and succession planning, aligning with AI-driven workforce transformation. This role partners with HRBPs and senior leaders to elevate organizational effectiveness and strategic talent investments.

Responsibilities include leading performance management evolution, driving analytics, and shaping change management initiatives across global teams, with travel required as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Senior Director: 15+ years progressive HR/Talent Management experience, including enterprise strategy leadership and facilitation.
• Experience leading leadership development, succession planning, talent management, or organizational development.
• Experience partnering with HRBPs and senior executives.
• Experience leading change/transformation initiatives.
• Experience using HR analytics to influence business decisions.
• Experience with AI-enabled HR technologies and digital transformation.
• Role requires travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise leadership development strategy for all levels of leaders.
• Drive AI adoption and workforce transformation across HR, IT, and business units.
• Oversee talent review and succession planning for critical roles.
• Advance performance management with ongoing feedback and accountability.
• Develop talent health dashboards and translate data into actionable insights.

Skills

Leadership development

Change management

HR analytics

AI-enabled HR

Talent management

Succession planning

Organizational development

Partnering with HRBPs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HR analytics tools

AI-enabled HR platforms

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• Leadership Development: Design and implement enterprise leadership development strategy; build scalable leadership programs for new, mid-level, and senior leaders; assess leadership capability and identify development priorities; partner with HRBPs and business leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness; evaluate program impact and continuously improve learning experiences.
• AI People Transformation: Develop and execute people strategies supporting AI adoption and workforce transformation; identify capability gaps from AI/emerging technologies; partner across HR, IT, and business to redesign work, roles, and skills; drive change management for AI adoption and employee readiness; evaluate and introduce AI-enabled talent solutions and HR technologies; build AI-enabled workflows across talent management, leadership development, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Talent & Succession Planning: Lead enterprise talent review and succession planning with HRBPs; develop succession pipelines for critical roles; create strategies to identify and accelerate high-potential talent; ensure decisions are data-driven, equitable, and aligned with future business needs; monitor bench strength and succession readiness.
• Performance Ownership: Evolve performance management toward ownership, goals, continuous feedback, and accountability; design processes for meaningful performance conversations and coaching; strengthen goal setting, performance differentiation, and development planning; improve manager capability in coaching and continuous feedback.
• People Analytics & Insights: Develop talent health dashboards/metrics; translate workforce data into actionable insights; monitor trends (engagement, retention, mobility, succession, performance, leadership effectiveness); use predictive analytics for planning and talent investment decisions; present executive-ready insights and recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Senior Director: 15+ years progressive HR/Talent Management experience, including enterprise strategy leadership and facilitation.
• Experience leading leadership development, succession planning, talent management, or organizational development.
• Experience partnering with HRBPs and senior executives.
• Experience leading change/transformation initiatives.
• Experience using HR analytics to influence business decisions.
• Experience with AI-enabled HR technologies and digital transformation.
• Role requires travel.