Senior Director Learning & Organizational Development

Spencer Rigby Ltd.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Rigby Ltd. is seeking a strategic People & Organizational Development leader to architect enterprise talent strategy, leadership pipelines, and organizational capability from the ground up.

This executive role partners with business unit heads and senior HR leadership to harmonize approaches across North America and global tech centers. The Senior Director of Learning & Organizational Development will drive governance for enterprise learning, leadership development, and talent analytics,

Qualifications

• A strategic People & OD leader with proven experience designing and executing enterprise talent strategies within complex, multi-site, or post-acquisition environments.
• An adept integrator and executive influencer, skilled at creating buy-in and establishing common direction across diverse organizational cultures and legacy business units.
• Experienced in leading high-performing teams across Talent Management, OD, and L&D within high-growth, technically complex, or regulated sectors (Life Sciences, MedTech, or broader Technology/Industrial).
• Commercially grounded, analytically sharp, and energized by transforming fragmented systems into scalable, world-class talent architecture.
• Experience in the biotech, pharma or medical device industry is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Harmonization & Talent Integration: Unify talent management philosophies and frameworks across legacy divisions and acquired businesses—establishing a shared, consistent approach to talent reviews, potential assessment, and leadership development.
• Succession Architecture & Bench Strength: Build robust, transparent succession planning frameworks for critical business and technical tiers, actively breaking down functional silos to identify and mobilize "ready-now" and "future-ready" leaders.
• Strategic Organizational Design (OD): Act as the enterprise architect partnering with executive leaders and HRBPs to reshape operating structures, bridge cultural and operational gaps post-acquisition, and align workforce capabilities with overarching commercial roadmaps.
• Integrated Learning & Development (L&D) Governance: Lead a dedicated team of L&D professionals to translate harmonized talent strategies into high-impact leadership development, enterprise learning governance, and specialized commercial/technical training across regulated operations.
• Talent Health & Integration Analytics: Establish executive-level metrics to measure talent health, internal mobility, bench strength, and the long-term effectiveness of integration initiatives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive influence

Talent management

Organizational development

Learning & development

Analytics

Job description

Are you a progressive Talent & Organizational Development leader looking for a true greenfield opportunity to architect enterprise talent strategy, leadership pipelines, and organizational capability from the ground up?

We are exclusively retained by a multi-billion-dollar global healthcare pioneer to appoint a Senior Director of Learning & Organizational Development

The Organization:

Operating at the forefront of specialized healthcare technology, our client combines the stability and market reach of a global industry leader with the momentum of a high-growth enterprise in active evolution. Having expanded rapidly through strategic innovation and substantial global acquisitions, the organization is deeply people-centric and focused on integrating its legacy foundations with acquired entities into a unified, high-performing global ecosystem.

The Mandate: Harmonization, OD & Strategic Talent Architecture

This is an executive-level role for a strategic builder and integrator. Partnering directly with business unit heads, executive functional leaders, and senior HR leadership across North America and global technology centers, you will harmonize disparate approaches into cohesive enterprise frameworks that drive long-term scale:

• Enterprise Harmonization & Talent Integration: Unify talent management philosophies and frameworks across legacy divisions and acquired businesses—establishing a shared, consistent approach to talent reviews, potential assessment, and leadership development.
• Succession Architecture & Bench Strength: Build robust, transparent succession planning frameworks for critical business and technical tiers, actively breaking down functional silos to identify and mobilize "ready-now" and "future-ready" leaders.
• Strategic Organizational Design (OD): Act as the enterprise architect partnering with executive leaders and HRBPs to reshape operating structures, bridge cultural and operational gaps post-acquisition, and align workforce capabilities with overarching commercial roadmaps.
• Integrated Learning & Development (L&D) Governance: Lead a dedicated team of L&D professionals to translate harmonized talent strategies into high-impact leadership development, enterprise learning governance, and specialized commercial/technical training across regulated operations.
• Talent Health & Integration Analytics: Establish executive-level metrics to measure talent health, internal mobility, bench strength, and the long-term effectiveness of integration initiatives.

Who You Are:

• A strategic People & OD leader with proven experience designing and executing enterprise talent strategies within complex, multi-site, or post-acquisition environments.
• An adept integrator and executive influencer, skilled at creating buy-in and establishing common direction across diverse organizational cultures and legacy business units.
• Experienced in leading high-performing teams across Talent Management, OD, and L&D within high-growth, technically complex, or regulated sectors (Life Sciences, MedTech, or broader Technology/Industrial).
• Commercially grounded, analytically sharp, and energized by transforming fragmented systems into scalable, world-class talent architecture.
• Experience in the biotech, pharma or medical device industry is strongly preferred