Director - Leadership & Organizational Development

Stanford Health Care•Palo Alto, CA

1d•$94 - $125

About The Position

As a strategic leader in Leadership and Organizational Development, you will drive significant, measurable impact by enabling our more than 1,800 leaders and 20,000 employees to best serve over one million patients each year. You will partner with your experienced team to design and implement best-in-class strategies, systems, and development opportunities that accelerate capability building across the enterprise. These essential efforts will ensure our leaders develop the critical capabilities required to advance Stanford Health Care's (SHC) new organizational strategy, champion our culture and build high-performance cultures, and ultimately maximize organizational effectiveness and patient care.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited college or university.
10+ years of progressive experience in leadership development, organizational development, management consulting, HR, and/or Business Strategy.
Team Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams, encompassing direct reports and cross-functional initiatives.
Executive Presence & Influence: Strong executive presence and professional maturity, coupled with superior listening and influence skills, enabling effective partnership with all levels of leadership. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strategic Agility: Lead through ambiguity, creating clarity from complexity, and effectively balance strategy and execution.
Highly organized and process-oriented: with the ability to connect priorities, adhere to timelines, and maintain quality standards.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively; self-motivated and disciplined to meet deadlines in the context of competing priorities and client demands.
Talent and OD Mastery: Deep knowledge of Talent Development best practices, current thought leadership, and practices in leadership development, high-potential development, organizational development (including team effectiveness), change management, and employee engagement.
Business Acumen: Ability to draw on industry, business, and technical knowledge in organizational leadership capabilities to provide excellent service to leaders across SHC.
Digital & AI Fluency: Knowledge of emerging AI technologies in the L&D space, with the ability to evaluate and implement tools that automate administration and enhance efficiency, learner personalization, and impact.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field (e.g., Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, or Business Administration/MBA) strongly preferred.
Specialized certifications in leadership and/or organizational development are a plus.
AI Agentic Fluency: Experience defining business requirements for deploying LLM-powered workflows, agents/copilots, or decision support in HR/talent contexts.
Prior experience within the healthcare industry.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership
Lead the design, execution, and continuous evolution of leadership development, organizational development, and change management strategies to realize organizational goals.
Continually measure the impact of the team’s initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
Lead the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the development ecosystem; leverage AI to enhance leader capabilities, personalize learning, and improve organizational effectiveness.
Build leadership capabilities at all levels
Lead the implementation of "Leading@SHC" behaviors, ensuring all 1,800+ leaders understand expectations and consistently demonstrate these critical behaviors.
Direct the design, planning, and execution of our annual Leadership Summit and other enterprise talent development experiences, including development journeys for our managers and executives, utilizing evidence-based practices and innovative approaches to build leadership capabilities.
Strategically incorporate digital learning innovations and evidence-based practices into all development experiences and programs.
Provide scalable tools and resources to support leaders.
Serve as a facilitator and thought leader for key leadership development sessions, modeling effective engagement techniques.
Organizational Consulting & Partnership
Cultivate and maintain key relationships with senior leaders and HRBPs to ensure development experiences and OD interventions are strategically aligned to drive the new organizational strategy and overall organizational priorities.
Define organizational development capabilities and implement diagnostics required to measure effectiveness and drive impact across diverse business units.
Partner with experienced Change Management practitioners to enable complex change initiatives and build organizational change capabilities within our leaders.
Serve as an Organizational Consultant to one or more high-priority organizations within SHC, providing dedicated OD guidance.
Lead and/or participate in special HR cross-functional initiatives; provide expertise on topics related to leadership development, organizational development, change management, etc.
Team Leadership
Lead and develop a team of experienced Talent Development professionals, fostering a healthy and high-performance team.
Accelerate the performance and development of each team member