Lead Talent & Organizational Development Consultant

Alliant Energy•Cedar Rapids, IA

About The Position

Lead Talent and Organizational Development Consultant plays a critical role in driving talent enterprise talent growth, strengthening leadership capability and aligning organizational design and culture with business strategy. This position is responsible for designing, implementing, managing and evaluating enterprise talent development programs, including performance management to support employee growth, engagement, and retention at Alliant Energy. In addition, the role leads and influences organizational development strategies that enhance enterprise performance and effectiveness fostering a resilient, high-performing and positive workplace culture.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology or related area Preferred Required
8 years of Talent Management and/or Organizational Development expertise possessing an understanding and depth of experience. This includes talent development, facilitation, performance management, succession planning, change management, organizational design, employee experience models and surveys/feedback models.
Experience in developing and managing projects from start to finish with measurable results and operational impact.
Must be willing to travel. Travel can include occasional overnight stays.
Excellent organizational skills and project management skills; exceptional attention to detail.
Demonstrated knowledge of business operations, management practices and principles, and employee engagement trends and practices.
Demonstrated ability to quickly establish rapport, buy-in and trust of key stakeholders.
Ability to build alignment and influence adoption of new concepts and methodologies.
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of internal and external people, both in formal and informal circumstances, and where necessary to gain agreement and acceptance.
Demonstrated competency in needs assessment, instructional design, facilitation, performance measurement and evaluation and the use of adult learning principles.
Proficient in the creation and delivery of presentations to convey information.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

Develops, implements, leads and facilitates enterprise-wide training and development programs and tools tailored to organizational needs, with a strategic focus on building leadership capabilities and critical professional skills.
Leads organizational development strategies that leverage change management, organizational design and culture initiatives ensuring alignment with strategic and tactical business objectives and the successful execution of organizational change and transformation.
Accelerates leadership successor readiness by providing counsel on talent identification, skill gap identification, development planning and, and execution while establishing programs such as coaching and mentoring to support employee growth, career progression and long-term development.
Designs, implements and leads performance management systems that cultivate a high-performance culture, providing employees with the support needed to successfully achieve team and organizational goals.
Develops, implements and leads strategies based on survey insights to foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture aligned with company values.
Establishes analytics and metrics to measure program performance and improve talent management strategies.
Maintains awareness of current trends across talent management to bring continuous improvement to practices which align to the employee experience model and leverage digital technology wherever practical.
Builds relationships with key stakeholders to advance and strengthen organizational culture to drive employee engagement.
Collaborates with HR business partners to enhance performance and develop future leaders, ensuring user-centric processes and programs.
Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.