Manager, Leadership Development (AMER)

VF Corporation•Costa Mesa, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Leadership Development (AMER) at VF operates within Global Learning and Leadership Development as a senior individual contributor supporting the AMER region. This role is deeply focused on a specific leadership population, such as New Manager, Manager, or Director. The position involves partnering closely with business leaders, HRBPs, regional learning partners, and global portfolio and design teams. The core of the role is to become a trusted learning lead for the assigned leadership level, addressing regional leadership development needs by leveraging and tailoring enterprise learning solutions, designing and facilitating bespoke experiences when necessary, and ensuring leadership learning is grounded in real VF leadership challenges and expectations. Additionally, the role contributes AMER leadership insights back into global curriculum and portfolio work, aiding in the evolution of enterprise solutions. This role reports to the Senior Director, Global Learning, and Leadership Development.

Requirements

Highly collaborative, with the ability to build strong, trusted relationships with business leaders, HRBPs, and regional and global learning partners.
Deep understanding of leadership development at a defined leadership level, with the ability to quickly embed in leadership context and credibility expectations.
Strong stakeholder communication skills, able to distill leadership needs, feedback, and constraints into clear, practical learning recommendations.
Skilled at conducting strong intake conversations to diagnose leadership capability needs beneath surface requests.
Experience working with Subject Matter Experts to translate complex content into focused, usable learning experiences.
Able to learn quickly and adapt, especially when working across different leadership populations, business contexts, or evolving enterprise priorities.
Strong execution discipline, with the ability to translate plans into action and deliver high‑quality learning experiences reliably.
Excellent time management and prioritization skills, balancing domain leadership, regional execution, and global contribution without losing momentum.
Sound judgment in applying, tailoring, or combining existing enterprise leadership learning solutions before designing new ones.
Capable of designing and facilitating leadership learning experiences that are practical, grounded in real VF leadership challenges, and directly applicable to the role.
Brings an organized, follow‑through‑oriented mindset, keeping stakeholders informed, aligned, and confident in delivery progress.
5+ years of experience and professional achievements.

Nice To Haves

Formal education in a related field, especially a degree in Human Resources, Business, Education, Organizational Development, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Aligns Leadership Development to Business Priorities and Real Work Challenges: Serves as the designated learning lead for a defined leadership level, becoming deeply embedded in the leadership expectations, challenges, and decision contexts at that level. Builds strong relationships with business leaders, HRBPs, and functional partners to understand leadership priorities, pain points, and ways of working. Shapes and maintains the leadership capability curriculum for the assigned level in partnership with global learning leaders, ensuring alignment with enterprise leadership frameworks and priorities. Defines leadership skill expectations, progression, and outcomes appropriate to the assigned level, grounded in real performance requirements and business standards. Ensures leadership learning reflects real VF work, tradeoffs, and expectations rather than abstract leadership models.
Regional Customization (AMER Execution & Delivery Lead): Serves as the AMER point of contact for leadership development programs at the assigned level. Uses strong knowledge of the enterprise learning catalogue to recommend, tailor, or combine existing leadership solutions in response to AMER‑specific needs. Designs and deploys bespoke, quick‑turn leadership learning solutions when existing offerings do not fully meet regional or leadership‑level needs. Facilitates leadership programs and workshops across AMER markets, ensuring relevance, consistency, and high‑quality learner experiences. Supports regional delivery execution, ensuring leadership learning lands effectively in real business and people‑management contexts.
Global Team Member (Enterprise Contribution & Governance): Contributes AMER leadership insights to global curriculum design, portfolio discussions, and roadmap planning for the assigned leadership level. Represents AMER leader needs and market context in global working sessions and governance forums. Acts as a thought partner to global learning teams, influencing how enterprise leadership solutions evolve based on regional and real‑world leadership realities. Aligns AMER execution with global leadership programs, architectures, and experience standards while providing early feedback on gaps or friction.