People Leader Impact Lead

Smith+Nephew • Fort Worth, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. To design, develop, and deliver a comprehensive, enterprise‑wide People Leader Impact Strategy that cultivates an environment where every People Leader inspires clarity, confidence, engagement and alignment—creating and empowering high‑performing teams to achieve exceptional results. This role will lead the needs assessment, implement leader capability measurement, guide the build of interventions aligned to identified gaps, and drive accountability, recognition, and consequences linked to leadership expectations via a clear, programmatic roadmap to align leadership to the execution of our business strategy. What will you be doing?

Requirements

• Leadership & Strategy Proven capability in leadership development strategy, organisational effectiveness, or enterprise culture transformation. Strong influencing skills, with experience operating at ExCo and SLT levels.
• Technical Expertise Diagnostic and needs assessment expertise. Strong understanding of leader capability models, leadership development, and behavioural frameworks. Experience in designing or deploying leader assessment solutions and dashboards.
• Delivery & Change Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi‑stakeholder strategic programmes. Expertise in change management and communication strategies.
• Mindset & Behaviour Enterprise‑wide thinking; able to align interventions to strategy and forward‑looking skills needs. Confident facilitator and communicator. Bias for action, clarity, and accountability—mirroring the desired leadership culture.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Development & Alignment Translate the leadership vision statement into a clear, actionable, enterprise‑wide strategy. Define clear people‑leader expectations at every level aligned to Enterprise Strategy. Ensure leadership interventions are aligned to identified capability gaps and designed to drive measurable performance improvement.
• Assessment & Insights Design and deploy assessment tools and frameworks to measure capability, effectiveness, and behavioural consistency. Lead a full needs assessment to understand current leader and manager capability gaps. Identify data requirements and build the foundation for richer insight into leader performance.
• Leadership Development & Interventions Shape a roadmap for leadership development, future‑skills readiness, and ongoing capability building (in partnership with L&D, Culture, I+B, SWP). In conjunction with Talent & L&D develop a system of targeted leadership interventions based on gap analysis and enterprise priorities.
• Performance, Accountability & Recognition Work with Global Rewards define and embed clear recognition, reward, and consequence mechanisms tied directly to people‑leader expectations. Ensure leaders are held accountable for the behaviours and performance outcomes expected of their level.
• Governance, Controls & Organisational Enablers Partner with all initiative owners that have projects ascertaining to People Leader Impact programme to ensure a joined up and cohesive approach is in place and to avoid duplication of efforts. Partner with ExCo to ensure continuous review, sponsorship, and decision making. Establish a comprehensive RACI to clarify People Leader responsibilities across HR, SLT, ExCo, and People Leaders. Identify and recommend removal of barriers (controls, approvals, systems) that impede leader effectiveness.
• Reporting & Measurement Implement a People Leader Dashboard to monitor status, progress, and identify when and where interventions are required. Track enterprise metrics such as engagement, retention, bottom quartile leader improvement, and business performance.
• Stakeholder Leadership Co‑ordinate a multi‑disciplinary working group including SLT, HRBPs, Internal Comms, Talent Management, Rewards, Inclusion & Belonging, Change Management and others. Ensure clear communication, engagement, and adoption across all leader levels.

Benefits

• Generous annual bonus
• life insurance
• Save As You Earn share options
• Flexible Vacation and Time Off
• Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours
• Private Health and Dental plans
• multisport card/my benefit platform
• Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles)
• Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship, subsidies for language classes, certifications and postgraduate studies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed