Director

Description:

Berkadia has been investing in the development of its talent and is committed to the ongoing growth and excellence of its people. We seek a Director - Leadership Development who can help us strategize the growth of our leaders and build critical capabilities across all levels of leadership. The Director will be responsible for growing critical learning practice areas, including the design and delivery of programs that promote leadership excellence. Working in collaboration with senior leadership, the Director will identify key needs of leaders at Berkadia and execute development experiences with a focus on program impact. The ideal candidate will have a proven consultative approach, a track record of building and implementing leadership development programs, and a demonstrated ability to conceptualize and execute complex projects to completion. The position requires expertise in program design and management, executive stakeholder management skills and experience facilitating sessions with all levels of leadership. Success in this role is defined by demonstrating that the expansion of leadership development experiences are highly correlated to achieving business outcomes.

We Innovate to shape the future of CRE, so in this role you will be responsible for:

Program Execution

Lead the continued rollout of our executive leadership experience including influencing program design with key partners, oversee program logistics, facilitate sessions, manage vendors and deliver an exceptional learner experience. 
Manage and deliver enterprise-wide manager essentials learning series. Own the delivery of learning experiences and continue the build of new learning experiences to develop leaders at scale. 

Strategic Thinking

Strategize the expansion of our leadership development platform, increasing our ability to provide learning experiences that drive high performance and help leaders grow in their capacity to lead high performing teams and achieve business results. This included key leadership development programs and enterprise-wide professional development. 
Partner with key business stakeholders to determine critical skills needed and design accelerated development experiences to meet our long-term talent needs. 
Embed and monitor KPI frameworks related to performance, productivity and efficiency and provide regular updates to senior management and other key stakeholders 

Design Learner-Focused Experiences

Focus on the learner and the process the learner goes through to apply new knowledge. Research and work to deeply understand learner goals, challenges, and unique needs. 
Implement learning experience design principles and techniques. Learning experiences may include case studies, role plays, mock situations/ scenarios, problem solving, simulations, gamification, and other methods that enable participants to actively practice and cultivate skills. 
Design and implement tools and other resources that support putting new learning into practice. 
Gather data to assess effectiveness of leadership development programs, which may include assessing learning comprehension, gathering feedback on learning application, and correlating data to business outcomes. 
Design and deliver programs that focus on implementing skills most needed to achieve our leadership responsibilities and are aligned with how learners apply new knowledge. Delivery methods may include live and virtual instructor-led training, facilitated discussions and group work, blended learning, and other learning modalities. 

Collaboration

Partner with L&D team members to ideate, build learning experiences, monitor progress, and measure impact of learning experiences. 
Role model Berkadia’s leadership competencies through every opportunity: 
Achieve Business Results 
Develop and Grown 
Motivate and Align 
Lead by Example 

Other duties as assigned.

Work Location:

This is a fully Remote position
Occasional travel required (10-20%)

We are passionate about your growth, so to achieve success in this role you should have: 

Seven-ten years of experience in progressively larger roles in a corporate learning environment, with exceptional instructional design and facilitation/delivery skills. 
Five-ten years of experience in designing and managing leadership development initiatives, talent programs and/or enterprise-wide initiatives.
Bachelor’s degree required, with an advanced degree preferred. Course concentration in Organizational Development, Education, Instructional Design, or related field of study preferred. 
Exceptional program design and delivery experience, learning experience design expertise is strongly preferred.
Experience in clearly articulating a business case, defining outcomes, and effectively communicating to multiple stakeholders, including executive leadership. 
Ability to drive clarity under ambiguity and execute with excellence.
Demonstrated passion for learning and development of talent.
Experience in measurement and analytics.
Knowledge and use of modern learning systems, tools, and processes.
Demonstrated track record as a change agent and driver of learning outcomes.