Dayforce
Director, Leadership Development
Edtech.com's Summary
Dayforce is hiring a Director, Leadership Development. The role involves creating and executing leadership development strategies and programs, focusing initially on senior leadership and executive development, while collaborating with internal and external partners to enhance leadership capabilities and organizational performance.
Highlights
- Lead strategy and execution of senior leadership development programs, focusing on executive readiness and succession planning globally.
- Develop leadership programming leveraging research on technology, AI, and internal leadership frameworks.
- Coach leaders and manage external coaching engagements to ensure measurable ROI.
- Use validated leadership assessments to interpret data and inform development plans.
- Host workshops and collaborate with internal experts and vendors to deliver leadership training aligned with company values.
- Partner with HR, Talent, Performance, L&D, and Product teams to align leadership initiatives with business strategies and technology.
- Require 15+ years in leadership development or talent management and executive coaching certification.
- Experience with leadership assessments, data analysis, vendor management, and global team leadership.
- Strong presentation and communication skills suitable for diverse organizational levels.
- Salary range between $136,500 and $243,800 USD, with additional bonuses and incentives possible.
Director, Leadership Development Full Description
Director, Leadership Development
Req #23379
United States
Job Description
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.
Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
About the opportunity
Reporting to the Vice President, Culture and Talent Success, this newly created role is responsible for creating the strategy and end to end execution of Dayforce’s targeted leadership development offerings. This role will evolve the strategy and deliver the programming for targeted audiences across Dayforce beginning with our executive development offerings, working with internal partners and with vendors for supplemental support when applicable. Over time this role may expand oversight and execution into other areas (e.g., high potential programming) or targeted audiences. This role is a US or Canada-based remote role.
What you'll get to do
- Direct the strategies, implementations, partnerships and operations for senior leadership development programs as first priority, explore future initiatives for high potential talent, to develop and accelerate employee readiness in executive-level roles, identified critical roles, and key successors across the globe to increase leadership capability and ultimately increase organization performance
- Leverage research on the evolving role of leaders in technology and AI-forward environments along with our internal leadership success framework and values to create high value leadership development programming and offerings
- Create and deliver the end-to-end execution plan for translating the strategy into executive-level experiences and programming, using a portfolio approach
- Analyze and interpret individual data and assess group-level capabilities to identify patterns and unique opportunities to impact executive development
- Coach leaders internally and/or match executives with coaches, ensuring progress against KPIs and coaching accountability plans for demonstrated ROI
- Identify, evaluate, and manage external coaching engagements to ensure high-quality delivery, cost effectiveness, and measurable return on investment aligned to business goals
- Incorporate evidence-based validated leadership assessments into the development portfolio, including providing results interpretation one on one or group settings
- Organize, collect, and analyze talent data, succession plans, and talent feedback to identify patterns, inform leadership development strategy and programming and ultimately show leaders’ skills progression and leadership acceleration
- Host and lead education and skills workshops with senior executives, incorporating realistic scenarios and business cases to aid in practical development
- Curate internal and external experts to offer workshops and roundtable sessions aligned with our leadership framework and necessary skills, including vendor selection and management to augment our offerings
- Partner with HR Business partners to learn deeply about the target audience, their impact to functional business strategy and company strategy, and expectations for success
- Partner with Talent and Performance team to leverage executive assessment data to guide program design, follow leader progress, and assess success
- Partner closely with the L&D team to align leadership training on core skills and co-create high-impact content that supports consistent, enterprise-wide leadership capability building
- Partner with the Product team to collaborate on and advise enhancements and functionality of our technology, ensuring solutions effectively support internal and external customer needs
- Collaborate across HR and business functions to ensure strategic alignment and seamless customer experience
Skills and experience we value
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or related work experience preferably in Human Resources, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Psychology, or Learning & Development
- 15+ years of leadership development or talent management experience and facilitating advanced leadership development programs, both virtually and in-person
- Executive Coaching Certification; formal certifications in leadership development programs and assessments
- Demonstrated superior subject matter expertise in executive education and development, leadership and cohort development training methodologies, adult learning theories, instructional design, training content and delivery
- Experience with evidence-based validated leadership assessments, selecting and evaluating assessments, results interpretation, and providing results delivery one on one or group settings
- Experience collecting and analyzing talent data, succession plans and talent feedback to inform leadership development strategy and programming and ultimately demonstrate skills progression and leadership acceleration
- Ability and experience leading and hosting education and skills workshops with senior executives, incorporating realistic scenarios and business cases to aid in practical development
- Proven ability to assess best practices in the market and apply relevant trends into program design, technologically forward learning solutions, strategic initiatives and resources, and deliver exceptional training in support of our business strategy.
- Previous experience with vendor management from contracting, budgeting to execution oversight and strategic partnerships to supplement internal capacity and scale impact.
- Experience leading and developing team members across multiple regions, enabling them to deliver innovative and technology-forward learning and development solutions
- Exceptional presentation and communication skills (written and verbal); ability to present clear and concise messages to diverse groups at all levels of an organization
- Experience working in a fast-paced, global, and matrixed organization
- Willing to travel and work flexibly as needed, to support customers across global time zones
What’s in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
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Job Details
Job Family
Management
Job Function
Human Resources
Pay Type
Salary
Employment Indicator
Regular
Hiring Min Rate
136,500 USD
Hiring Max Rate
243,800 USD
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