Senior Director, Talent and Organization Development

In this position..,

The Senior Director, Talent and Organization Development is accountable for budgets, performance, and results of the Talent and Organization Development team across departments/locations. The role possesses extensive knowledge of various talent management and career development programs. The role involves building and leading teams, providing guidance, and coaching, and executing HR strategies to support the overall business objectives. The role closely partners with senior leadership to address complex and important Talent and Organization Development issues of high significance to the company. The role has expertise in leading teams for the improvement of processes and programs, analyzing the long-term impact of new and anticipated strategies, and contributing to ensuring a compliant and high-performance work environment.

What you'll do...

• Leads designs and oversees the implementation of various talent management programs like organizational effectiveness assessment and improvement, career frameworks, career and leadership development, talent assessment, performance management, workforce and succession planning, organization design, and organizational transformation and culture change.
• Partners with the executive team to ensure alignment between the organization’s people and capabilities with the overall business strategy. Leads, delivers, mentors, and coaches all group & divisional resources in delivering the organization’s culture training. Drives change management to ensure business standards are adopted and foster an inclusive culture by creating a conducive environment for people development, collaboration, and learning.
• Manages leadership succession plans and support for career paths, identifies gaps in the talent pipeline, and ensures plans are in place to address these gaps to achieve the organizational business and talent objectives.
• Collaborates extensively with Talent Acquisition leadership to enable the creation and understanding of key talent pools (high potentials, diverse, critical role successors) and actively monitors engagement and development. Drives internal movement using succession and development plans as a guide.
• Leads projects which involve identifying innovative solutions and initiatives for novel abstract problems pertinent to a range of Talent and Organization Development subjects and establish new strategies, processes, and programs after a thorough review of their expected long-term impact. Leads associated technical and business interactions with top management, other HR teams as well as external vendors/ consultants.
• Oversees the development of relevant standards, procedures, and reporting templates and oversees their consistent execution to ensure efficient and effective experiences. Analyzes metrics around talent management programs and other key initiatives around employee engagement, talent retention, leadership program utilization, leadership pipeline, succession readiness, etc., to identify trends, potential areas of improvement, and root causes to make appropriate modifications to policies and programs.
• Takes ownership of budgets across departments under jurisdiction, regularly monitors the same against actual performance, and leads the development of strategies to adjust courses of action in case of variance to ensure effectiveness and cost efficiency of all talent development programs.
• Oversees regular review of policies and procedures related to talent management programs and activities to identify continuous improvement opportunities in line with business strategies, and ensures their compliance with all relevant federal, state, and local laws.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate and confidential records and data related to Talent and Organization Development matters including succession planning information, organizational development interventions, career development plans, leadership development data, etc.
• Performs talent management responsibilities including staffing, performance, discipline, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.

You'll have...

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Organizational Development or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of work experience with a Master’s degree or 12 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Talent and Organization Development, or a related field with some experience in a leadership role

Licenses and Certifications:

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (Preferred)
• Project Management Professional Certification (Preferred)

Work Requirements:

• Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, standing, climbing, walking, etc. Many sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment.

This description outlines the general nature and scope of work typically performed in this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, work requirements, etc. It may vary slightly based on business or geographic needs and is subject to being reviewed and updated periodically.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service 
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day 
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

This position is a leadership level 4.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL4Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. 

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