Sr Director, Leadership Development

At TIAA, great leadership is a core part of how we deliver for our clients and our business. As the Sr. Director, Leadership Development, you'll lead the strategy that builds that strength for our mid-level and emerging leaders. This role is for someone who loves to build, sees new and better ways of doing things, and wants to turn those ideas into enterprise-wide impact. You'll have room to innovate, a clear mandate to grow leader capability, and the chance to shape a stronger leadership pipeline for the future, while leading a team of three.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Shape and lead enterprise talent management strategies that deepen our leadership bench, accelerate readiness for critical roles, and set our workforce up for long-term success.
• Architect a connected approach to leadership pipeline development, career coaching, curated professional development experiences, and leadership assessment, bringing fresh thinking to how leaders grow at TIAA.
• Partner with senior People Team and business leaders to turn enterprise priorities into talent strategies that elevate leadership effectiveness, retention, associate performance, and organizational capability.
• Design and bring to life leadership development experiences for mid-level and emerging leaders that connect directly to business strategy, leadership expectations, and talent priorities.
• Guide and evolve enterprise leadership development programs, including manager readiness and professional development solutions, to build distinctive leader capability and a strong internal bench.
• Own or support high-impact leadership forums, development program events, and cohort experiences that create alignment, connection, and accountability across the leaders you serve.
• Put workforce insights, talent data, assessment outcomes, and business feedback to work to spot capability gaps, measure impact, and keep raising the bar on our talent strategies.
• Define what success looks like and build the measures, dashboards, and reporting routines that show the impact of leadership development initiatives.
• Bring the outside in by building relationships with external partners, consultants, and thought leaders who introduce innovative, research-backed practices to TIAA’s talent management and leadership development agenda.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team that delivers strategic learning experiences and leadership development resources with a client-focused, enterprise mindset.
• Champion TIAA’s values and leadership expectations by weaving them into talent processes, leader development experiences, and organizational effectiveness strategies.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level 9PL

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of HR experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of HR experience
• Experience in Learning & Development, including designing and delivering leadership and professional development solutions
• Demonstrated ability to build and execute an enterprise talent or learning strategy, translating business priorities into measurable outcomes
• Proven program ownership, with end-to-end accountability from design and launch through measurement and continuous improvement

Related Skills

Adaptability, Business Acumen, Change Management, Data-Based Decision Making, Influence, Organizational Design, Organizational Savviness, People-Centered Design Thinking, Relationship Management, Talent Management

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2026-11-05

Base Pay Range: $152,000/yr - $210,000/yr Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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