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Associate Director, Leadership Development Partner - Talent Management (REMOTE)
Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL)
Wilmington, MA, US, 01887
Job Summary
The Associate Director, Leadership Development Partner, will contribute to and drive enterprise-wide strategy, design, and implementation of agile, scalable leadership development resources and programs to ensure Charles River (CR) has the strength of leadership and successor readiness at critical levels to drive success now and in the future. This new individual contributor role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, strategic, and results-oriented professional to influence the future of leader development at Charles River during a time of exciting growth at the company. The role reports to the Director of Learning and Development within the Global Talent Management function.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Contribute to and progress a comprehensive global leadership development strategy for Charles River that ensures near-term development of existing leaders and strengthens the leadership pipeline for the future. • Oversee, develop, recommend, and lead key strategic learning initiatives on a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to leadership development, leader orientation and onboarding, and overall learning and development. • Collaborate with business unit learning and development roles to advance a global leadership strategy and to deliver development resources and programs utilizing a 70-20-10 approach • Partner with key business, HR, and Global Talent Management (GTM) partners to ensure that critical capabilities and gaps are identified and addressed and that solutions are grounded and integrated into overall business strategy and talent strategy, drive culture, and are agile, practical, impactful, and measurable. • Build and deliver foundational practices, resources, and programs for identification, preparation, and on-going development across critical levels and segments of leadership (e.g., aspiring leaders, frontline leaders, leader of leaders, senior leaders, etc.) • Manage complex global projects within a matrix organization and within cross-generational, multi-cultural, and varied business environments, while successfully building and managing relationships • Support the development and effectiveness of facilitators across the organization, including coordination of a facilitator network • Build operational practices that capture metrics and business impact • Monitor industry trends as they relate to the development of future-focused leadership, continuously look for ways to innovate and enable 7-20-10 development and pursue ways to leverage digital technology.
Job Qualifications
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Organizational Development, HR, I/O Psychology, MBA or related field; advanced degree in similar fields preferred. • Experience: More than 15 years of experience in areas of learning and development and organizational development; at least 10 years of experience in leadership development; leadership/managerial experience preferred • Demonstrated success in complex, matrixed environments and delivering impact in a virtual work environment • Progressive, curious, and innovative individual with excellent foresight and ability to turn strategy into impactful plans and actions • Ability to build strong working relationships with internal customers in a matrix organization and positively influence key constituents • Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership skills, including proven ability to facilitate cross-functional teams • Ability to collaborate, bring people along with significant change, and drive leveraged action • Advanced project management skills and experience • Willing to roll-up sleeves and do the work as well as contribute by influencing and leading others • Knowledge of adult learning principles, contemporary blended learning approaches, instructional design concepts and models and 70-20-10 principles for learning solutions. • Advanced level knowledge of industry standards, trends and emerging challenges in leadership and leadership development • Strategic, systems thinker • Data-driven with excellent judgement • High on results-orientation and learning agility
• Travel is not a regular occurrence with this role but could be necessary on occasion.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $96K - $160K. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment OpportunityCharles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Job posted: 2023-06-09
