Leadership Development Manager
Location: Hybrid working at our office in Wimbledon 1-2 times per week
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract maternity cover
Salary: Competitive
Are you passionate about developing leaders and delivering development experiences that make a real difference?
As a Leadership Development Manager, you'll lead a varied portfolio of leadership development activity aligned to Domestic & General's business and people priorities. Working closely with leaders and stakeholders across the business, you'll translate leadership and capability needs into practical, impactful development solutions.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced leadership development professional who enjoys combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, managing multiple projects and stakeholders, and creating impactful development experiences that help colleagues perform at their best.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead a portfolio of leadership development activity, shaping learning outcomes and delivery approaches in line with D&G’s leadership development roadmap and business needs
Lead the design, delivery and ongoing management of D&G’s leadership programmes, drawing on business needs, participant experience, best practice and external insight
Develop and continuously improve leadership journeys, ensuring programmes and interventions provide a joined-up experience across different leadership populations and levels
Manage and evolve D&G’s coaching and mentoring offer, ensuring it responds to organisational needs and delivers a high-quality experience for participants
Work with leaders and stakeholders to understand leadership and team effectiveness challenges, recommending and delivering appropriate development interventions to support individual, team and organisational performance
Embed D&G’s leadership qualities and expectations across leadership development activity ,
Evaluate the effectiveness of programmes and interventions, using data, feedback and insight to identify opportunities for improvement and inform future priorities
Keep up to date with external research, trends and best practice, translating relevant insight into practical improvements to D&G’s leadership development approach
Provide leadership development expertise to wider Talent, Leadership and Inclusivity initiatives and projects, contributing to the delivery of agreed priorities
What you’ll bring:
Experience designing, delivering and evaluating leadership development programmes and initiatives.
Strong knowledge of leadership development and adult learning, and experience of applying this to practical business challenges
Experience across areas such as team effectiveness, coaching and skills development
Ability to partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to understand capability needs and translate them into practical development solutions.
Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the confidence to coach, advise and constructively challenge leaders.
Experience managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Confidence using data, insight and feedback to evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve development activity.
A genuine passion for developing leaders and helping individuals and teams perform at their best
We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:
Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
Attractive company pension scheme
Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities,…