Boston Children's Hospital

Senior Program Manager, Organizational Development

Boston Children's Hospital$110K — $130K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in I/O Psychology or Organizational Development.
  • Professional coaching credential, ideally from the ICF, plus expertise in assessment methodologies like Hogan or MBTI.
  • Expert in team effectiveness, coaching, talent reviews, succession planning, and employee engagement.
  • Experience with engagement survey platforms (e.g., Press Ganey, Gallup) and talent management tech (e.g., Workday).
  • Strong knowledge of coaching practices, adult learning principles, and group facilitation.
  • Proven ability to conduct complex discussions and calibrations with senior leaders.
  • Exceptional analytical skills for interpreting data and evaluating program effectiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and advance the enterprise team effectiveness strategy and tools.
  • Partner with HR and business leaders for assessing and designing team effectiveness engagements.
  • Build playbooks and resources for HRBPs and leaders to reinforce team efforts.
  • Design and facilitate cohort coaching programs rooted in adult learning principles.
  • Establish quality standards for coaching programs and iterate on feedback.
  • Provide expert facilitation across the Leadership Development portfolio.
  • Co-lead enterprise talent reviews, including facilitation and materials preparation.
  • Train HRBPs on talent reviews and assist with facilitation as needed.
  • Apply the Leadership Capability Model for consistent performance assessments.
  • Lead engagement action planning post-employee surveys.
  • Partner with HRBPs to interpret engagement data and formulate improvement plans.
  • Develop measures for OD programs and translate findings into strategic insights.

Benefits

  • Collaborative and growing Talent Management team environment.
  • Opportunities for professional development and certification support.
  • Access to advanced HR and talent management technologies.
  • Impactful role that influences leadership development across the enterprise.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary

As part of our growing Talent Management team, the Senior Program Manager, Organizational Development strengthens leadership, team, and organizational capability across the enterprise. This role leads initiatives focused on team effectiveness, group coaching, talent reviews and calibration, and employee engagement. The Senior Program Manager develops scalable strategies and tools that enable HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and leaders to strengthen team and organizational effectiveness and serves as a trusted advisor, ensuring practices align with enterprise priorities and the broader leadership development portfolio.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and advance the enterprise team effectiveness strategy, including diagnostic approaches, intervention models, assessment tools, and standards for developing high-performing leadership teams.
  • Partner with HR and business leaders to assess, design, and deliver team effectiveness engagements and evaluate impact.
  • Build scalable tools, resources, and playbooks that enable HRBPs and leaders to sustain team effectiveness efforts.
  • Design and facilitate cohort-based group coaching programs for leaders at multiple levels, grounded in adult learning principles and evidence-based coaching practices.
  • Establish quality standards and evaluation approaches for coaching programs and continuously improve offerings based on outcomes and feedback.
  • Provide expert facilitation across the Leadership Development portfolio.
  • Co-lead enterprise talent reviews and calibration, including cadence, materials, facilitation guides, rating standards, and supporting technology.
  • Train and coach HRBPs to facilitate talent reviews and calibration sessions; facilitate or co-facilitate as needed.
  • Apply the Leadership Capability Model to promote consistency and rigor in performance and potential assessment and translate outcomes into succession, retention, and development priorities.
  • Lead engagement action planning following employee surveys, including frameworks, resources, and manager enablement.
  • Partner with HRBPs and leaders to interpret engagement data, identify priorities, develop targeted improvement plans, and track progress.
  • Develop effectiveness measures for organizational development programs and translate results into actionable insights and business impact for senior stakeholders.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to HRBPs and Employee Relations on team effectiveness, coaching, talent, and organizational effectiveness challenges.
Qualifications Required
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in I/O Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred.
  • Professional coaching credential, preferably through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), plus certification or demonstrated expertise in relevant assessment and development methodologies, such as Hogan, MBTI, or DiSC.
  • Demonstrated expertise in team effectiveness, executive and group coaching, talent review and calibration, succession planning, performance management, and employee engagement.
  • Experience with engagement survey platforms such as Press Ganey or Gallup, and talent management technology such as Workday.
  • Strong knowledge of professional coaching practices, adult learning principles, learning design, and group and team facilitation.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate complex sessions and candid calibration discussions with senior and executive leaders.
  • Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, generate insights, evaluate program effectiveness, and communicate business impact.
  • Highly developed communication, consulting, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, build stakeholder relationships, and manage differing perspectives.
  • Strong written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to develop and deliver proposals, learning content, toolkits, executive briefing materials, and assessment reports.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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