Penske Looking for Senior Manager, Leadership Development at Reading, PA Full Time

Senior Manager, Leadership Development (Job Number: 2219288 )

In Penske Talent Development, it is our mission to create the experiences and resources for our

colleagues to transform as human beings. In doing so, we grow the organization’s capacity to serve our

communities while being a positive force for good in the world.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager of Leadership Development is responsible for leading the evolution and execution

of a portfolio of leadership development initiatives and solutions for leaders and teams across the

enterprise. This role will focus primarily on the growth and development of leaders who lead a

collaborative team of leaders to achieve results. This role is responsible for the design, development

and facilitation of leadership development programs, workshops, individual and team development

coaching and consulting, development assessment administration and debriefs, and other customized

leadership development solutions that align with our mission and meet the needs of the business.

The role offers the opportunity to lead development initiatives at scale across the enterprise and

requires close collaboration with leadership and human resources partners. The ideal candidate will be

passionate and experienced in learning design, adult development, facilitation and coaching. The

Senior Manager will report to the Director of Leadership Development and will manage a team consisting

of a Senior Consultant and Specialist.

Major Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, facilitate and evaluate advanced leadership development programs and initiatives that

link business strategies to individual and organization performance and meet the highest standards of

program design and delivery.

• Use master facilitation skills and techniques to meet participants where they are and lead them toward

their growing edge.

• Collaborate with a wide range of high-profile stakeholders across the enterprise to align on a consistent

approach to leadership development at the leader of leaders level and provide targeted resources to

support business needs.

• Conduct necessary needs assessments to determine organizational learning and capability

requirements. Design and facilitate multi-dimensional interventions. Conduct leadership consultations

and develop solutions at individual leader, group, and function levels.

• Successfully builds, leads, and develops an engaged team of professionals.
• Lead assessment debriefs for leadership development programs designed at a level and for critical

roles. Debrief multiple psychometric assessments for cohorts of programs that will result in increasingly

complex understandings of the self, others and the systems in which they are embedded.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in related area of study (i.e., OD, HR, I/O Psychology) or equivalent experience

required

• Solid base of professional certifications and qualifications within Leadership Development

required

• 5 years of adult learning and development experience required
• 5 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering impactful learning experiences
• Experience leading a high-performing team
• Deep subject matter expertise in areas of professional practice, relevant business function, and

Talent and OD methods and practices

• Excellent communication, project and program management, and influence skills required
• Must have deep subject matter expertise in program design & facilitation, adult development, and

transformational learning

• Strong executive presence and interpersonal skills; quickly garners credibility with senior executives as

well as associates at all levels of the organization

• Self-directed, problem-solver who works well in ambiguous and complex organization processes and

systems

• Deep personal humility and strong professional will
• Sincere hunger and curiosity for continuous learning and development
• Must have knowledge of group dynamics
• Leadership coaching experience preferred
• Understanding of psychometrics and working knowledge of a number of psychological assessments

preferred

• Excellent individual and organizational diagnostic skills and a bias for action
• Candidate must consistently demonstrate successful performance against Penske’s leadership

behaviors at the level of leadership for which they seek candidacy

• Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite of products and learning technologies
• Respects and ensures intellectual property rights and privileges are consistently safeguarded
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required,

complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past

employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

In Talent Development, we:

• Take a systems perspective – Everything is connected!
• Honor the wholeness of the human experience – Find the poetry in everyone
• Develop ourselves – No one can be a Sherpa on a path they haven’t walked
• Stay connected to meaning and purpose – The Why provides the fuel and direction for the What & How
• Stay curious and humble – The answers become obsolete. Fall in love with the questions!
• Explore multiple perspectives – Reality is constructed, another perspective may be more useful
• Be easy to do business with – Everyone is busy, it’s up to us to figure out how to make things easier
• Stay in conditoin to make a difference everyday – Take care of ourselves and each other!

Work Locations :

100 Kachel Boulevard 100 Kachel Boulevard

Reading, PA 19607

Primary Location : United States-Pennsylvania-Reading

Job : Human Resources

Penske Oracle Job (US & CA only do not edit): : PTL.Senior Manager-Learning & Organizational Development

Req ID: 2219288