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Job Summary
The Vice President of Leadership Development is responsible for creating and executing a learning agenda that builds a center of excellence across the organization to drive our strategic objective to develop the next generation of Arch leaders. This newly created role focuses on developing leaders at all levels to support the company’s growth and innovation in a customer-centric re/insurance environment. The VP will serve as a strategic partner to senior executives and the HR team, driving innovative, flexible, and experiential learning solutions that align with business priorities, drive performance, and foster a culture of continuous learning.
This role can sit remotely, but should have ability to access one of the following offices as needed: Farmington or Hartford, CT, Greensboro, NC, Jersey City, NJ, New York, New York, or Philadelphia, PA.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Lead the development and execution of a multi-year leadership development strategy aligned to the company’s business goals and talent needs.
- Partner with senior executives to define leadership success profiles and create scalable development pathways.
- Serve as an enterprise leader in building a learning culture, with a focus on agility, curiosity, results-orientation, accountability, and customer-centric leadership.
Leadership Development Programs
- Design and implement differentiated leadership programs (emerging leaders, mid-level, executive) to address key capabilities that drive employee engagement and performance.
- Build programs that address the evolving needs of leadership excellence, including change leadership, adaptability, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Deliver programs that resonate with a global audience and allow for local/regional tailoring.
- Collaborate with talent management and HRBP teams to link learning initiatives to other COE activities, e.g., performance management, career discussions and talent reviews.
Enterprise Learning Strategy
- Lead and leverage AI tools for leadership development and capability building.
- Lead the design and delivery of enterprise learning experiences beyond leadership development, where needed (e.g., onboarding).
- Evaluate and deploy learning technology platforms and tools that support in-person and virtual learning formats.
- Partner with Executive representatives to incorporate growth strategy enablers into global curriculum.
Measurement & Analytics
- Develop learning measurement strategies that tie development outcomes to business impact, such as employee retention and leadership pipeline strength.
- Track learning ROI and regularly present program impact to executive leadership, as needed.
- Measure impact and continuously improve programs based on feedback and data analytics.
Team & External Partnerships
- Build and lead a high-performing team of learning professionals, such as facilitators/program managers, an instructional designer and learning admin.
- Manage relationships with executive coaches, leadership assessment providers, and external learning vendors.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; advanced degree a plus
Experience
Required
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in L&D, with at least 5 years in a senior-level role focused on leadership development.
- Proven track record in designing and executing integrated, flexible and scalable leadership development strategies in a complex, global, matrixed company.
- Expertise in designing and delivering content for international audiences.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in supporting talent development and organizational change in a Center of Excellence (COE) model, exceptional collaboration skills.
- Exceptional customer focus and continuous improvement orientation, consulting with senior leaders to translate business challenges into development solutions.
- Deep expertise in leadership development frameworks, adult learning principles, and instructional design.
- Experience leading learning transformation initiatives, especially in digital upskilling and hybrid work environments.
- Experience managing external partners, vendors/service providers and enterprise learning platforms (e.g., Workday, Docebo, etc.).
- Experience managing a team in a hybrid environment across multiple locations.
- Ability to balance reactive problem-solving with proactive, planful design and execution.
- Strong analytical and communication skills; ability to synthesize learning data and present to C-suite.
- Industry experience in insurance or financial services preferred.
Preferred
- Certification in tools such as Korn Ferry, Hogan, DiSC, or ICF coaching credentials is a plus.
For individuals assigned or hired to work in the location(s) indicated below, the base salary range is provided. Range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.
$191,505 - $259,095/year
- Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.
- Arch is committed to helping employees succeed through our comprehensive benefits package that includes multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401k with generous matching; PTO beginning at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer; basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability; Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks; Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement, Backup Child and Elder Care; and more. Click here to learn more on available benefits.
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