Director of Organizational Learning & Development

About the Organization

Centerstone is a large nonprofit behavioral health network serving people of all ages across a wide range of care settings. The organization focuses on work that improves lives and offers meaningful career opportunities for people who want to contribute to that mission.

Role Overview

The Director of Organizational Learning & Development will guide the strategy and execution of learning, leadership growth, talent development, and workforce readiness efforts. This leader will help create a strong learning culture, improve employee capability, support retention and engagement, and align development programs with business and mission goals.

The position partners closely with executive, operational, and People & Culture leadership while overseeing the Organizational Learning & Development and Licensure Supervision teams. The role also drives leadership development, succession planning, training design, career development, and other enterprise learning initiatives.

Core Areas of Ownership

• Shape and continuously improve organization-wide learning and development strategy.
• Evaluate learning needs, capability gaps, and workforce readiness across the organization.
• Create development solutions that improve performance, engagement, productivity, and retention.
• Design leadership programs for people leaders and emerging leaders.
• Oversee orientation, required training, role-based training plans, and professional development offerings.
• Manage the learning management system and related learning technologies.
• Support accreditation, compliance, and credentialing-related training requirements.
• Measure program outcomes and use data to refine learning effectiveness.
• Lead and develop staff while managing department budgets and resources.
• Build partnerships that support workforce development, employer brand, and educational collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise learning strategies and organizational development initiatives.
• Conduct assessments and analyses to identify learning gaps and capability needs.
• Align learning programs with operational priorities and strategic objectives.
• Build leadership development, mentorship, succession planning, and soft-skills programs.
• Direct orientation, annual training, professional development, internship, and job-specific learning programs.
• Administer and improve the LMS, learning content standards, and instructional design practices.
• Ensure training efforts meet legal, regulatory, accreditation, and compliance expectations.
• Oversee workforce readiness programs such as CPI, CPR/First Aid, and licensure supervision support.
• Track learning metrics, learner feedback, business results, and ROI indicators.
• Present reports and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Coach, manage, and develop team members, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and corrective action when needed.
• Manage budgets and monitor financial performance of learning initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to solve business challenges through learning solutions.
• Support belonging, engagement, employee experience, and culture-building efforts.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Business Administration, Psychology, Communications, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years of progressive leadership experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Talent Development, Human Resources, or a similar area.
• Background leading organization-wide learning initiatives.
• Experience managing teams, budgets, and change initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with LMS platforms and training technologies.
• Knowledge of adult learning, instructional design, leadership development, and organizational development practices.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, coaching, and consulting ability.
• Understanding of accreditation, regulatory, and compliance training requirements.
• Ability to work with workforce data and learning metrics to inform decisions.
• Experience building succession planning and talent development approaches.
• Strong project management and change management capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with executive and operational leaders.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Physical Requirements

• Standing: 10%
• Sitting: 90%
• Squatting: occasional
• Kneeling: occasional
• Bending: occasional
• Driving: occasional
• Lifting: occasional

Employment Details

This is a full-time position based onsite in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $108,920 to $163,400 per year.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid time off and 10 paid holidays
• Company-paid AD&D, life, and long-term disability insurance
• Employee resource groups
• Continuing education support
• Employee assistance program

Equal Opportunity and Culture

Centerstone hires based on merit and job-related qualifications and treats clients and colleagues with dignity and respect. The organization emphasizes its core values of respect, expertise, integrity, and empowerment, and promotes a culture that supports employee voices, collaboration, innovation, quality, safety, and best practices in clinical risk and patient safety.

Additional Notes

The responsibilities listed here are not exhaustive. The scope of the role may evolve over time, and other tasks may be assigned based on business needs.