At Spencer Stuart, we are committed to maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and excellence across our organization. As we define our approach to leadership development, our Methodologies team plays a central role in enabling us to develop, test, and scale state-of-the-art leadership development offerings that are relevant to current and emerging client needs.
The Solutions Specialist - Leadership Development Methodologies is leading the design and evolution of our leadership development approaches in collaboration with practitioners across the globe. Key responsibilities include:
Working with the Methodologies Lead and team to develop, standardize and maintain leadership development approaches and programs that are robust, adaptable, and responsive to evolving client needs, with a view toward shaping the firm’s leadership development agenda over the next 1–2 years and beyond
Leading defined workstreams and sprints in partnership with practitioners in the field, including:
Conducting SWOT analysis of existing offerings including stakeholder interviews
Shaping a clear point of view on leadership development, including personal transformation, and testing these ideas with key clients and potential participants
Identifying and evaluating potential external partnerships to strengthen or extend our offerings through collaboration or acquisition
Designing standardized program frames that can form a scalable basis for client specific solutions
Building and curating a comprehensive library of content and interventions to support the design of leadership development programs
Defining and codifying an integrated approach to executive coaching aligned with broader leadership development methodologies
Collaborating with the Spencer Stuart Technology team to ensure our technology solutions effectively support and reflect the underlying methodologies
Partnering with practitioners on flagship client engagements, helping to elevate our leadership development approach while gaining insight into client challenges, priorities, and market trends
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to
Methodologies Lead
Other key relationships
Various sprint teams
Spencer Stuart Technology team
Methodologies Lead’s Executive Assistant
Colleagues in the Solutions Hub
Local peers and colleagues
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
Five or more years of experience in leadership development, leadership advisory or other professional services settings
An advanced degree from a highly competitive university in Organizational psychology or related field
Certification or experience using psychometrics, such as Hogan, OPQ or Sova PQ
ADVANTAGEOUS EXPERIENCE
PhD in Organizational Psychology or related field
Coaching Certification
Direct interaction or experience with executive-level clients
CRITICAL CAPABILITIES FOR SUCCESS
Passion for and expertise in leadership development
Result-focused, learning-oriented, self-driven, and pro-active
Ability to take the lead on, shape, bring structure to and deliver on ambiguous initiatives
Great collaborator and relationship builder
Strong critical and conceptual thinker
Excellent written and spoken knowledge of the English language
Good understanding and/or passion to learn about the developments of AI in the field
PREFERRED CAPABILITIES
Superior business writing skills, as evidenced through project work or writing samples to be provided upon request.
General business acumen, as defined by a keen and quick understanding of a range of business situations/contexts
Written and spoken command of additional languages besides English
Top Skills
What We Do
At Spencer Stuart, we know how much leadership matters. We are trusted by organizations around the world to help them make the senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. Through our executive search, board and leadership advisory services, we help build and enhance high-performing teams for select clients ranging from major multinationals to emerging companies to nonprofit institutions.
Privately held since 1956, we focus on delivering knowledge, insight and results through the collaborative efforts of a team of experts — now spanning more than 70 offices, over 30 countries and more than 50 practice specialties. Boards and leaders consistently turn to Spencer Stuart to help address their evolving leadership needs in areas such as senior-level executive search, board recruitment, board effectiveness, succession planning, in-depth senior management assessment, employee engagement and many other facets of culture and organizational effectiveness.
