Organizational Development Director

The Director of Organizational Development is a senior leader within Human Resources' organization, reporting to the Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness/Chief Learning Officer. The Director leads UCSF's Organizational Development consulting practice and manages a team of experienced Organizational Development Consultants serving executive and senior leaders across UCSF Health and UCSF Campus.

As a member of the Organizational Effectiveness leadership team, the Director collaborates with peer leaders responsible for Leadership Development, Talent Systems, and Agentic Leadership, along with HR Business Partners and other Human Resources Centers of Excellence, to deliver integrated talent solutions that advance UCSF's strategic priorities.

The Director serves as the enterprise organizational development consultant for the institution's most complex organizational opportunities and challenges. Through executive consulting, organizational diagnosis, organization design, team effectiveness, and change leadership, the role helps leaders improve organizational performance while translating recurring organizational challenges into scalable enterprise capabilities.

This role must be based in San Francisco and is fully on-site with your peers and team.

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of time

Essential Function (Yes/No )

Key Responsibilities

• (To be completed by Supervisor)
• 30%

Yes Enterprise Organizational Consulting

• Serve as the lead organizational development consultant for executive leaders across UCSF Health and UCSF Campus.
• Diagnose complex organizational challenges using organizational assessment, stakeholder consultation, workforce data, and systems thinking.
• Design customized interventions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, strategic execution, and team performance.
• Facilitate executive leadership teams through organizational assessment, alignment, and decision-making.

25%

Yes Organization Design & Enterprise Transformation

• Lead organization design initiatives supporting growth, restructuring, integration, and enterprise transformation.
• Advise leaders on organizational structure, governance, operating models, decision rights, and workforce capability.
• Develop change strategies that enable successful implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Support enterprise initiatives requiring alignment across multiple organizations and functions.

20%

Yes Enterprise Organizational Development Strategy

• Identify recurring organizational patterns and enterprise opportunities through consulting engagements.
• Develop scalable organizational development frameworks, methodologies, and tools.
• Establish consulting standards that strengthen organizational capability across UCSF.
• Partner with Talent leaders to integrate organizational development with leadership development, talent systems, and innovation initiatives.

15%

Yes Team Leadership & Peer Collaboration

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Organizational Development Consultants.
• Establish consulting standards, quality expectations, and professional development.
• Manage consulting priorities, resource allocation, and team performance.
• Foster collaboration and continuous improvement across the practice.

10%

Yes Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Define success measures for consulting engagements and enterprise initiatives.
• Evaluate organizational interventions using workforce and operational data.
• Communicate organizational insights to executive leadership.
• Continuously refine consulting methodologies based on outcomes and leading practices.

100%

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Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Req / Pref

• Expert knowledge of organizational development, organization design, team effectiveness, organizational systems, and change leadership. Req
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed organization. Req
• Experienced team leader

• Demonstrated success consulting with executive leaders on complex organizational challenges.
• Ability to diagnose systemic issues and design customized, scalable organizational solutions.
• Exceptional executive presence, facilitation, consulting, and influencing skills.
• Strong systems thinking and analytical capability.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation initiatives in highly matrixed organizations.
• Proven success leading and developing experienced organizational development professionals.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Req

• Experience in an academic health system, higher education, or similarly complex organization. Pref
• Experience supporting enterprise growth, integration, or large-scale transformation. Pref

Education, Licenses and Certifications

Education

Req / Pref

Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, and/or equivalent experience. Req

Master's degree or higher in a related field. Pref

Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience in organizational development, organization design, executive consulting, and enterprise transformation within large, complex organizations. Req

Experience leading organizational development consulting teams. Req

Certifications

Req / Pref

Organization Development Certified Professional (ODCP) Pref

Prosci or other Change Management Certification Pref

SHRM-SCP or SPHR Pref

ICF Executive Coaching Certification Pref

Related certifications in organization design, facilitation, or systems thinking. Pref