Vice President, Organizational Development
Denver, CO - USA
Job Summary
Position: Vice President Organizational Development
Compensation: Pursuant to applicable regulations if this job is performed in a relevant State the salary range is $150000-$170000 plus bonus potential. âEligible to participate in the company benefits plan. We offer health vision dental and pet insurance. We offer a 401(k) retirement plan student loan assistance licensing and continuing education reimbursement parental leave and housing allowances or gifts.
Position Summary
The Vice President of Organizational Development designs and continuously improves the organizational systems that enable company-wide performance and shape how team members work and grow. This role functions as an enterprise connector integrating strategy technology and operations to ensure the workforce evolves alongside the business.
This leader will partner with Operations and Shared Service executives to redesign work build organizational capability and accelerate adoption of initiatives that contribute to the companys targeted improvements.
This leader oversees the complete talent lifecycle strategically aligning acquisition to build out our desired culture and scale the workforce for future demands. They act as the driving force behind our performance ecosystem (Cornerstone OnDemand Spekit Qualtrics and Succession Planning) scaling critical proficiencies to keep pace with enterprise transformation. By shifting the paradigm from traditional one-off training events to embedded in-the-flow performance support and AI-enhanced tools they future-proof our teams in real-time. Through the seamless integration of these technologies and high-impact development programs this VP ensures the Talent and Org Development function delivers a clear measurable ROI against our core business objectives.
Essential Responsibilities
Organizational Architecture: Partner with HR and Shared Services to align and optimize the strategies governing talent acquisition learning operations training and engagement to support business velocity and scale.
Strategic Integration: Act as the strategic bridge between HR Operations AI Product and Executive Leadership. Use workforce data to help leaders identify capability bottlenecks manage change fatigue and ensure organizational readiness keeps pace with business strategy.
Organizational Capability: Partner with business leaders to redesign roles skills expectations and performance support so team members can effectively combine human judgement with AI-enabled workflows.
Workforce Intelligence: Build practical lightweight methods for tracking organizational capability using operational data and manager feedback. Build a change champion network of internal advocates trained to help accelerate adoption curves and mitigate resistance.
Complexity & Capacity Governance: Partner with the VP of Strategic Initiatives and executive transformation team to assess the organizations capacity to absorb change ensuring initiatives dont overwhelm teams. Provide leadership with data-driven guardrails on implementation velocity to prevent burnout and protect EBITDA targets.
Leadership Effectiveness: Equip leaders to improve performance rather than simply manage activity. Help leaders build high-performing teams through better coaching clearer expectations stronger feedback and better use of workforce insights.
Onboarding & Engagement: Leverage tools like Qualtrics to launch continuous listening strategies such as New Hire pulse surveys eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) and stay interviews. Use this data to identify early flight risks surface friction points in the onboarding journey and calibrate the employee experience in real-time.
Preferred Qualifications
Operational & Industry Fluency: 10 years of direct operations management or multi-unit leadership experience ideally within the hospitality multifamily or high-touch service industries.
Value Creation Track Record: Demonstrated experience connecting talent development initiatives to measurable outcomes
Change Leadership: Formal certification or deep practical experience in Change Management methodologies (e.g. Kotter Prosci) with a proven ability to lead organizations through large-scale technology or AI-driven integrations.
Systems Thinking & Complexity Reduction: Strong ability to analyze complex organizational workflows and design simplified high-efficiency solutions interventions or optimizations.
Product Management Mindset: Experience applying product management principles by delivering iterative value to internal learning softwares and team member growth programs.
Executive Advisory & Sponsorship Influence: Experience partnering with VPs SVPs and COO to influence organizational design and manage leadership change fatigue.
Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficiency in using workforce intelligence operational KPIs and data analytics to isolate performance gaps and steer executive decision making.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Cardinal Group is your fully-integrated real estate partner. We handle everything from real estate investments to property management.