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The Associate Director, Coaching & Leadership Development will establish and lead an internal coaching practice that supports senior leaders and teams across the organization, as well as leading the design and delivery of enterprise leadership development and high potential programs. This role is responsible for designing a scalable, high‑quality coaching culture strengthening leadership capability and performance.

The role blends enterprise program design, coaching and facilitation, partnering closely with senior leaders, HRBPs, and the Talent Management team to embed coaching as a leadership capability and development tool. Establish and Lead an Internal Coaching Culture Design and implement an internal coaching framework aligned to the organization’s leadership strategy and values.

Define coaching standards, governance, ethics, and quality controls to ensure consistency and credibility.

Determine where internal coaching is most effective versus external coaching, and manage a high quality, aligned roster of external coaches.

Build tools, resources, and processes to scale coaching across leadership and deeper in the organization over time.

Senior Leader Coaching Provide 1:1 and small‑group coaching to senior leaders: supporting transitions, performance, leadership impact, and enterprise mindset.

Lead a community of practice to ensure the ongoing development and alignment to standards of an internal roster of trained coaches

Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders, balancing challenge and support.

Educate leaders on the value of coaching and help normalize coaching as a strategic leadership tool

Leading the strategy,



design and delivery of innovative leadership and team development programs, including flagship, transitional, and targeted leadership development initiatives and other offerings to drive professional growth and accountability aligned with our enterprise Leadership Capabilities framework and business needs

Developing learning paths that employ blended delivery methods and best‑in‑class methodologies to deliver a sustained learning experience that achieves long‑term outcomes

Consulting with business leaders and HR Business Partners to understand their needs and aligning leadership and team development solutions to meet them

Building strong relationships with business leaders to identify appropriate opportunities for sponsorship, championship, engagement and alignment

Design and Development Working with various business and HR stakeholders to design and develop blended learning experiences and materials aligned with adult learning principles and innovative, best‑in‑class learning standards

Leading the sourcing, evaluation, contracting and relationship management with external vendors, reviewing vendor material on a continual basis while having an ever‑constant eye to market trends and innovation

Developing detailed plans for design and deployment of programs, including budgets, communication plans, and delivery planning

Overseeing a roster of internal and external facilitators to deliver initiatives, and facilitating initiatives as required including in‑person, virtual, and hybrid formats

Strategy,



Measurement & Continuous Improvement Define success measures and outcomes for coaching and leadership development initiatives (e.g., Use qualitative and quantitative insights to refine the coaching practice and ensure it delivers business and people outcomes.

Stay current on external best practices in coaching and leadership development

7-10 years of progressive experience in leadership development, executive coaching, or organizational development roles.

Demonstrated experience coaching senior and executive leaders in complex, matrixed organizations.

Proven ability to design and scale leadership or coaching programs at an enterprise level.

Strong facilitation skills with the ability to engage senior audiences.

Formal coaching training and certification (e.g., University degree in Human Resources, Business, or related discipline

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group perks and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people‑first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process.

📌 Associate Director, Coaching & Leadership Development (Toronto)
🏢 The Institute for Performance and Learning
📍 Toronto