Lead Talent & Organizational Development Consultant

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At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Job Summary

Lead Talent and Organizational Development Consultant plays a critical role in driving talent enterprise talent growth, strengthening leadership capability and aligning organizational design and culture with business strategy. This position is responsible for designing, implementing, managing and evaluating enterprise talent development programs, including performance management to support employee growth, engagement, and retention at Alliant Energy. In addition, the role leads and influences organizational development strategies that enhance enterprise performance and effectiveness fostering a resilient, high-performing and positive workplace culture.

What You Will Do

• Develops, implements, leads and facilitates enterprise-wide training and development programs and tools tailored to organizational needs, with a strategic focus on building leadership capabilities and critical professional skills.
• Leads organizational development strategies that leverage change management, organizational design and culture initiatives ensuring alignment with strategic and tactical business objectives and the successful execution of organizational change and transformation.
• Accelerates leadership successor readiness by providing counsel on talent identification, skill gap identification, development planning and, and execution while establishing programs such as coaching and mentoring to support employee growth, career progression and long-term development.
• Designs, implements and leads performance management systems that cultivate a high-performance culture, providing employees with the support needed to successfully achieve team and organizational goals.
• Develops, implements and leads strategies based on survey insights to foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture aligned with company values.
• Establishes analytics and metrics to measure program performance and improve talent management strategies.
• Maintains awareness of current trends across talent management to bring continuous improvement to practices which align to the employee experience model and leverage digital technology wherever practical.
• Builds relationships with key stakeholders to advance and strengthen organizational culture to drive employee engagement.
• Collaborates with HR business partners to enhance performance and develop future leaders, ensuring user-centric processes and programs.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support our Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology or related area Preferred

Required Experience

• 8 years of Talent Management and/or Organizational Development expertise possessing an understanding and depth of experience. This includes talent development, facilitation, performance management, succession planning, change management, organizational design, employee experience models and surveys/feedback models.
• Experience in developing and managing projects from start to finish with measurable results and operational impact.

Other Requirements

• Must be willing to travel.
• Travel can include occasional overnight stays.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent organizational skills and project management skills; exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated knowledge of business operations, management practices and principles, and employee engagement trends and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly establish rapport, buy-in and trust of key stakeholders.
• Ability to build alignment and influence adoption of new concepts and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of internal and external people, both in formal and informal circumstances, and where necessary to gain agreement and acceptance.
• Demonstrated competency in needs assessment, instructional design, facilitation, performance measurement and evaluation and the use of adult learning principles.
• Proficient in the creation and delivery of presentations to convey information.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Key Skills

• Change Management Consulting Employee Engagement Organization Transformation Performance Management Project and Program Management Stakeholder Management Talent Management

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range:

$95,500.00 - $131,000.00

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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Alliant Energy and its subsidiaries are committed to creating a culture of belonging and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Disclaimer:The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.