Senior Manager, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness
United Talent Agency
Los Angeles, CAThis is a Full Time Job
UTA is seeking a strategic, highly organized Senior Manager of Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness to join our People team. In this role, you will translate enterprise leadership and talent strategies into coordinated, high-quality delivery across performance management, leadership development, coaching, career frameworks, and team effectiveness. You will manage workstreams in these areas from planning through implementation, partnering with People Business Partners, People Operations, leaders, and external partners to drive adoption, consistency, and measurable impact.
This role combines strong program management with hands-on design, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement. You will build and maintain integrated plans, develop practical tools and resources, coordinate communications, track milestones and risks, resolve implementation issues, and support evaluation and continuous improvement. This position reports to the SVP of Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness and is a key partner in scaling UTA's leadership and organizational effectiveness agenda.
What You Will Do
• Develop, deliver and program-manage management and leadership development experiences; facilitate live experiences, develop practical tools and resources; and coordinate communications, logistics, and evaluation and where necessary facilitators or vendors.
• Manage the execution of performance cycles, including tools, communications, stakeholder readiness, timelines, tracking, issue resolution, and reporting.
• Support team-effectiveness consultation and diagnostics, design and facilitate workshops, coordinate follow-through and capture themes, outcomes, and impact.
• Manage our executive coaching portfolio, including coach-pool administration, intake, matching logistics, engagement tracking, reporting, and the delivery of scalable coaching solutions for managers and leaders.
• Support the delivery of talent assessment and succession processes, including tools, data coordination, review preparation, action tracking, leader follow-up, and high-potential program coordination.
• Support the development and implementation of UTA's leadership expectations and career frameworks including development of practical tools and resources that bring them to life, and coordination of their integration into talent processes and development.
• Use participation, stakeholder feedback, process data, and other agreed measures to evaluate effectiveness, identify opportunities for improvement, and support ongoing iteration.
• Build and maintain integrated plans across Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness priorities, managing milestones, dependencies, risks, status reporting, and follow-through in partnership with People Operations where applicable.
• Partner closely with People Business Partners, People Operations, People Systems, Communications, and business stakeholders to ensure programs are practical, aligned, and ready for implementation.
• Manage external consultants, coaches, facilitators, and vendors as needed, including scopes, deliverables, timelines, coordination, and quality follow-through.
• Contribute to cross-People Team initiatives and flex across Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness priorities as business needs evolve.
What You Will Need
• 7 years of experience in leadership development, talent management, organizational development, performance management, HR program management, or a related field, including experience delivering enterprise or multi-stakeholder programs.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy and design into structured plans, practical tools, coordinated implementation, and sustained follow-through.
• Strong program and project management skills, with experience managing multiple workstreams, dependencies, timelines, risks, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Experience supporting or delivering leadership and manager development, performance management, talent or succession processes, coaching programs, or team-effectiveness work.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills, with the judgment to support leaders and People partners in complex, challenging and high-visibility environments.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to build trust, influence without authority, and tailor messages for different audiences.
• Ability to create clear, high-quality resources, including plans, frameworks, toolkits, communications, presentations, and facilitator materials.
• Comfort working with data and feedback to track progress, identify themes, assess effectiveness, and inform recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
• Ability to balance strategic context with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business, Learning and Development, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certification is a plus.
• Experience in entertainment, media, professional services, or another relationship-driven business is a plus.
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Salary/Benefits
$130,000 - $150,000 /year USD
Commensurate with experience and skills
Perks
• Inclusive and diverse company culture
• Competitive programs to support well-being
• Collaborative environment with room to grow
Additional Information
UTA is a premier global talent agency built for the future of media and entertainment. The agency's diversified platform and client-first approach are innovative and collaborative, positioning it to lead in an evolving market. UTA represents celebrated artists, creatives, and brands, from icons and legends to next-generation talent. Its integrated capabilities span film and television, music, comedy, creators, sports, brands, news, publishing, speakers, theater, and more. UTA is based in Los Angeles with offices in the U.S., London, and Munich.