Director, OD & Learning

Director, Organizational Development & Learning

Role Summary

This role helps Harris continue to evolve how people learn, grow, and develop at work.

The Director leads the centralized Learning & Development, Culture & Engagement, and Talent & Mobility teams, working closely with HR and business leaders across our portfolio groups.

Learning and development at Harris is largely embedded within our decentralized portfolio teams.

This role does not exist to centrally own all learning programs.

Instead, it focuses on shaping how capability is built across the organization—through experience, feedback, leadership practices, and, where appropriate, well‑designed development programs.

The person in this role acts as a thread across the organization, bringing fresh thinking to how development and behavior change happen in the workplace, strengthening how leaders and employees build capability as roles, technology, and ways of working continue to evolve.

 

How this Role Contributes

People Leadership

•       Lead, develop, and support the managers and employees on your team, setting clear direction and creating an environment where they do their best work.

•       Manage the budgets, vendors, and systems your team relies on, ensuring they are well managed and delivering value.

Development Expertise and Perspective

•       Serve as an internal advisor on leadership and employee development, offering insight and guidance to portfolio teams when requested.

•       Use research and emerging thinking on how people learn and change behavior to inform new approaches to development across Harris.

•       Share practical tools and ideas that help leaders and employees build capability as roles and ways of working evolve.

Shared Development, Culture and Engagement Resources

•       Guide the evolution of Harris-wide learning tools, content, and development resources used across the organization.

•       Lead or support shared culture and engagement initiatives including mentorship programs, employee surveys, and Culture of Belonging communities.

•       Use employee feedback and engagement insights to identify opportunities that strengthen team environments, trust, and collaboration.

•       Oversee the shared platforms, vendors, and tools that support development, culture, and talent practices, ensuring they are well managed, compliant, and responsive to business needs.

Shared Talent and Mobility Practices

•       Maintain shared recruiting and mobility frameworks such as selection guides, candidate communications, and redeployment guidelines.

•       Support the Talent Acquisition Community of Practice and shared recruiting tools used across the organization.

Encourage Experimentation and New Approaches

•       Explore how technology and AI may enhance how employees learn and develop.

•       Support experiments and new ideas that s...