Your future role at a glance
Location: Remote with up to 10% travel
Department: Administration
Schedule: Day shift | Full-time
Salary: $125,689.26 - $170,049.54 per year
Eligible for annual bonus incentive
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Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Benefits that help you thrive
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
- Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
- Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
- Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
- Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
- Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.
How you’ll make an impact in this role
Ascension is seeking a strategic and people-focused leader to serve as our ERP Training Director. This role is responsible for aligning organizational change efforts with a clear, compelling training program with an eye for engaging both desk and deskless associates. The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership experience, a bias for action, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset. This position leads a team dedicated to enabling culture, clarity, and connection across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise-wide training initiatives by developing strategies that drive adoption, alignment, and measurable results across priority transformation efforts.
- Provides strategic analysis and advice on the development and implementation of organizational learning & development (OD&L) strategies.
- Coach and develop a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
- Partner with executive and functional leaders to shape messaging, manage risk, and support organizational readiness for strategic shifts.
- Own and manage relationships with agency partners and consulting partners. Complexity of work
Complexity of Work:
- Provides strategic counsel and support to market executives, system teams and other partner teams.
- Develops, manages and measures the organization’s strategic training plan and sets metrics for measuring that engagement among audiences. Analyzes results and develops a standard reporting structure and cadence.
- Ideally the candidate will also have a knowledge of the evolving healthcare audiences, deskless workforces.
- Must be able to work well across matrixed teams and demonstrate the efficiency and the delivery of reliable results in a fast-paced environment.
What minimum requirements you’ll need
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.
What additional preferences we're seeking
- 5+ years in a leadership role with relevant experience in the training space; Large healthcare organizational experience strongly preferred
- Prior ERP transformation experience (or similar change/technology transformations) with ability to provide insights into best practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and manage issues and risks related to change management and communications.
- Experience in measurement and reporting, with ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to support change management and training.
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
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