Designs and delivers executive and high-potential leadership programs, VP onboarding, coaching offerings, and leadership assessments (e.g., 360s). Partners with HR and business leaders to translate talent priorities into development experiences, measures program and coaching effectiveness, and scales coaching and feedback practices across the enterprise.
Description and Requirements
The Opportunity
The Executive Development Manager is responsible for the design and delivery of executive and high-potential development experiences that strengthen MetLife's leadership pipeline and accelerate readiness for critical roles. This includes flagship executive programs and VP onboarding, focused on building the capabilities required to lead in line with our strategy.
The role also shapes and scales MetLife's approach to coaching and feedback, including Coaching@MetLife and leadership assessment practices. This work builds leader self-awareness, supports targeted development, and drives more consistent feedback and coaching across the enterprise. The role strengthens leadership capability and builds a consistent culture of development to support enterprise strategy execution.
Guided by our purpose, always with you, building a more confident future, and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all weather performance, this is an opportunity to ensure our investment in executive development translates into stronger leadership capability and accelerated readiness in our most senior leaders.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $107,300 - $145,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
#BI-Hybrid
The Opportunity
The Executive Development Manager is responsible for the design and delivery of executive and high-potential development experiences that strengthen MetLife's leadership pipeline and accelerate readiness for critical roles. This includes flagship executive programs and VP onboarding, focused on building the capabilities required to lead in line with our strategy.
The role also shapes and scales MetLife's approach to coaching and feedback, including Coaching@MetLife and leadership assessment practices. This work builds leader self-awareness, supports targeted development, and drives more consistent feedback and coaching across the enterprise. The role strengthens leadership capability and builds a consistent culture of development to support enterprise strategy execution.
Guided by our purpose, always with you, building a more confident future, and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all weather performance, this is an opportunity to ensure our investment in executive development translates into stronger leadership capability and accelerated readiness in our most senior leaders.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end design and delivery of high-potential leadership programs, including cohort planning, communications, and vendor coordination to ensure a seamless participant experience and measurable outcomes.
- Lead our enterprise coaching offering, including program design, coach engagement, and delivery oversight to expand access and ensure a consistent, high-quality coaching experience
- Oversee leadership assessment approaches (e.g., 360 programs and related tools), ensuring alignment to leadership expectations and effective use in development planning.
- Partner with HR, business leaders, and L&D, to translate talent priorities into development experiences that accelerate leadership effectiveness.
- Measure effectiveness of programs, coaching, and assessments, with a focus on development outcomes, feedback, and leadership readiness.
Required Qualifications
- Experience designing and facilitating leadership development programs, including content development and execution.
- Experience managing coaching or leadership assessment approaches, with the ability to translate insights into development actions.
- Strong execution and program management capability, able to manage multiple concurrent programs with high attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders, including HRBPs and business leaders, to align on participants and development priorities.
- Experience applying AI tools to drive analytics, reporting, or workflow optimization within HR or learning functions.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in executive development, talent management, or leadership programs.
- Experience supporting senior leader and high potential populations
- Familiarity with a range of assessment tools (e.g., 360s, psychometrics) and coaching models
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment, effectively prioritizing across multiple programs, coaching, and assessment demands to deliver high-quality outcomes
- Bachelor's Degree
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $107,300 - $145,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
#BI-Hybrid
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