[Hiring] Director of Leadership Development @Leadership Roundtable

Role Description

The Director of Leadership Development helps Catholic leaders realize their full potential so that the Church can carry out its ministries more effectively. This role delivers management and leadership formation, grounded in Leadership Roundtable's programs, tools, and support services, to the most senior leaders in the Catholic Church.

This person accompanies Catholic leaders (bishops, vicars general, chancellors, congregational leaders, and senior lay leaders) through Leadership Roundtable’s standards-based consulting and training services, both in person and virtually.

This person should have demonstrated consulting and presenting experience:

• Synthesizing client data into themes and insights
• Translating those insights into practical recommendations
• Supporting clients through implementation
• Initiating and expanding engagements

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and deliver Leadership Roundtable’s core programs and services, in person and virtually, and develop the presentations and materials that support them.
• Lead clients through a full planning process of priority identification, goal setting, and short- and long-term implementation planning; partner with them through execution and assess outcomes.
• Deliver leadership, management, and soft-skills training to adult learners using a variety of instructional techniques and formats, including facilitated team exercises, role play, group discussion, and case work.
• Collect, analyze, and synthesize client data; draw conclusions, identify possible action steps, and help clients understand the data and reports.
• Lead prayer and other spiritual practices for groups in order to ground and center client change and work in Christ.
• Maintain trusted relationships with Church leaders across the United States.
• Initiate relationships and promote Leadership Roundtable support services among dioceses, religious institutes, Catholic charities, foundations, seminaries, and national Catholic organizations.
• Renew and expand existing engagements; pursue follow-on opportunities that surface during delivery.
• Lead initial exploratory and assessment conversations with prospective clients; diagnose need and scope an appropriate engagement.
• Write proposals, working with the Executive Partner on scope pricing and terms.
• Represent Leadership Roundtable at conferences and professional associations.
• Attend and contribute to Leadership Roundtable convenings, including the annual Summit and other special gatherings.

Qualifications

• Substantial senior leadership experience — roughly fifteen years of progressively responsible leadership — either within Catholic institutions or in mission-driven organizations, foundations, or professional services.
• A practicing Catholic in good standing.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with senior leaders across very different worlds — clergy and lay, ecclesial and corporate.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and diplomacy, with a track record of handling sensitive matters and confidential information.
• Proven ability to direct complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives through others, including large convenings.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including editing and proofreading.
• Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time, including multi-day trips.
• Genuine commitment to Leadership Roundtable's mission and values.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a related field: nonprofit management, business, pastoral ministry, theology, communications, or public policy.
• Prior work in a diocese, Catholic nonprofit, Catholic university, foundation, apostolate, bishops' conference, or national Catholic organization.
• Existing relationships across Catholic dioceses, ministries, or philanthropic networks.
• Experience planning conferences, retreats, bishop briefings, advisory councils, or high-level convenings.
• Fundraising, sponsorship, or donor-relations experience.

Benefits

• Competitive non-profit salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Option to participate in pre-tax retirement (401k or ROTH) with up to 5% of employee deferral contributions eligible for match.
• Full health, dental, vision, shorter term and long term disability and life insurance are provided.
• Generous holiday package including: 10 vacation, 10 sick, 20-21 holidays days per calendar year including Christmas to New Years and the 4th of July week.