VP, Talent and Organizational Development at Guardian… · Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Extraordinary Care. Extraordinary Careers.

With one of the nation’s largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services providers, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Our unique business model combines the personal touch of locally operated pharmacies with the robust support of our Atlanta-based corporate team, ensuring best-in-class pharmacy care for our customers.

Why Guardian Pharmacy? We’re reimagining medication management and transforming care.

Who We Are and What We’re About:

Our core focus is delivering customized medication management solutions to support healthcare organizations serving seniors and individuals with complex care needs. With our comprehensive suite of tech-enabled pharmacy services and a dedicated team of professionals committed to enriching the lives of those we serve, we are redefining how pharmacy care is delivered.

We offer an opportunity to learn and grow your career in a fast-paced, diverse, and inclusive environment. If you are looking for a challenging, team-oriented environment in which you can put your expertise to work, then this is the place for you.

Vice President, Talent & Organizational Development

Guardian Pharmacy is seeking a visionary and hands-on Vice President, Talent & Organizational Development to lead the organization's enterprise talent strategy and build the leadership, workforce, and organizational capabilities necessary to support continued growth and long-term success.

As a trusted advisor to executive, support services, and pharmacy leaders, this role oversees an integrated portfolio that includes Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Leadership, Instructional Design, and Internal Communications. The Vice President is responsible for ensuring talent strategies, leadership initiatives, workforce planning, organizational development programs, and communication efforts are aligned to business objectives and positioned to drive organizational performance.

This executive leader will balance strategic leadership with meaningful personal contribution, directly leading critical initiatives, solving complex organizational challenges, and partnering with senior leaders to strengthen the organization's culture, leadership capability, and workforce readiness.

What You'll Do

Enterprise Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Develop and lead an integrated enterprise talent strategy aligned with Guardian Pharmacy's business objectives, culture, workforce needs, and growth plans.
• Partner with executive leadership to identify future workforce requirements, key talent risks, succession needs, and critical capability gaps.
• Develop workforce planning strategies that create sustainable internal and external talent pipelines.
• Establish meaningful enterprise talent metrics and dashboards that evaluate effectiveness across talent acquisition, learning, leadership development, succession planning, communications, and organizational development.
• Use workforce data, talent insights, and business trends to guide strategy, investments, and organizational priorities.

Talent Management & Leadership Development

• Lead the organization's talent management strategy, including: Talent reviews Succession planning Leadership assessments Executive coaching High-potential development Career development Individual development planning
• Facilitate executive talent review and succession planning discussions that strengthen leadership continuity and organizational readiness.
• Oversee the development and evolution of enterprise leadership competencies, performance enablement frameworks, career pathways, and succession processes.
• Provide strategic leadership for leadership development and employee growth initiatives that improve organizational performance and employee engagement.
• Partner with leaders to identify and develop future organizational leaders.

Talent Acquisition Leadership

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for Talent Acquisition, ensuring recruiting strategies align with workforce priorities and business growth objectives.
• Partner with business leaders to anticipate talent needs and develop proactive staffing and workforce planning strategies.
• Ensure recruiting processes, employer branding, service delivery, and candidate experience support organizational goals.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership to establish scalable recruiting capabilities and sustainable talent pipelines.

Organizational Effectiveness & Change Leadership

• Serve as an executive consultant to leaders on organizational design, workforce effectiveness, leadership capability, team performance, accountability, and change readiness.
• Lead organizational effectiveness initiatives that improve decision-making, operational efficiency, team performance, and leadership effectiveness.
• Design and support enterprise change management strategies that drive adoption and successful implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Partner with executive leadership to strengthen organizational culture, employee engagement, and alignment with company values.
• Facilitate organizational transformation initiatives that enable growth and improve business outcomes.

Internal Communications Strategy

• Lead the enterprise Internal Communications function and strategy.
• Ensure organizational messaging is timely, transparent, aligned, and supportive of business priorities.
• Develop communication strategies that improve employee engagement, strengthen leadership visibility, and enhance organizational alignment.
• Support communication planning associated with major organizational changes, business initiatives, and strategic priorities.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing Talent & Organizational Development team.
• Establish priorities, align resources, and ensure successful execution across all areas of responsibility.
• Develop future leaders within the function through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Provide direct leadership for critical enterprise projects and organizational priorities.
• Build strong partnerships across Human Resources, Support Services, and Pharmacy Operations to ensure talent strategies are effectively implemented.
• Maintain awareness of emerging trends, best practices, and innovations in talent management, organizational development, leadership development, workforce planning, and employee experience.

Required Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or related field preferred.
• SPHR, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent senior-level certification preferred.

Experience

• 15+ years of progressive experience in talent management, organizational development, leadership development, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience leading enterprise-level talent and organizational development functions.
• Demonstrated success leading one or more of the following functions: Talent Acquisition Talent Management Leadership Development Learning & Development Organizational Effectiveness Organizational Change Management Internal Communications
• Experience partnering with executive leadership teams to address complex workforce, leadership, culture, and organizational challenges.
• Proven success leading large-scale organizational change and transformation efforts.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Strong business acumen and ability to translate business strategy into workforce, leadership, talent, and organizational priorities.
• Deep understanding of organizational effectiveness, leadership development, talent management, change leadership, and workforce planning.
• Ability to connect organizational strategy, culture, talent, structure, leadership capability, and business outcomes.

Executive Consulting & Influence

• Proven ability to serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders on sensitive and complex organizational matters.
• Strong facilitation and consultation skills with executive and senior leadership audiences.
• Ability to influence decisions and create alignment across diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority.

Analytics & Decision Making

• Experience leveraging workforce, talent, and organizational data to inform decision-making and evaluate business impact.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to translate data into actionable business insights and strategic recommendations.

Communication & Relationship Building

• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences ranging from frontline employees to executive leadership.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

Execution & Organizational Leadership

• Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple complex priorities simultaneously.
• Strong project leadership, organizational planning, and accountability skills.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and drive sustainable organizational change.

Leadership Competencies:

Trusted Executive Advisor

Establishes credibility with senior leaders and provides thoughtful counsel on complex workforce, talent, culture, and organizational issues.

Strategic & Enterprise Thinking

Connects talent, leadership, workforce planning, organizational design, culture, and business priorities to create integrated solutions.

Influence & Change Leadership

Creates momentum, aligns stakeholders, and successfully leads organizational transformation and growth initiatives.

Courageous Leadership

Raises difficult issues, respectfully challenges assumptions, and helps leaders address organizational risks and opportunities.

Team Development

Develops high-performing teams, builds organizational capability, and creates sustainable leadership pipelines.

Accountability & Results

Brings structure to complexity, establishes priorities, drives execution, and consistently delivers measurable results through both personal contribution and team leadership.

What We Offer:

Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, supporting our core value of, “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”

Compensation & Financial

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match

Family, Health & Insurance Benefits (Full-Time employees working 30+ hours/week only)

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Company-paid Long-Term Disability and optional Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Employee and Dependent Life, Accident and Critical Illness
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Guardian Angels (Employee assistance fund)

Time Off

• Paid holidays and sick days
• Generous vacation benefits based on years of service

The Guardian Difference

Our clients require pharmacy services that aren’t “cookie cutter.” That’s why every Guardian pharmacy is locally operated and empowered with the autonomy to tailor their business to meet their clients’ needs.

Our corporate support offices, based in Atlanta, Ga., provide services such as human resources, business intelligence, legal, and marketing to promote the success of each Guardian location.

Regardless of your role at Guardian, your voice and talents matter. Because healthcare is an ever-changing industry, we encourage innovative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and diverse viewpoints to ensure we stay competitive in today’s dynamic business environment.

At Guardian, we are dedicated to fostering and advancing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Join us to discover what your best work truly looks like.