Description

The Opportunity

The UCSF enterprise, including UCSF Health, is seeking a transformational, enterpriselevel leader to serve as Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness and Chief Learning Officer (CLO). This newly elevated role is central to UCSF Health’s fiveyear enterprise strategy and broader institutional transformation, with responsibility for shaping leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, and culture.

This position offers a rare opportunity to shape how one of the world’s most respected academic health systems leads, operates, and evolves. The successful CLO will leave a lasting enterprise imprint—building leadership capacity, strengthening culture, and enabling sustainable institutional performance at scale

The Organization

UCSF is a worldleading academic health sciences university dedicated exclusively to graduate and professional education, biomedical research, and patient care. With more than 30,000 employees, $8–9B in annual revenue, and $700M+ in NIH funding, UCSF delivers global impact through its integrated academic, research, and clinical enterprises.

The Position

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the CLO will design and lead an integrated, enterprisewide approach to leadership development, learning, and talent systems. The role goes well beyond traditional learning functions, focusing instead on aligning leaders and operating models with strategy, strengthening organizational performance, and embedding scalable systems that drive sustained results within a highly complex academic health environment.

The CLO will lead and develop a team of approximately 40 professionals across learning and organizational effectiveness. He/she/they will manage significant human and financial resources with high accountability. The CLO will evaluate, realign, and scale the function to meet evolving enterprise needs. The ideal candidate will be an expert in designing and shaping organizational culture, both through behaviors and systems. With the scaling of the function, the CLO will have the opportunity to grow the tea by 10+ FTEs.

Procedure for Candidacy

Interested candidates should provide their curriculum vitae and a letter of interest outlining key leadership experiences to Beth Ross of AMN Healthcare using the email address below. All interactions will remain confidential. To apply, provide recommendations, or to request additional information on this opportunity, please contact beth.ross@amnhealthcare.com.

Requirements

 Qualifications

Education

•       Bachelor's degree in organizational development or related field required
•       Graduate degree in organizational development, adult learning, psychology, behavioral science or related field is highly preferred

Knowledge and Work Experience

• Minimum of ten years of progressive leadership experience in organizational effectiveness, leadership development, talent strategy, or a related field, with demonstrated impact at the enterprise level
• Proven success leading enterprise-wide cultural transformation, with the ability to drive measurable behavioral change, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance 
• Strong business acumen with a track record of aligning talent and organizational strategies to business priorities, operational outcomes, and long-term enterprise value
• Demonstrated experience preparing organizations for future-of-work shifts, including digital transformation, workforce upskilling/reskilling, and the integration of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence
• Recognized expertise in shaping and embedding organizational culture through both behavioral leadership models and enterprise systems (e.g., performance, talent, and reward structures)
• Demonstrated experience building, scaling, and integrating leadership development and talent systems across the full lifecycle, including performance management, engagement, succession planning, and capability building, within large, complex organizations
• Experience operating in fast-paced, high-performance environments, with the ability to move quickly, drive execution, and lead transformation without reliance on overly bureaucratic structures
• Deep expertise in organizational development, including organizational design, governance, operating models, and leading both structural and behavioral changes across matrixed or multi-entity environments
• Strong experience redesigning performance management and accountability systems, ensuring clarity, differentiation, and alignment to enterprise expectations
• Highly data-driven, with the ability to leverage workforce analytics, engagement data, and performance metrics to inform strategy and demonstrate measurable impact
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future workforce needs, designing scalable leadership and capability-building strategies aligned to evolving business demands
• Advanced interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with senior executives, facilitate alignment, and drive decision-making across diverse stakeholder groups
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts into clear, actionable insights and effectively navigate sensitive, high-impact situations
• Proven leadership capability in managing large, multi-disciplinary teams through subordinate leaders, fostering engagement, accountability, and high performance while appropriately balancing autonomy and oversight
• Experience leveraging learning technologies, digital platforms, and modern capability-building tools, with the ability to assess and improve system effectiveness