Senior Executive Coach

Summary

Join ProSidian as a Senior Executive Coach and provide professional and executive leadership coaching services to clients in the Energy & Scientific Research Sector. Lead executive coaching engagements, develop strategic thinking and decision-making capabilities, and conduct assessments and performance reviews. Define goals and expectations of coaching engagements, build client vision, and prepare and support the dissemination of development plans. Develop effective strategies to ensure awareness of deliberate practice and performance improvement, focusing on decision-making, strategic thinking, and influencing others. Measure and report results, including improved leadership skills, achievement of business results, and enhanced organizational awareness. The role is located in the Northeastern United States (Mid-Atlantic) Region, primarily in Princeton, New Jersey.

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years in executive coaching; advanced certification (ICF-PCC or MCC preferred); experience with DOE/National Lab environment preferred
• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, HR, Psychology, or related field; extensive leadership development experience
• Strategic thinking, executive presence, advanced coaching methodologies, feedback facilitation, stakeholder communication
• Emotional intelligence, confidentiality, executive-level influence, results-orientation, complex decision-making
• Experience coaching across diverse, high-security environments
• Comfort with virtual and in-person executive sessions and psychometric tools
• Engages C-suite and director-level talent; supports organizational culture transformation and succession planning

Responsibilities

• Lead executive coaching engagements; develop strategic thinking, influence, and decision-making capabilities; conduct assessments and performance reviews; build high-trust relationships
• Identify key stakeholders to provide specific input on the client’s leadership skills and the existing challenges faced in that role, through confidential one-on-one interviews with the coach
• Probe to learn how success will be measured and what specifically each of the stakeholders sees as the client’s top priorities
• Define goals, expectations, and outcomes of the coaching engagement with the client
• Build the client’s vision for themselves and their team by assessing the team, identifying the team’s strengths and potential development areas, and pinpointing what is working today and what is needed for higher performance and long-term growth
• These goals should be tailored to the clients’ individual needs and organizational priorities, should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART)
• The process shall be collaborative between the executive and coach to identify areas for improvement and set attainable objectives
• Prepare and support the dissemination of the client’s development plan to appropriate staff to improve the individual’s leadership impact to support PPPL’s mission and vision more effectively
• The executive coach will provide the client with the input and data to identify strengths and developmental opportunities
• Through the coaching process, the executive coach will be expected to develop effective strategies to ensure awareness of deliberate practice and performance improvement
• This should focus on the client improving their effectiveness in areas such as decision-making, strategic thinking, and influencing others
• Creating a space for Strategic Thinking in a structured environment where leaders can step back from immediate demands and assess situations holistically, moving from reacting to every urgent matter to prioritizing to what truly matters
• Developing decision-making frameworks to help the leaders create personalized frameworks for making complex decisions under pressure, identifying core values, and strategic priorities to guide decision making
• Building trust by assisting the leaders to learn how to foster trust through open communication and empathetic leadership which is essential for building strong relationships with direct reports and other stakeholders
• Identifying and addressing challenges the coach will help leaders identify specific challenges or opportunities and develop action plans to address them, guiding them through the implementation phase and providing constructive feedback
• Leveraging strengths and addressing weaknesses, the coach should focus on the clients’ strengths and how to amply them, which can lead to significant improvements in their effectiveness
• Measure and report results to include executive-level competency
• Improved leadership skills, confidence, and presence
• Achievement of business results
• Improved ability to persuade, influence, and negotiate for results
• Greater voice and visibility
• Enhanced authority and credibility
• Enhanced organizational awareness and ease in navigating office/Lab politics
• Completed development plan with close-out assessment report from the coach

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office
• The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as necessary
• Commitment - to work with smart, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve the biggest challenges across private, public and social sectors
• Curiosity – the ideal candidate exhibits an inquisitive nature and the ability to question the status quo among a community of people they enjoy and teams that work well together
• Humility – exhibits grace in success and failure while doing meaningful work where skills have impact and make a difference
• Willingness - to constantly learn, share, and grow and to view the world as their classroom

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Pay range begins in the competitive ranges with Group Health Benefits, Pre-tax Employee Benefits, and Performance Incentives
• For medical and dental benefits, the Company contributes a fixed dollar amount each month towards the plan you elect
• Contributions are deducted on a Pre-tax basis
• Group Medical Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian partners with BC/BS, to offer a range of medical plans, including high-deductible health plans or PPOs
• Group Dental Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian dental carriers - Delta, Aetna, Guardian, and MetLife
• Group Vision Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian offers high/low vision plans through 2 carriers: Aetna and VSP
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plans help you save for your retirement for eligible employees
• A range of investment options are available with a personal financial planner to assist you
• The Plan is a pre-tax Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match
• Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits: Eligible employees use PTO for vacation, a doctor’s appointment, or any number of events in your life
• Currently these benefits include Vacation/Sick days – 2 weeks/3 days | Holidays - 10 ProSidian and Government Days are given
• Pre-Tax Payment Programs: Pre-Tax Payment Programs currently exist in the form of a Premium Only Plan (POP)
• These Plans offer a full Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Plan and a tax benefit for eligible employees
• Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plans: We want you to achieve financial success
• We offer a Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plan through The Corporate Perks Benefit Program
• This provides special discounts for eligible employees on products and services you buy on a daily basis
• ProSidian Employee & Contractor Referral Bonus Program: ProSidian Consulting will pay up to 5k for all referrals employed for 90 days for candidates submitted through our Referral Program
• Performance Incentives: Due to the nature of our consulting engagements there are performance incentives associated with each new client that each employee works to pursue and support
• Flexible Spending Account: FSAs help you pay for eligible out-of-pocket health care and dependent day care expenses on a pre-tax basis
• You determine your projected expenses for the Plan Year and then elect to set aside a portion of each paycheck into your FSA
• Supplemental Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance: If you want extra protection for yourself and your eligible dependents, you have the option to elect supplemental life insurance
• D&D covers death or dismemberment from an accident only
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance: Disability insurance plans are designed to provide income protection while you recover from a disability