Job Description
- Job Description:
- Oversee the design, delivery, and measurement of strategic capability development plans that address critical organizational knowledge and skills to enhance field force impact
- Drive principles of educational excellence across his/her team to achieve the organization’s commitment to exceptional customer engagement
- Leads and is viewed as a strategic thought partner to the business for skill development and capability enhancement
- Leverages significant market, competitor, industry, and cross-functional business knowledge to foresee and manage potential business challenges and opportunities
- Influences overall business strategy and decisions within own department and with key stakeholders and drives business impact by constantly aligning with business’ top and bottom-line objectives
- Consults partners and peers on key industry and leading practices and help solve complex issues and provide strategic direction by keeping a perspective and balance on external and internal view
- Makes strategic investments by allocating resources according to departmental and organizational priorities
- Defines new ways to leverage the organization’s resources to support the needs of the business
- Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university; advanced degree preferred (i.e., Curriculum Design, Behavioral Science, Organization Psychology)
- Minimum 10 years of experience in leading a skills development function or larger Commercial Training/Learning organization
- Minimum 5 years direct manager experience
- Strong understanding of the skills marketplace, especially how key business skills are identified and woven into curriculum development
- Strong relationships with leadership-focused training providers/vendors
- Deep expertise in adult learning models, measurement standards, and curriculum design
- Proven self-starter with high standards of excellence and an innovative mind
- Demonstrated success as an innovator with proven track record of leading ideas from concept to execution
- Demonstrated leadership and expertise in building an organization
- Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing and analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize information to develop recommendations, and ability to persuade / influence organization pursuit of recommended path
- Ability to manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines
- Excels at interacting with a diverse group of people, all levels of management, including senior leadership.
- Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Life and disability benefits
- 401(k) with company contribution and match
- Generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
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