Associate Director- Learning Consulting

<h2>Job Overview:</h2><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">The Associate Director, Learning Consulting supports and facilitates learning and development activities for a business unit or function, and influences the design and execution of the learning plan to achieve business results. The role supports the business units and Global Learning & Change management in the execution of the learning strategy</span><span style="color: #333333;"> through consulting and delivery on appropriate learning solutions. </span><span style="color: black;">S/he interacts with and influences business leaders, mid-level managers, and supervisors to understand business goals and performance needs, develops and executes learning plans aligned to the broader business unit, function, or line of business strategy, and routinely engages with key stakeholders to ensure learning solutions continue to support and positively drive desired outcomes. Success in this role depends on the candidate’s ability to collaborate with leaders in the business, subject matter experts, Change Management managers, Learning Partners, Learning Managers, Learning Specialist, as well as work cross-functionally to act as a partner and point of contact for the business’ performance needs and communicate them to support design and delivery of learning solutions.</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Effectively establish, deepen and sustain key relationships with business leaders and mid-level managers to understand their business needs and related performance gaps, provide oversight and analysis when defining requirements, and demonstrate an understanding of processes and methodology in order to provide appropriate learning solutions</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Lead collaborative efforts with stakeholders to define desired performance outcomes; provide feedback and coaching on issues related to learning programs and policies</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Identify performance needs and gaps and facilitate delivery of learning solutions to the business, when appropriate</span></li><li style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Monitor, analyze, interpret, and report internal trends; make recommendations for learning solutions for the business unit or function, as appropriate</span></li><li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Remain current on learning and development related tools, techniques, strategies and practices in order to provide relevant, informed consultative advice to the business</span>; s<span style="color: windowtext;">hare leading learning practices with teams and stakeholders</span></span></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;">Ensure successful learning outcomes by directing the identification and translation of the business’s learning needs into a defined learning strategy and implemented solutions</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;">Act as a liaison between the Global Learning & Change Management function and stakeholders to ensure alignment with learning needs;  Ensure learning solutions created meet the requirements of the business  Identify alternate non-training solutions when appropriate</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Deliver training and/or support local SMEs providing training, as needed</span></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;">Understand feedback provided by Global Learning & Change Management on the overall success of the learning solutions; Interpret and discuss feedback with stakeholders, and monitor impact and cost-effectiveness of learning solutions; Suggest improvements to further enhance learning program effectiveness and sustainability</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Report timely feedback on learning effectiveness to the business and communicate suggestions for improvement </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Document needs for customization or localization of learning programs</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Review interim/unplanned learning activities and requests; make appropriate recommendations</span></li></ul><h2>Education/Qualifications:</h2><ul><li style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Required:  Bachelor’s degree</span></li></ul><h2>Experience:</h2><ul><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Required: Minimum of 10 years of related experience, with minimum 5 years of leadership experience and minimum 1 year of experience facilitating / delivering learning solutions</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Preferred: Experience in the areas of learning, talent, HR, or comparable areas; experience in applicable technical/professional areas pertinent to the business unit / function served (e.g., TA, PM, ClinOps, etc.)</span></li></ul>