Learning & Development Program Manager
Cupertino, California, United States
Operations and Supply Chain
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The Learning & Development Program Manager is responsible for managing end-to-end learning solutions for the WW Global Sourcing & Solutions team, while driving and evangelizing innovative and effective approaches to learning. You will make a substantial impact by developing learner-centric experiences and aligning them to our business priorities. The Learning & Development Program Manager requires a high degree of analytical ability to find opportunities to improve
employee development through change and creativity — proposing and developing the appropriate learning solution(s).
You will interact with various Operations teams to gather requirements and develop project plans to support the learning needs and opportunities across production operations. As a Learning & Development professional you have demonstrated experience in creating highly technical training in a variety of application such as eLearning, on-demand, video-instructor-led-training (VILT), instructor-led-training (ILT), blended learning, job aides, etc. This position includes program and content development with some facilitation.
The Learning & Development, Program Manager possesses a rare blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, the drive and tactical ability to make that vision a reality. You possess an in-depth understanding of adult learning theory principles and are able to balance responsibilities as an instructional designer and program manager. You are
able to initiate and manage the lifecycle of projects. We're looking for a talented and passionate person to join this amazing team, if you feel this is you, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Qualifications
- Minimum: 3 years of relevant work experience in a corporate L&D organization.
- Professional L&D Program/Project management experience
- Strong communication and writing skills, as well as interpersonal and influential skills
- Ability to work in a fast-changing environment
- Experience in at least one of the following: Instructional Design or Curriculum Design
- Great facilitation skills
- Measurable results of Learning Effectiveness
Description
- Gather business requirements for current and future training content/deliverables by leading customer feedback activities and working with the content, facilitation, line-of-business, analytics, and quality teams
- Manage learning projects from needs analysis to deployment, considering the complexities of a diverse audience
- Drive innovative approaches to L&D and guide policy/process improvements
- Engage with vendors to measure quality and effectiveness of their deliverables
- Measure, understand, and communicate the overall impact learning content has on business operations to the leadership of your assigned line-of-business
- Support the development of L&D Content/Processes and execute with consistent quality and timeliness
- Enthusiasm for working in cross-functional teams as well as autonomously
- Exceptional attention to detail
Education & Experience
Bachelor's Degree required; Master's degree preferred in Instructional Design or Education.