Learning And Development Manager

Qualifications:

• Strong Project Management skills

• Ability to be strategic, tactical, and operational in thinking

• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Comfortable in operating in “white-space”

• Experience with Agile principles is desirable, not necessary

• Budget management experience (preferred, but not required)

• Detail-oriented, with strong time management, prioritizing and follow-up skills

• Ability to operate and deliver with ambiguity

• Experience leading global project teams and virtual settings

• Familiar with curriculum development and Learning Management systems

• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilize and motivate teams, resolve conflict, and deliver tough messages with grace

• Ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete their objectives

• Focused and versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure

• Ability to navigate a highly matrixed organization effectively

• Ability to manage projects for diverse teams to maximize performance and accomplish business outcomes

• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization with clarity and precision both written and verbally

• Fast Learner; Sound business acumen: Proactive communication; Risk identification; Vendor Management; Flexible/agile; Stakeholder influencing

• Technical skills to include MS Project, Excel, MS Teams, and PPT (creative and visual)

Responsibilities:

• Support and coordinate the roll-out (delivery/execution) of MMD - simultaneously manage multiple short-term sub-projects, in various stages by employing focused task management, creative problem-solving skills and tactical and strategic planning to keep projects on time and on budget

• Iterate, update, and maintain comprehensive and detailed project plans that summarize critical short and long-term tasks and deliverables; coordinate planning activities with other Project Managers across multiple workstreams

• Ensure tactical execution of complex strategic initiative that requires swift decision making

• Take ownership in all project issues with a hands-on approach to root cause analysis and problem resolution while leading team to fact-based decision making

• Manage interactions between Learning Partners, stakeholders, and functions to help coordinate strategy development and potential implementation or experimentation

• Maintain updated report-outs to communicate status of progress, challenges, and risk mitigation

• Interface with vendors which requires strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Coordinate all team efforts including team meetings

• Provide support for entering project updates into the GLD portfolio management tool(s)

• Assist in budget development, forecasting, tracking and monitoring (spending analysis) for individual project, including entering financial forecasts into systems

• Work with administrative staff to create purchase orders

• Coordinate and manage curriculum development and enrollments in Workday

• Update and manage project communications, GLD communications, agendas, PPT presentations, and material generation; help to develop and maintain executive-level PowerPoint presentations that effectively “tell a story” With data and program information

• Manage tracking of learning program metrics for regular reporting

• Develop excellent working relationships with cross functional leadership and teams at all levels of the organization and facilitate interaction between these groups

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