Jobs and Careers
WM

Senior Manager, Learning Transformation

WM
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Mar 2025

About the role

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I.  Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Learning Transformation will lead and oversee the L&LD organization’s portfolio of programs and offerings, budget management, vendor management, process efficiency, internal communications and stakeholder engagement. You will drive continual focus on transforming how our people learn and grow to demonstrate our commitment to People First. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of creating structures and systems from ambiguity, with the wisdom to balance flexibility where needed, diplomacy to build strong relationships across a wide range of internal stakeholders, and gravitas to represent the L&D organization in different forums.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

  • Oversee the portfolio of L&LD programs and offerings to ensure timely design and delivery, identifying any capacity issues or resource reallocation needs.
  • Oversee the L&LD budget, including financial forecasting and invoice tracking and reconciliation, to ensure budget targets are met.
  • Manage the L&LD vendor portfolio, including third-party due diligence processes and executing vendor portfolio rationalization strategies.
  • Sustain the regular operating rhythm of the L&LD organization and leadership team, including weekly leadership team meetings, quarterly operating reviews, quarterly L&LD reports, and quarterly L&D town halls.
  • Identify and lead L&LD wide process improvement initiatives.
  • Understand the latest developments in learning technology, in order to build a best-in-class learning architecture (leveraging AI, digital learning content, gamification, etc.)
  • Support a culture of continuous learning and professional growth by increasing visibility and accessibility to existing learning resources.
  • Measure ROI and impact across all learning programs

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job may be the management of employees. This includes:

Management of one or more exempt and/or non-exempt team members

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

Education: Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant experience 

Experience: Seven (7) years of relevant work experience. (in addition to education requirement) 

B.  Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirement

None Required 

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

  • Normal setting for this job is an office setting/ Hybrid

Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply".

Apply for this role

Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.

Apply Now →Generate Application Kit

Free account required — sign up in 30s

Company

WM

View company profile →