Director, Learning & Development

Company Description

Insmed is a global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to transform the lives of patients living with serious and rare diseases. Our most valuable resource is our employees, and everything we do is motivated by a patients-first mentality. We are dedicated to growing our team with talented individuals from around the world who are willing to challenge the status quo, solve problems, and work collaboratively with a sense of urgency and compassion.

Guided by our core values of collaboration, accountability, passion, respect, and integrity, we aim to foster an inclusive, diverse, and flexible work environment, where our employees are recognized for leaning in and rolling up their sleeves. If you share our vision and want to work with the most dedicated people in the biopharma industry, come to Insmed to accelerate your career.

Recognitions

 

Consistently Ranked Science’s Top Employer

Insmed is dedicated to creating a collaborative environment where our team can thrive. Every day, our employees turn their passion for science and research into innovative solutions for patients. That’s why we’ve been named the No. 1 company to work for in the biopharma industry in Science’s Top Employers survey for four years in a row.

 

  

 

 

A Certified Great Place to Work®

We believe our company is truly special, and our employees agree. In July 2024, we became Great Place to Work-certified in the U.S. for the fourth year in a row. We are also honored to have been listed on the Best Workplaces in Biopharma™, Best Workplaces in New York™, PEOPLE® Companies That Care, Best Workplaces for Women™, Best Workplaces for Millennials™, and Best Medium Workplaces™ lists.

  

 

Overview

The Director, Learning & Development drives the L&D strategy to enable a culture of continuous learning and capability-building across the organization. This role leverages data, talent planning insights, and stakeholder feedback to diagnose learning needs of the organization, particularly in leadership development, cross-functional skills, and the cultivation of Global Core Competencies that define success across the organization. While shaping overall strategy and leading a team of two, the Director, Learning & Development is also actively designs and develops engaging, innovative, and impactful learning experiences and leadership curriculums. This role enables development planning, facilitates key organizational and leadership learning programs, and partners with the HR Business Partner team to provide resources and toolkits to support their individual client needs.

Responsibilities

Essential Role Responsibilities

• Drive organizational L&D strategy to meet the needs of a growing organization, creating an innovative, need-specific curriculum; evaluate existing programs and introduce new programs as needed
• Design, develop and implement the Insmed learning experience, applying adult learning theory and design thinking to design, develop, pilot and deliver engaging and effective learning experiences spanning the 70-20-10 model that enable organizational goals and strategy
• Embrace Insmed’s leadership philosophy to lead a high-performing team

• Collaborate with key business stakeholders to understand organizational needs and capability gaps
• Guide leadership on development planning best practices, and provide resources to enable individuals across the organization to create robust, impactful development plans
• Facilitate high engagement and effective workshops across the organization, both in-person and virtual sessions; seeking opportunities to engage employees across all regions and functions, ensuring opportunities regardless of role and location
• Identify, evaluate and partner with external vendors and thought leaders to broaden curriculum and supplement internally developed programs to ensure subject matter expertise, industry best practices and innovative approaches are delivered through Insmed Learning Institute offerings
• Utilize creativity and design skills to create course assets and communications that are engaging and compelling
• Continuously innovate and improve learning design and approach by staying ahead of learning & development industry trends, tools, and technology, including AI
• Analyze data, insights, and stakeholder feedback to ensure the organizational L&D strategy is data-driven and linked to  
• Champion a culture of learning at Insmed, including support for the use of innovative learning experiences, such as social learning
• Collaborate with HR Business Partner team to develop templates and workshops to leverage for large-scale client engagements; create toolkits and facilitate ‘train the trainerʼ sessions to enable