Senior Learning and Development Manager

About the Role

The People Team at Brunswick is designed to equip the firm with the talent, skills, and advisory and strategic support it needs to grow. We focus on the health, well-being, and development of our employees. In this role, you will coordinate globally and help us build an L&D function in the Americas, while directing L&D strategy and administering all L&D functions for the region.

Specifically, this means you will:

• Design, develop and manage our Americas’ L&D This individual will play an integral role in how we grow the best colleagues, leaders and future talent.
• Build foundational programming and approaches to ensure consistency across roles, levels, regions while accounting for diverse learning styles.
• Manage the learning lifecycle starting at onboarding, providing scalable, yet personalized, opportunities based on professional development goals and appraisal outcomes.
• Responsible for the management of all L&D functions including communications, operations, and reporting and analytics.
• Reports to: Head of People, Americas and Global L&D Leader

Responsibilities:

• Partner with regional leadership, and the People and Resourcing teams to understand the development needs and priorities of our future leaders to propose broad programmatic and individualized on-the-job solutions.
• Set and drive the strategic plan for L&D Programs at Brunswick in the Create and execute annual training calendar from content creation to feedback.
• Design, develop or source courses focused on the core skills needed to be successful at Brunswick, including at the time of onboarding and promotion.
• Serve as a thought leader by staying up to date on the latest research and trends that promote healthy organizations and effective leaders and teams.
• Diagnose, design and deliver high impact leader and team learning interventions focused on maximizing success, leveraging existing methodologies, tools and resources and in close partnership with respective HR Managers.
• Manage multi-stakeholder projects, including monitoring work-plans and managing against milestones, knowing what to prioritize and why, knowing who to keep informed, why, and how often, and knowing when to escalate.
• Regularly measure the effectiveness and impact of training programs, adjusting our approach as needed to get the most out of every offering.
• Establish and manage vendor relationships – renew contracts, co-design trainings, including identifying new partners.
• Create and maintain yearly training budget for the
• Engage and collaborate with global peers to ensure programs are leveraged appropriately around the world.
• Lead with excellence and foster a high-performing team in virtual environments; develop team members through advocacy, coaching, mentoring and training.

What We're Looking For

Knowledge & Experience

At Brunswick, we look to hire smart, ambitious individuals who are dedicated to learning and growth. In addition to considering experience when reviewing talent, we look to see potential, strong work ethic, and excellent written and verbal communications skills.

Standout candidates demonstrate the following:

• Previous experience in handling and driving all areas of L&D, including strategy
• Minimum 8 years of L&D experience in a fast-paced, highly confidential Professional services experience is a plus
• Proven experience in managing multi-stakeholder projects
• Strong customer service mentality with the ability to juggle multiple clients and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Works well independently and as a team player
• Ability to think on their feet and have good judgment
• Ability to take on challenges and has a proactive approach to duties
• You are assertive and confident, earning the confidence of the leadership team and working with various personalities to influence change

Skills

• Effective learning needs analysis linked to clear business outcomes
• Instructional Design and ability to identify when best to develop or source external providers
• Knowledge of impactful learning models
• Problem solving attitude, with exceptional project management
• Authoring tools and PowerPoint proficiency
• Ability to connect with employees and leaders with Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Data analysis and evaluation to measure return on investment of learning interventions
• Detail oriented, with advanced organizational and time management skills
• Team player attitude, and a strong desire to collaborate
• Flexible with the ability to react quickly to changing business needs, and a continuous improvement mindset
• Facilitation, c