Lead People Development Partner- Leadership Development

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The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Grade: Professional 311

Pay Range: $97,100.00 - $145,600.00

Job Description

About the Role:

The Lead People Development Partner plays a critical role in cultivating leadership across the organization by designing and delivering strategic development opportunities that strengthen individual and team effectiveness. This role focuses on preparing current and emerging leaders to drive performance and achieve key organizational goals.

In this role, the Lead People Development Partner is responsible for identifying skill and performance gaps, then creating and implementing targeted learning and development solutions. These efforts are focused on driving measurable improvements in capability and performance, with success reflected in the achievement of learning objectives and data-driven outcomes.

Location of Role: 4 days a week in-office at our headquarters: 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84107 and one day from home.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• Partners with organizational leaders and Business Partners to identify development needs for individual and team learning that align with organizational goals and takes ownership of the relationship with organizations that People Development serves.

• Collaborates with content and design teams and organizational leaders on learning solutions to equip employees with the mindsets, skills, abilities, and platform/tool knowledge they need to be successful. This includes development, delivery, and assessment of a variety of engaging learning experiences using blended learning approaches, including in-person and virtual workshops, coaching, and eLearning modules.

• Provides effective, productive, and timely feedback to participants and organizational leadership throughout the learning and talent development journey.

• Collaborates with organizational leaders and Business Partners to identify individual and team learning, and development needs aligned with organizational goals.

• Serves as a "go-to person" at the team, function, and organization levels.

• Participates in analyzing, selecting, and integrating technologies into learning solutions and teaches others to effectively utilize technology and adapt to changes in technology to support essential job functions.

• Tests and evaluates the effectiveness of existing technology and adapts to changes presented by customers.

• Investigates and leads creative problem-solving to drive continuous improvement.

• Assists management in identifying development needs of our people leaders and employees.

• Collaborates with colleagues to identify potential development opportunities, as needed.

• Evaluates the effectiveness of learning and development programs and measures their impact on individual and organizational performance.

• Stays current on emerging trends and best practices in learning and development.

• Collaborates effectively across relevant functions to deliver learning and development solutions.

• Engages in creative problem-solving to drive continuous improvement.

• Responsible for employing adjustments or recommended enhancements to systems and processes to solve problems or improve the job area’s effectiveness while leveraging a systems-thinking approach.

• Promotes and drives usage of People Development solutions.

• Handles confident