Director - Employee Development & Learning

AMC Networks•New York, NY

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

AMC Global Media is seeking a Director - Employee Development & Learning to join their Human Resources team. This role will design and lead an enterprise learning and development strategy focused on Core Skills, Functional Skills, and People Management & Leadership Development. The position also involves shaping supporting strategies, systems, and processes to enhance performance, engagement, succession planning, and overall organizational effectiveness. The Director will work closely with senior leaders and HR stakeholders to strengthen manager effectiveness, employee growth, and foster a culture of continuous learning and feedback. They will also be responsible for designing and overseeing enterprise learning programs, developing leadership and people management programs, and leading talent review and succession planning processes. Additionally, the role involves establishing scalable learning operations, governance, and measurement practices, serving as the functional lead for learning, performance, and talent systems, and managing vendor relationships. The Director will also oversee key annual enterprise initiatives and participate in global task force efforts.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive HR experience, supporting executive leaders and enterprise efforts in Strategic Feedback Systems, Performance Architecture, Operational and Data literacy, Talent Pipeline Management (succession planning).
Strong capability in organizational design, change management, and leadership coaching in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills.
4+ years of leadership and team management experience.
Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Management, Organizational Psychology, Industrial/Organization or related degree preferred.

Nice To Haves

ICF credentials (ACC or PCC).
(SHRM-SCP, SPHR) and/or advanced degree (MBA, MS HR).
Experience supporting a high-growth organization and scaling enterprise teams, processes, and capabilities.
Demonstrated effectiveness partnering with global or multi-site teams and navigating matrixed stakeholder environments.

Responsibilities

Define and advance enterprise-wide core skill development priorities aligned with organizational strategy and culture.
Lead the strategy for performance and feedback practices that support goal setting, continuous coaching, development planning, and accountability.
Partner with senior leaders and HR stakeholders to strengthen manager effectiveness, employee growth, and a culture of ongoing learning and feedback.
Use employee engagement insights and organizational effectiveness priorities to inform development strategies.
Design and oversee enterprise learning programs that build technical and functional capabilities aligned with business priorities.
Partner with business leaders and HR stakeholders to identify capability needs and translate them into targeted learning strategies.
Develop leadership and people management programs that strengthen coaching capability, team effectiveness, internal mobility, and leadership readiness.
Lead talent review and succession planning processes to identify high-potential talent and strengthen leadership pipelines.
Provide strategic consultation and coaching to leaders on feedback culture, development planning, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership.
Lead and develop the team supporting employee development and learning.
Establish scalable learning operations, governance, and measurement practices to evaluate participation, adoption, effectiveness, and business impact.
Serve as the functional lead for learning, performance, and talent systems, partnering with People Systems to define requirements, testing, reporting, and process improvements.
Ensure systems, data integrity, workflows, and analytics effectively support talent programs and enable informed decision-making.
Manage relationships with external learning and talent vendors.
Oversee key annual enterprise initiatives and participate in global task force efforts, including annual performance and goal-setting cycles, Engagement Survey, Compliance Training, Cybersecurity Training Task and Mid-Year Review (MYR).