Director, Learning & Skills at Scale
About The Position
Reporting to the VP of Talent, the Director, Learning & Skills at Scale leads the design and delivery of an enterprise-wide, future-focused learning and skills strategy — built to Grow Faster, Demand More, Hire Better, and Inspire Deeply. This role owns the end-to-end learning and skills ecosystem at scale, leading two direct reports — the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development and the Sr. Manager, Skills Development — to build a scalable leadership pipeline, curate skills-based learning journeys, drive manager effectiveness, and oversee vendor management and program delivery. The Director will leverage AI-enabled and adaptive learning technologies to personalize development, embed future-of-work thinking into everything the team builds, and track learning and skills KPIs to demonstrate measurable business impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required or Master's Degree Organization Development or related field preferred
- 7+ years in talent management or human resources required
- Strong expertise in modern talent practices including succession planning, high-potential development, and strategic workforce planning
- Proven ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders across all levels of an organization
- A strategic mindset with the ability to align talent solutions with business goals and stay ahead of emerging trends
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across diverse teams and leaders
Responsibilities
- Design and lead an enterprise-wide, future-focused learning and skills strategy that scales leadership development and skills-building capabilities across the organization, anchored in a Future of Work (FoW) framework: Grow Faster, Demand More, Hire Better, Inspire Deeply.
- Own end-to-end delivery of the Learning & Skills portfolio, developing project plans with clear milestones, budgets, resourcing, and KPIs across both the Leadership Development and Skills Development workstreams.
- Direct the strategy and execution of leadership development programs across the full leadership continuum — from emerging leaders to executives — building a scalable, future-ready leadership pipeline through the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development.
- Drive manager effectiveness programs that equip people leaders with modern, human-centered capabilities — coaching, feedback, change leadership, and team development — to lead high-performing teams at scale.
- Oversee the curation of skills-based learning journeys and content through the Sr. Manager, Skills Development, leveraging AI-enabled and adaptive learning technologies to personalize skill-building at scale.
- Lead vendor selection, contracting, and relationship management with learning technology and content providers, ensuring best-in-class, cost-effective, and future-forward solutions.
- Partner with senior business and HR leaders to anticipate emerging skill needs and evolving work models, embedding future-of-work thinking and emerging technology (including AI) into the learning and skills strategy.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Learning & Skills organization, including the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development and Sr. Manager, Skills Development, fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture.
- Establish and track learning and skills KPIs — including learning journey completion, skill-proficiency growth, program ROI, and business impact — to continuously improve program effectiveness at scale
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Covista’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
- annual incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
