Director of Learning and Development

Brunswick Boat Group•Mettawa, IL

About The Position

The Director of Learning and Development is a strategic leader responsible for designing, implementing, and managing learning programs to enhance employee skills and support Brunswick’s business objectives. This role will be a key connector to drive Brunswick Blueprint training to foster adoption of the company’s business system processes. The role builds L&D capabilities, drives a culture of continuous skill development, oversees the L&D tech stack (e.g., LMS, XLPs, etc), manages training delivery through internal facilitation and network of learning administrators, external vendors, and evaluates training effectiveness, particularly for Blueprint adoption. This position collaborates with other areas of talent management to ensure learning programs complement leadership and cultural initiatives without overlap, focusing on technical, professional, and compliance training.

Requirements

Education : Bachelor’s degree in HR, Education, Organizational Development, or related field. Master’s degree or certifications preferred.
Experience : 8-12 years in HR or L&D, with 5+ years in learning program design and delivery in global, matrixed organizations.
Proven track record developing and delivering technical and operational training, including business system training like Brunswick Blueprint , preferably in manufacturing sectors.
Experience managing L&D tech stacks and vendor relationships for training content and platforms.
Skills : Strategic learning design and curriculum development expertise
Technical proficiency with LMS, e-learning platforms, and training tools, including oversight of administrator networks.
Strong facilitation and training delivery skills for internal and external sessions.
Expertise in building L&D infrastructure, managing learning administrators, and promoting employee-driven learning cultures using contemporary approaches like adaptive learning and microlearning
Proven ability to lead through influence in matrixed organizations, guiding distributed stakeholders like learning administrators and workstream leaders to align training initiatives
Project management for large-scale training rollouts.
Data literacy to evaluate training effectiveness.
Operational focus to align training with Brunswick’s business needs
Strong communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional alignment.
Ability to manage global, cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in marine, manufacturing, or industrial sectors, with a strong background in delivering business system training.
Expertise in contemporary learning methodologies (e.g. adaptive learning, microlearning, gamification), digital learning platforms and familiarity with AI-driven learning tools or advanced L&D technologies to enhance delivery.
Prior consulting experience in L&D or training transformations, particularly for operational or business system training.

Responsibilities

Learning Program Design & Delivery : Partner with functional SMEs and local administrators, to design and oversee comprehensive learning paths for technical, professional, and compliance training, ensuring alignment with Brunswick’s operational and strategic goals.
Develop scalable training content, including e-learning modules, workshops, and hands-on sessions, tailored to diverse employee levels across Brunswick’s global operations.
Oversee internal and external facilitation of training sessions, ensuring effective delivery. In collaboration with local administrators and core Blueprint workstreams, drive consistency and best practices in training facilitation across internal and external facilitators to improve quality and throughput.
Foster a culture of continuous skill development, motivating employees to prioritize upskilling through engagement campaigns, incentives, and alignment with career goals, enhancing workforce agility and innovation.
Brunswick Blueprint Training Ownership : Own the strategic design, delivery, and evaluation of Brunswick Blueprint training programs, collaborating with workstream leaders who develop training content to ensure adoption of business system processes by employees across divisions, driving manufacturing, product innovation, and operational excellence.
Partner with workstream teams to align Blueprint training with implementation timelines, ensuring employees are equipped to execute Brunswick’s business system effectively.
Oversee design of targeted Blueprint training modules to address specific business system components, fostering consistent adoption across divisions.
L&D Tech Stack & Vendor Management : Manage learning management systems (LMS), e-learning platforms, and other training technologies to deliver efficient, accessible, and scalable learning solutions.
Oversee a network of internal learning administrators to manage content, user access, and reporting, ensuring seamless delivery of learning solutions.
Maximize utilization of vendor partnerships like LinkedIn Learning to enhance employee skill development, ensuring high engagement and ROI.
Integrate AI-driven or personalized learning tools to enhance training outcomes.
Training Effectiveness & Metrics : Develop and enhance L&D capabilities by upskilling L&D network, ensuring contemporary learning practices centered on learner experience, optimizing learning processes, and building scalable systems to support Brunswick’s global learning needs, ensuring long-term organizational learning capacity.
Evaluate training program effectiveness, with a particular focus on Brunswick Blueprint training, through metrics like completion rates, skill acquisition, and business system adoption.
Use data to refine learning strategies, ensuring training drives measurable operational impact, and report outcomes to the VP of Talent & Enterprise Functions and senior leadership.
Vendor & Partner Management : Manage relationships with external vendors for training content, platforms, or facilitation, ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with Brunswick Blueprint and other training needs.
Coordinate with internal trainers and subject matter experts to deliver specialized training.
Collaboration & Alignment : Position learning as a strategic function to drive Brunswick’s business objectives, partnering with the broader HR & talent management team and Blueprint workstream leaders to align learning programs with talent and business needs.
Team Leadership : Lead a network of learning administrators and workstream leaders through influence, fostering collaboration and alignment to drive Brunswick Blueprint training and other learning initiatives, with potential to manage direct reports as the L&D function evolves.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the L&D function.