Manager, Learning and Development

STACK Infrastructure•Denver, CO

1d•$115,540 - $128,260

About The Position

The Manager, Learning & Development is responsible for curriculum development, training delivery and facilitation, and evaluating the effectiveness of enterprise-wide learning programs. The role executes learning and development strategies that build workforce capability and improve organizational performance. Reporting to the Director, Talent, the manager identifies skill gaps and turns them into scalable learning solutions for leadership, professional, and technical roles. The position requires expertise in needs assessment, stakeholder relationships, measurement and evaluation, instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training, career-path development, and people leadership. The manager develops enterprise learning roadmaps, curricula, learning pathways, academies, career development opportunities, and leadership and technical capability programs in partnership with leaders, stakeholders, People Business Partners, and subject matter experts. The role also establishes learning-design and facilitation standards, leads training and onboarding sessions, supports LMS reporting and compliance tracking, advances the use of AI and Workday Learning, and measures learning outcomes and business impact. It leads learning governance, vendor strategy, resource allocation, and assigned L&D staff, while coaching and developing team members. The position is based in Denver, Colorado, with travel of up to 30%. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States and pass comprehensive background and drug screening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Business, Instructional Design, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
5–7 years of proven and progressive Learning & Development or Training Manager experience in a corporate setting.
5–7 years of experience supporting Learning & Development or Talent Development in a corporate setting, including leadership of enterprise programs.
Advanced capability in facilitation, learning-needs assessment, adult learning methodology, and curriculum architecture.
Advanced capability in measuring and evaluating learning initiatives using the Kirkpatrick model.
Demonstrated experience designing leadership development and enterprise capability-building solutions.
Strong stakeholder consulting, executive communication, project and program management, time management, and leadership skills.
Experience with learning technology and LMS platforms; Workday is preferred.
Demonstrated comfort using AI to improve learning processes and experiences.
Excellent management and leadership skills, including performance management, coaching, feedback, and difficult conversations.
Experience with effective learning and development methods.
Excellent communication, presentation, and classroom management skills.
Ability to collaborate and build positive, supportive relationships across departments.
High proficiency in the MS Office suite.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Workday learning technology and LMS platforms.

Responsibilities

Translate enterprise Talent strategy and workforce capability priorities into a multi-year Learning & Development roadmap.
Create career-development opportunities and career-pathing programs with leadership and stakeholders.
Conduct enterprise learning-needs analyses and capability-gap assessments with leaders, stakeholders, PBPs, and the Talent function.
Design and manage scalable curricula, learning pathways, academies, and development programs across the enterprise.
Partner with technical subject matter experts to design, validate, and improve technical and functional capability programs.
Develop enterprise leadership and manager development programs and experiences with leadership.
Create learning solutions aligned with enterprise core, leadership, functional, and technical competencies.
Translate skill gaps and succession-development needs into targeted learning interventions.
Build learning experiences that prepare employees for future roles and expanded responsibilities.
Establish instructional design, facilitation, learning experience, and curriculum quality standards as needed.
Lead instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training and onboarding sessions using adult learning methodology and engaging techniques.
Advise leadership on enterprise onboarding learning and company-wide systems training.
Partner with the LMS Administrator on class rosters and timely, accurate, automated reporting for completions, learning utilization, safety, and compliance tracking.
Advance the use of AI, Workday Learning, Skills Cloud alignment, and emerging learning technologies to improve scale, personalization, and effectiveness.
Work with technical subject matter experts to review, develop, and monitor training programs.
Measure learning effectiveness and assess transfer to on-the-job performance and alignment with business objectives using Kirkpatrick and other appropriate methodologies.
Partner with the Director, Talent to establish L&D KPIs and demonstrate adoption, behavior change, performance impact, and ROI where appropriate.
Manage team performance by setting expectations, prioritizing work, coaching, providing feedback, conducting performance reviews, and driving accountability.
Develop and engage employees through mentoring, career development, performance management, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing team culture.
Lead learning governance, vendor strategy, program prioritization, and resource allocation.
Lead and develop instructional design, facilitation, learning operations, and other assigned L&D resources.