Manager, Learning and Development

Skillz Inc. • Las Vegas, NV

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As Manager of Learning & Development, you will design and scale programs that help employees and leaders grow, perform at their best, and build successful careers. Your work will shape a high-performance culture and drive business impact through stronger capability across the organization.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to design and stand up an enterprise learning function from strategy through execution, aligning development programs to business outcomes in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect learning initiatives to measurable performance, retention, and productivity outcomes.
• Comfortable partnering with People Operations, FP&A, Analytics, and business leaders to quantify impact.
• Deep expertise in performance management, manager enablement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Ability to coach senior leaders while also designing and deploying scalable training programs.
• Proven ability to lead change initiatives, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and drive adoption of new programs in startup or scaling environments.
• Hands-on leader who can facilitate training, design curriculum, and build tools when needed, while simultaneously operating at a strategic level.
• Balances high-level orchestration with detailed program execution.
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams, establishing clear performance standards, coaching team members, and ensuring continuity and scalability of core programs.
• Skilled in establishing metrics, dashboards, and reporting structures to monitor learning effectiveness and inform continuous improvement.
• 10–12 years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or Talent Management.
• Experience building or scaling enterprise learning programs in growth-stage or technology-driven environments preferred but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field; or equivalent education and experience.
• Prior people management experience, with demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven experience designing manager development programs, onboarding frameworks, and performance enablement initiatives tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Experience working in fast-paced, scaling organizations where both strategic leadership and tactical execution are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect the end-to-end Learning & Development function at Skillz, defining the strategy, operating model, governance, and roadmap aligned to company KPIs.
• Build and scale a high-performing L&D team, ensuring clarity of ownership, curriculum standards, and measurable business outcomes.
• Drive improvements in employee performance across the lifecycle, accelerating time-to-productivity and strengthening the first 90-day onboarding experience.
• Design and implement scalable onboarding and manager enablement interventions that measurably improve ramp speed, performance attainment, and retention.
• Elevate manager effectiveness by defining competency frameworks, leading manager development programs, and embedding performance rigor across the organization.
• Act as both a strategic advisor and hands-on program leader to ensure managers are equipped to drive high performance and accountability.
• Establish a robust learning measurement framework that ties training initiatives to tangible business metrics (performance distribution, retention, productivity, manager effectiveness).
• Deliver regular executive-level reporting and ensure L&D investments produce measurable impact across business units.

Benefits

• 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents
• 401K matching
• Equity incentives
• Pre-tax benefit options
• Meditation and mental health resources
• Physical fitness coaching and classes
• Family planning assistance
• Health and parenting guidance
• Virtual therapy sessions
• Competitive paid time off (PTO)
• Company holidays
• Free breakfast and catered lunches
• Snacks
• Full-size gym with showers
• Commuter benefits
• Insurance
• Team bonding events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager