Manager, Skills and Learning Enablement

GEICO•Bethesda, MD

About The Position

GEICO is seeking a strategic, collaborative Manager to drive skills strategy in alignment with workforce strategy and build and maintain competency and skills frameworks that connect career opportunities with learning and development pathways. The role translates enterprise talent priorities and current and future workforce needs into practical resources and experiences that help associates understand relevant skills, build capabilities, and pursue career growth. The Manager partners with Career Framework owners, Learning, Talent, Technology, and business leaders to create a connected skills and learning ecosystem aligning skills data, learning content, processes, and vendor platform capabilities. The role curates persona-based learning pathways for key functions, establishes governance, leads emerging enterprise learning initiatives, and drives execution, adoption, and measurable value.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 5 years of experience in learning and development, talent management, organizational development, skills strategy, or a related discipline within a complex organization.
Demonstrated experience developing competency models, skills frameworks, career or learning pathways, or enterprise capability-building initiatives.
Strong program management skills, including roadmap development, governance, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and disciplined execution.
Working knowledge of competency models, skills taxonomies, career development, learning ecosystems, and talent technology.
Experience translating business and talent priorities into practical learning solutions and associate experiences.
Ability to influence leaders and align cross-functional partners without direct authority.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including simplifying complex concepts and preparing executive-ready recommendations.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing or enabling a vendor platform supporting talent marketplaces, career mobility, skills development, or learning.
Experience connecting skills and competency frameworks with learning content, career pathways, and development experiences.
Experience establishing governance for enterprise learning, talent, skills, or technology-enabled programs.
Familiarity with human capital, learning, talent marketplace, or people analytics technology.
Knowledge of change management, design thinking, agile delivery, or product management practices.
Advanced degree or relevant certification in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Learning, Program Management, or Change Management.

Responsibilities

Drive skills strategy with Talent and business leaders, connecting skills priorities to workforce strategy and planning.
Translate current and future workforce capability needs into a prioritized skills roadmap that guides learning investments and development opportunities.
Align skills development with career mobility and reskilling priorities to build capabilities needed for business outcomes.
Develop and maintain role-based skills and competency models aligned with business priorities and future capability needs.
Define proficiency expectations and partner with Career Framework owners to align skills and competencies with roles and career levels.
Establish processes to keep skills and competency models current, consistent, and useful.
Curate persona-based learning pathways for key functions, connecting skills and competencies to targeted development journeys.
Connect associates with learning, work experiences, resources, and development opportunities; provide guidance for associates and managers using pathways in development planning.
Establish the capabilities, processes, and tools needed to deliver skills-based learning at scale, coordinating skills data, learning content, and vendor platform capabilities.
Define content-to-skill mapping standards and workflows for pathway creation, publishing, and maintenance, with clear ownership and reliable data.
Lead strategic workforce development partnerships connecting education benefits, skills-based learning, industry-recognized credentials, and career advancement opportunities.
Align partnership offerings and investments with enterprise capability priorities, market insights, workforce needs, and internal career pathways; promote awareness, equitable access, adoption, and utilization.
Measure participation, completion, skill attainment, career outcomes, and partnership performance to strengthen workforce readiness and business value.
Lead emerging enterprise learning and capability-building initiatives, translating strategic needs into plans, pilots, learning solutions, and scalable experiences.
Manage initiatives from discovery and design through rollout, evaluation, and sustainment, applying lessons to future programs.
Establish governance for skills frameworks, learning pathways, vendor platform enablement, and related initiatives, clarifying ownership, decision rights, standards, review cycles, and partner responsibilities.
Build and manage integrated program plans with milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and success measures; coordinate cross-functional partners and facilitate timely issue resolution.
Prepare executive-ready updates, recommendations, and decision materials.
Develop communications, resources, manager enablement, and feedback mechanisms to support understanding and adoption.
Measure pathway engagement, skill development, platform use, and learning impact; use data and stakeholder feedback to improve programs and share recommendations with leaders and partners.