Senior Director, Learning & Growth

Risepoint

12d•Remote

About The Position

Risepoint is an education technology company that provides world-class support and trusted expertise to more than 100 universities and colleges. We primarily work with regional universities, helping them develop and grow their high-ROI, workforce-focused online degree programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service. Risepoint is dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students, especially working adults, can improve their careers and meet employer and community needs. The Impact You Will Make As Senior Director of Learning & Growth, you will set and lead Risepoint’s enterprise learning strategy building the skills and leadership capabilities needed to deliver exceptional outcomes for our university partners and the adult learners they serve. You will align learning to business priorities, accelerate time-to-productivity, and strengthen manager and leader effectiveness across a global, remote workforce. You will partner with People Business Partners and cross-functional leaders to diagnose capability gaps, design high-impact learning experiences, and embed development into the flow of work. In this role you will oversee and refine existing flagship learning experiences, and you will design new upskilling programs focused on AI to meet the rapidly evolving business needs of our organization. You will ensure learning is accessible, inclusive, measurable, and built for adult learners—modeling the same learner-first mindset we bring to our Partners and students What You Will Do Own and evolve the enterprise Learning & Growth strategy, roadmap, and operating model aligned to Risepoint’s strategic priorities including expanding Risepoint’s AI Upskilling Program to meet the needs of our Business Transformation

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development, or Organizational Development, with enterprise-level scope.
4+ years of people leadership and/or leading L&D teams, including coaching, performance management, and team development
Demonstrated success designing and scaling manager/leader development and onboarding programs tied to business outcomes
Data-driven approach to program evaluation, measurement, and continuous improvement; comfort translating insights for executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading remote teams and designing learning at scale across multiple functions
Track record of leading change through influence, stakeholder management, and strong cross-functional partnership
Background in education technology, higher education, B2B services, or mission-driven organizations

Responsibilities

Lead a high-performing L&D team; define roles, expectations, development plans, and ways of working; Engage as a coach developing team members
Scale and refine Leader and Manager development with clear business outcomes.
Strengthen onboarding to reduce time-to-impact across critical functions
Build a modern learning ecosystem that enables Risepoint employees to learn and grow in their careers (LMS/LXP, curated digital content, targeted cohorts, live workshops, just-in-time performance support)
Partner with cross-functional People Leadership - Talent Cultivation, People Business Partners, People Experience - to integrate learning into performance, career growth, succession planning, and culture initiatives.
Create systems and structures to lead needs assessments, learning design, facilitation strategies, and evaluation plans using adult learning and instructional design best practices.
Establish measurement and analytics for learning effectiveness (adoption, proficiency, behavior change, business impact) and communicate insights to executives.
Develop and manage the L&D vendor strategy, and external partnerships (facilitators, content providers, coaches, assessment tools).

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