Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & Development Planning, Operations & Adoption

Northwestern Mutual•Milwaukee, WI

26d

About The Position

Leads team of learning professionals responsible for enterprise compliance, regulatory and product qualification training portfolio along with the strategy and execution of advisor credentialing and professional designations program. Leads the teams responsible for driving overall adoption of Talent Acquisition & Development initiatives across the field including the launch and ongoing execution for NM University. Serves as an integrator for the Talent Acquisition & Development division leadership team to support annual business operational planning and expense management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Education or a related field or an equivalent combination of professional related work experience.
Minimum of 8-10 years of progressively responsible work experience to include a minimum of 5-7 years business or learning experience, either within Operations or Technology, with demonstrated ability to identify and drive business goals, objectives and key performance expectations.
Strategic thinker who is able to balance current challenges and future possibilities and create strategic focus in an actionable manner for the business.
Demonstrated ability to lead others through change in a fast paced, matrixed organization.
Strong consulting skills; including the ability to lead, direct, negotiate and influence with and without direct authority at all levels of an organization.
Accountability - Holds self and their direct reports accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results, delivery, and execution. Determines objectives, sets priorities, delegates work to direct reports, and accepts responsibility for mistakes.
Change Adaptability - Becomes adaptable in response to continual changes; shows an openness to new ways of working, new methods, work-in-progress improvements and changes and seamlessly navigates the changing business environment and adjusts behavior as appropriate to the situation.
Business Influence - Collaborates, communicates and influences direct reports, stakeholders, and other business functions based on understanding of the marketplace, organizational needs, and the client as a people manager.
Cross Functional Partnering & Planning - Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.
Interpersonal Savy - Relates well to all kinds of people inside and outside of the organization. Builds appropriate rapport, constructive and effective relationships. Uses diplomacy and tact and diffuses high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning Agility & Critical Thinking - Pursues learning and obtains knowledge continuously in relevant fields, methods, or technologies in current and future practices; continuously utilizes critical thinking to identify opportunities, execute solutions, and measure impact to constantly improve existing practices and processes based on feedback, lessons learned, and market trends.

Responsibilities

Leads the operations learning and/or training teams, accountable for a full range of people leader responsibilities to effectively manage a matrixed and direct report team that executes on strategy and deliverables related the learning experience.
Accountable for creating the culture and environment for a team that delivers world class learning experiences.
Identifies and drives functional and department-level learning and performance support needs and capabilities across operations in the home office and field, partnering with cross functional field and home office learning teams by building and maintaining a long-term strategy and executing on it.
Interfaces with executives, department heads and directors across the home office and field to effectively support the evolving needs of the business.
Provides leadership and direction in the build out of relevant and timely modular blended learning and performance support solutions to meet the business needs.
Establishes key performance metrics, monitors and assesses performance and trends relative to baseline and targeted goals.
Shares performance progress with key stakeholders in order to continuously monitor progress, assess business impact and enable leaders to make informed decisions about where and how to invest in employee development.
Collaborates with functional and department leadership to prioritize learning and performance support needs in a continuous learning and improvement environment.
Ensures the effective performance of all learning assets and balancing delivery modalities within learning solutions through a comprehensive measurement strategy.
Champions new learning strategies and solutions and ensures effective implementation, delivery, and quality of learning assets.
Provides thought leadership on the importance of organizational effectiveness, performance management, talent management, change management and knowledge management initiatives in support of identified strategic objectives.