Senior Learning Business Partner

Health insurance that's with you, every step of the way.•Minnetonka, MN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Learning Business Partner serves as a business-focused learning and capability advisor, translating business priorities and workforce needs into practical, scalable solutions. The role leads complex learning initiatives across digital, on-demand, facilitated, and applied learning; advises senior leaders; and helps shape an integrated learning ecosystem. The position requires someone who can move between strategy and execution, bring an enterprise perspective, and mobilize stakeholders to turn ideas into meaningful capability and performance outcomes. Other duties may be assigned. This is an office role requiring onsite work at Medica’s Minnetonka, Minnesota, or Madison, Wisconsin, office an average of three days per week. The full salary grade is $78,700–$134,900, with a typical hiring range of $78,700–$118,020. Salary placement depends on factors including education, experience, applicable certifications or licensure, role scope and responsibility, internal pay equity, and external market data. Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship; applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in learning and development, talent development, organizational development, human resources, consulting, or a related field.
Demonstrated strategic thinking, business acumen, and enterprise perspective, with the ability to connect business priorities, organizational context, and workforce needs and translate insights into clear recommendations and action.
Ability to consult credibly with senior leaders, diagnose ambiguous business and capability needs, navigate differing perspectives, and recommend practical solutions.
Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and move work from strategy through execution.
Ability to make progress through ambiguity, changing priorities, and incomplete information.
Legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application; employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and scaling learning or capability solutions using digital, on-demand, or other technology-enabled approaches.
Experience with platforms such as Udemy or similar learning ecosystems; exposure to AI-enabled learning approaches is valued.
Experience outside a traditional L&D center of expertise, such as in a business, operational, HR business partner, or consulting role.
Prior leadership or significant experience leading through influence.

Responsibilities

Partner with leaders to clarify business problems, capability gaps, and desired behavior or performance outcomes behind learning requests.
Connect business strategy, organizational priorities, and workforce needs to practical capability strategies and recommendations.
Recommend learning solutions and priorities based on business impact, scale, risk, readiness, and available resources.
Shape learning approaches for digital and on-demand platforms, including Udemy, in partnership with learning operations.
Create scalable learning pathways, tools, and experiences that expand access to just-in-time development.
Assess whether to buy, build, curate, facilitate, or enable learning through leaders and HR business partners.
Serve as a senior learning advisor to leaders and HR partners on complex capability, leadership, and team-development needs.
Facilitate high-impact leadership and team experiences, adapting approaches to the audience and organizational context.
Surface trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and decisions needed to move work forward.
Lead complex, cross-functional learning initiatives from discovery through implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
Coordinate across Talent Development, Talent Management, HR business partners, Change, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
Apply project discipline and practical measures of reach, adoption, application, and business impact to guide execution and refine solutions.
Bring an enterprise perspective across the learning portfolio by identifying connections, implications, risks, and opportunities.
Frame complex problems and provide clear recommendations using expertise and organizational judgment.
Connect work across initiatives and partners to improve alignment, surface dependencies, and advance work through influence and collaboration.
Perform other duties as assigned.