Senior Learning Business Partner

Medica•Minnetonka, MN

3d•$78,700 - $118,020•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 a clear point of view, and mobilize stakeholders to achieve meaningful capability and performance outcomes. Performs other duties as 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 salary range of $78,700–$118,020. Placement depends on factors including education, work experience, applicable certifications or licensure, position scope and responsibility, internal pay equity, and external market salary data. Medica offers a total rewards package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, PTO, holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401(k) contributions, caregiver services, and other benefits. Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application, and employment is contingent on verification of identity and work eligibility. Medica is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or an 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.
Demonstrated ability to consult credibly with senior leaders, diagnose ambiguous business and capability needs, navigate differing perspectives, and recommend practical solutions.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and move work from strategy through execution.
Demonstrated ability to make progress through ambiguity, changing priorities, and incomplete information.
Legal authorization to work in the United States at the time of application; employment is contingent on verification of identity and work eligibility.

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.
Experience outside a traditional L&D center of expertise, such as in a business, operational, HR business partner, or consulting role.
Prior leadership experience 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 the approach 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, identifying connections, implications, risks, and opportunities.
Apply expertise and organizational judgment to frame complex problems and present clear recommendations.
Connect work across initiatives and partners to improve alignment, surface dependencies, and move work forward through influence and collaboration.