Sr. Manager, Workforce Capability Strategy

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager of Learning Strategy (LSM) establishes short- and long-term learning strategies to increase associate competence and confidence. Using a learner-centric approach, the role defines and routinely validates learning needs for targeted audiences and creates learning and content plans that address those needs with simple, relevant, and effective solutions. The position reports to the Director Learning and has 0–4 direct reports. It typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• At least 2 years of work experience.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through completing a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field related to the job.

Nice To Haves

• At least 7 years of prior experience in a related field, such as Training and Development, Leadership and Organizational Development, or Human Resources, and/or Home Depot field experience.

Responsibilities

• Determine learner capabilities and needs by reviewing job requirements, experiencing the learner's environment, connecting with learners and leaders closest to the role, evaluating key metrics, and staying current on business needs through business partners.
• Develop strategies for assigned content areas and recommend solutions to business partners that address learner needs and increase associate competence and confidence.
• Collaborate with other Learning Strategy Managers to ensure assigned content areas are represented, and determine and maintain content-area effectiveness.
• Work with Learning Design & Development, Technology, and/or Delivery teams to identify effective learning solutions for assigned content areas and communicate those solutions to business partners.
• Create learning plans for assigned job roles based on learner needs and validate content-area recommendations from other Learning Strategy Managers.
• Work closely with Learning Execution, Technology, and Delivery team members to execute learning plans and determine and maintain their effectiveness.
• Collaborate with business partners, keep them informed, influence decisions that benefit learners, address difficult issues, maintain strong relationships, and gain buy-in from stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager