Training Strategist

TC Energy•Houston, TX

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Determined, imaginative, curious—if these are some of the ways you describe yourself, we want to learn more about you! At TC Energy, we are proud to connect the world to the energy it needs. Guided by our values of safety in every step, personal accountability, one team and active learning, we deliver the critical energy that North America and the world rely on while balancing reliability, affordability and sustainability. The Opportunity Our Inclusion, Talent and Training team in Human Resources is looking to backfill a fulltime Training Strategist in the US (preferably in Houston), to contribute as value-adding members of the Training Centre of Expertise (TCOE). We are seeking an experienced Training Strategist with knowledge and expertise in implementing end-to-end scalable and sustainable training solutions. This role, will collaborate and partner across business units and functions, ensuring maximum value of buy or build training solutions. The ideal candidate will have advanced diagnostic skills, in-depth knowledge of training needs assessments, methodologies, evaluation criteria, and technologies, along with strong communication and business partnering capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
5+ years’ experience in a learning role as a designer, consultant, partner or strategist within a corporate environment
Proven experience in training needs assessment and adult learning principles
3+ years’ experience in the Energy/Utility industry or similar technical environment
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence
Proven track record in problem solving, project management, and implementation of learning solutions
Proficient organizational skills to manage multiple projects at once
Have current, valid authorization to travel internationally (including but not limited to Canada, US and Mexico)
Travel to other company locations for temporary assignments, meetings or training (estimated up 25% of work schedule)

Nice To Haves

Experience with various learning systems and enablement technologies such as SuccessFactors, Workday Learning
Understanding of and experience using evaluation models
Demonstrated experience utilizing customer insights and secondary research to inform organizational decision making of applicable solutions
Application of critical and systems thinking to propose solutions

Responsibilities

Partner and develop in-depth awareness of the needs and goals of the business and translate those needs into training requirements
Validate and streamline training needs aligned with other business initiatives, leveraging existing training and/or other strategists as appropriate
Drive effective and efficient training solutions through adherence to training standards, including redirecting non-training needs, and making buy/build decisions
Ensure a consistent and effective training experience for employees through collaboration with business areas, training developers (including external vendors), the Learning Management System team, governance analysts and other training strategists
Monitor the effectiveness of training solutions and adjust as appropriate
Support business units in the creation and maintenance of effective training profiles aligning training solutions with defined need
Project manage multiple internal and external training development projects with varying timelines and deliverables; ensure these are completed on time, on target, and on budget
Coordinate and facilitate ongoing meetings with developers and LMS team to manage and monitor project status
Facilitate role-based competency mapping
Manage Technical Qualification Programs (Tech tasks & Occupational Qualifications (OQs)
Act as buddy to newly hired team members
Coach and mentor other team members and/or new hires
Contribute to developing strategic future outlook for the TS team
Informally oversee work performed by other team members
Develop and/or facilitate Train-the-trainer, On-the-training (OJT), Onboarding and Mentorship sessions
Lead lessons learned sessions
Lead Business Unit Liaison (BUL) and Training Strategist onboarding sessions