Associate Director, Research
Braven
Director, Learning & Development
Braven
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $92,000 - $114,900 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Plan and implement the design, development, and delivery of learning programs, including asynchronous sessions staff can access in an LMS, along with in-person and virtual instructor-led training, workshops, and blended learning solutions aimed at upskilling Braven’s extraordinary staff.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including detailed project plans, task lists, timelines, and progress reports, to ensure transparency, accountability, and efficient project tracking across the lifecycle.
- Define critical project paths, set clear milestones, and establish delivery dates, ensuring that stakeholder deliverables meet the need.
- Support organizational development efforts by designing programs and tools that promote performance management, culture change, leadership development, and staff member engagement via people managers.
- Conduct and facilitate learning experiences, presentations, workshops, and training.
- In partnership with the Head of People and the rest of the L&D team, determine sources to meet L&D needs in alignment with Braven’s L&D philosophy which includes a build, borrow, buy, bot strategy.
- Ensure that training programs are engaging, effective, and tailored to meet the diverse needs of staff, with a focus on people managers and staff interested in developing people management experience, in all regions.
- Develop standards for quality, innovative adult learning. Support subject matter experts, such as the Regional Success team, in ensuring trainings align with standards for quality adult learning.
- Incorporate the latest learning technologies and methodologies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of training programs.
- Serve department leaders across the organization by helping them meet functional L&D needs.
- Manage and oversee the work of contractors, ensuring products and services meet the Braven standard of learning & development.
- In partnership with the Head of People and Learning & Development (L&D) team, recommend a comprehensive L&D strategy to meet the organization’s evolving strategic needs (current priorities include people manager development and AI upskilling for staff).
- Collaborate with People team leads, people managers, and Executive members to assess various data points (focus group, listening tour summaries, performance review trends, culture survey data, etc) and identify learning needs.
- Utilize data points to develop customized solutions by creating a scope and sequence of learning priorities leading to behavioral shifts toward high-impact leadership behaviors.
- Support organizational strategic priorities and change management initiatives related to training and development, ensuring smooth implementation and adoption.
- This includes, but is not limited to, developing communication strategies and artifacts such as decks and memos with the goal of bringing people along and developing capacity for changes related to leadership and management practices.
- Communicate the value and impact of L&D initiatives to stakeholders, ensuring alignment and support. Tell the story of learning and development of Braven’s talent through data and strategies.
- Create the first iteration of Braven’s people leader philosophy, including developing data-informed priority areas and goals for people managers, and determining the optimal way to resource learning objectives in alignment with the L&D philosophy.
- Partner with the Head of People, project owners, and leadership to develop and execute change management strategies for major organizational initiatives (including Enterprise Resource Planning implementation, structural changes, and process improvements).
- Collaborate with the Head of People to develop communication strategies and artifacts to support buy-in and excitement across the organization of the new L&D offerings you will lead in developing.
- Design and deliver training programs to support the adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.
- Assess change readiness and create learning pathways to address capability gaps.
- Monitor change adoption and effectiveness, adjusting support strategies as needed.
- Implement metrics and evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness and impact of L&D implementation.
- Analyze feedback and data to continuously improve training content and delivery.
- Make recommendations for the L&D budget, ensuring efficient use of resources and alignment with organizational priorities.
- Identify and secure external training providers, consultants, and technology vendors as needed.
- Negotiate contracts and manage relationships with external vendors to ensure high-quality training services.
- Manage L&D related platforms such as Lattice, Rise 360
- Other duties, as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Organizational Development, Human Resources or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in learning and development, with at least 2 years formally and successfully leading and managing others
- Experienced with designing and implementing learning and development programs at scale at a high-growth organization, including building project plans and communication strategies, gaining stakeholder buy-in, and creating program materials
- Strong knowledge and experience with instructional design principles, adult learning theories, and training technologies
- Enthusiastically integrates the latest research, technology, and best practices into adult learning experiences
- Proficient in managing several projects with multiple deliverables, timelines, and cross-functional partners
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels
- Analytical mindset with the ability to measure and report on the impact of L&D initiatives to stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience with key technologies such as Jira, Reach 360, Slack, or equivalent.
- Successful track record of building, implementing, and improving operational processes; familiarity with continuous process improvement methodologies.
- Skilled at facilitating learning experiences and trainings for small and large groups, in-person and remotely
- An engaged collaborator who is passionate about connecting with people
- A team player who’s able to communicate well—clearly, kindly, often—within the team and across the organization
- Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
- Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
- Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
- Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
- Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
- Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
instructional designadult learning theoriesproject managementchange managementdata analysistraining program developmentperformance managementcommunication strategy developmentlearning pathway designcontinuous process improvement
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationinfluencerelationship buildingteamworkengagementleadershipanalytical mindsetpassion for development
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in EducationBachelor’s degree in Organizational DevelopmentBachelor’s degree in Human Resources
