Professional Development Manager
Dialectica
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Athens • 🇬🇷 Greece
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Own the vision, strategy, and end-to-end execution of Professional Development (PD) activities, with a focus on management and leadership. Conduct learning needs analysis and ensure alignment of activities with our broader strategy.
- Design and deliver high-impact learning programs and capability building journeys (including building skills such as sales, people management, leadership etc.)
- Manage a small team of PD specialists.
- Analysing, reporting, and measuring outcomes based on data gathered from learning initiatives, and proposing action plans that increase their ROI and effectiveness.
- Collaborating with the broader People team to develop engaging initiatives aiming to achieve professional development of targeted audiences.
- Supporting the global PD strategy by ensuring the alignment of each regional office with PD practices.
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing, launching, and managing global management & leadership development programs, with measurable business impact (e.g., financials, retention).
- Good understanding of L&D program development & delivery best practices.
- Experience in conducting learning needs analyses.
- Excellent training delivery & facilitation experience, including Train-the-Trainer.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders in People/HR, business Operations, and other support functions (stakeholder management).
- Strong strategic thinking and business consulting skills with a proven ability to define clear outcomes and measure impact via business KPIs.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with additional performance incentives.
- Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan.
- Hybrid work model & extra personal/flex days and paid volunteer days a year for your favourite cause.
- Company-sponsored team-bonding events.
- Weekly health & wellness activities, gym discounts, healthy breakfast, snacks and beverages.
- Entrepreneurial culture and amazing coworkers!
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career in a highly multicultural team within a global organization.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
learning needs analysisL&D program developmenttraining deliveryfacilitationstakeholder managementbusiness consultingmeasuring impactprogram managementleadership developmentsales training
Soft skills
strategic thinkingteam managementcollaborationcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingengagementadaptabilityinfluencerelationship building