Northwestern Mutual

Senior Business Program Manager

Northwestern Mutual

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Milwaukee • Wisconsin • United States

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Salary

💰 $84,350 - $156,650 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Designing, development and testing of leadership program initiatives in support of broader field leadership strategy.
  • Ensures coordination of large-scale leader development programs including partnering with field learning and development and events to ensure programming, logistics and coordination are aligned with program objectives as defined by role.
  • Ensures all leadership programs support and align to our NM strategy and leadership behavior model.
  • Maintain, evolve and teach NM's leadership model, enlisting leaders to develop and then coach/role model the needed capabilities to realize vision.
  • Facilitates collaborative process with home office stakeholders, subject matter experts, target audience members, and leaders to identify critical outcomes and measurement strategy.
  • Conceptualizes, storyboards and gains agreement on the big picture of the program and how leaders will benefit personally, professionally as well as their businesses.
  • Documents instructional strategy and curriculum components required to achieve desired outcomes, including performance support strategies.
  • Develops and/or sources content and facilitates reuse between formal learning and performance support on-the-job.
  • Works across Career Distribution to ensure effective implementation of leader development programs.
  • Advance leadership programs to align to competencies and growth goals.
  • Establishes leadership metrics and leverages them to report business results and secure support to further develop and evolve leadership programs to ensure relevance and contemporary learning experiences.
  • Leverages retention tools to further support leadership development.
  • Keeps abreast of industry-wide innovations and thought leaders.
  • Mentors, advises, informs and consults members of Distribution Performance teams on expectations of leadership development programming including their roles in reinforcing content and programming.
  • Manage vendor relationships with outside vendors supporting field leadership development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years professional experience with 3+ years in leadership development or other related HR field.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify or anticipate future trends and appropriately within NM.
  • Ability to create, innovate, consult, market, and implement.
  • Excellent facilitation experience to include integrating staff from various functions, leading and influencing others who are not under direct control.
  • A demonstrated high level of consulting, influencing and decision-making skills including extensive experience in consulting methods, tools and technologies focused on leadership talent management.
  • Demonstrated ability to take an idea from conception to successful and sustainable execution including leading all phases of project or program development, design, implementation including ongoing delivery management.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with an ability to lead, manage, and collaborate in multiple and diverse projects.
  • Strong communication skills (oral and written) with an ability to provide individual and group feedback, make presentations and create written reports.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to establish rapport at all levels of the Home Office and Field, as well as external audiences.
  • High degree of self-motivation with leadership and initiative in sharing information, contributing towards group goals, and accepting responsibility for results.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
leadership developmentproject managementcurriculum designperformance support strategiesconsulting methodsprogram developmentmeasurement strategycontent developmentfacilitationstakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsinfluencing skillsdecision-making skillsconsulting skillsinnovationcollaborationself-motivationmentoring
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration