Learning & Development Manager
Novo Nordisk
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Johannesburg • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsible for driving capability and leadership development across frontline and office-based teams
- Design, deliver, and continuously evolve learning solutions
- Deliver organisational capability and skills development excellence
- Design and implement timely, relevant, and high-quality training programmes
- Ensure a coordinated and impactful onboarding experience
- Identify capability gaps and translate them into targeted development interventions
- Drive frontline capability and leadership development
- Build leadership capabilities to enable effective coaching and performance management
- Support people leaders in developing high-performing teams
- Act as a change advocate
- Manage learning programmes, resources, and governance
- Oversee logistics, evaluation, and ROI of learning initiatives
- Ensure compliance with Skills Development Act and internal SOPs
- Enable cross-functional collaboration and strategic alignment
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Healthcare, or related field
- Master’s degree desirable
- Minimum 3 – 5 years experience in Learning & Development or Talent Development
- Strong facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
- Solid understanding of learning theory and leadership development
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Valid driver’s licence
Benefits
- Opportunities to learn and develop
- Unique culture and extraordinary results
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
learning solutions designtraining programme implementationcapability developmentcoachingperformance managementstakeholder managementlearning theoryevaluation of learning initiativesonboarding experience designchange management
Soft skills
leadership developmentfacilitationorganizational skillscommunication skillscross-functional collaborationstrategic alignmentimpactful training deliveryhigh-performing team developmentcapability gap analysisadvocacy