Assistant Director, Learning Experience

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

What’s the role?

The Assistant Director of Learning Experience will play a strategic role executing on critical learning strategies in support of our Client Experience & Digital and Technology organizations.

In partnership with the broader Learning & Development (L&D) team and senior-level stakeholders, this role will drive the planning and execution of design and development of learning and performance solutions for home office employees and / or members of the field force that drive business outcomes and employee growth.

They will design and develop the most complex learning and performance solutions.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned and knowledgeable learning practitioner motivated to elevate and lead strategic efforts that support the L&D experience and mobility of our employees.

Strategic thinking, consulting, influence, and an ability to work autonomously are critical to the success of this individual.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Advocate for and prioritize learning solutions that deliver business outcomes that can be rapidly developed and deployed while still maintaining quality standards and learner experience;

scrutinize existing solutions to ensure learning addresses evolving needs.

Analyze the most complex organizational issues and skill gaps when conducting root cause analysis of performance problems;

connect learning solutions to business strategy and needs.

Connect and consult with senior learning and business stakeholders, translating L&D-specific terms to business relevant language.

Understand and design against target learner role context and daily workflow; Prototype and test the most complex learning solutions and incorporate learning feedback before launch.

Provide guidance to lower-level team members.

Engage in cross-role and cross-functional relationships with senior leaders to gain insight into both standards and innovation.

Develop, implement, lead and / or design the most complex learning programs and / or curriculum applying a verity of methodologies and platforms to meet specific needs.

Provide guidance to lower-level team members.

Assess and define learning needs and partner with internal and external resources to develop solutions to meet those needs.

Oversee and develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of programs and communications.

Write and review the most complex instructional content to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and consistency with other L&D programs.

Develops effective instructional design strategies that focus on different ways to deliver and deploy learning to ensure completion of goals and learning objectives.

Bring Your Best! What this role needs :

Bachelor's degree in instructional design, adult education, organizational development, communications or related field.

8 years of instructional design, development and evaluation experience, with demonstrated knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of instructional design.

Strategic thinking, consulting, influence, stakeholder management, technical acumen, and an ability to work autonomously.

Professional curiosity, adult learning methodology, business / industry acumen, program management and knowledge of instructional design principles strongly desired.

LI-Hybrid

Compensation Range : Pay Range - Start :

Pay Range - Start : $82,670.00

$82,670.00

Pay Range - End : $153,530.00

$153,530.00

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