Senior People Development Partner

The Senior People Development Partner designs and delivers practical, scalable talent development solutions that build capability, strengthen performance, and support employee growth. This role partners with business leaders and People Partners to diagnose capability needs and translate business priorities into engaging learning experiences.

This hands-on role combines instructional design, facilitation, consulting, and project leadership. The Senior People Development Partner independently leads initiatives from needs analysis through implementation and evaluation, contributes to enterprise Talent Development programs, and uses AI and emerging technologies to improve learning effectiveness and efficiency.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and facilitate engaging learning programs, workshops, and blended experiences using adult learning, instructional design, and behavior-change principles.
•  Create practical learning assets, including facilitator guides, participant materials, job aids, e-learning, microlearning, and pre-work.
• Partner with business leaders and People Partners to identify capability gaps, understand root causes, and recommend targeted development solutions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, translating business needs into clear learning strategies and practical actions.
• Lead end-to-end People Development projects, including needs assessment, scoping, planning, stakeholder alignment, content development, delivery, evaluation, and sustainment.
• Contribute to enterprise programs across onboarding, career development, performance management, manager development, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Build scalable solutions and resources that can be deployed globally while allowing for appropriate local context.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, subject-matter experts, and vendors to ensure solutions are relevant, inclusive, accurate, and aligned to intended outcomes.
• Support adoption through clear communication, manager enablement, change management, reinforcement, and on-the-job application.
• Define success measures and use feedback, learning analytics, talent data, and business indicators to evaluate impact and improve programs.
• Support the effective use of learning technologies, including the LMS and digital learning platforms, and apply generative AI to improve content development, personalization, accessibility, and efficiency.

Basic Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in Talent Development, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, or a related field.
•  Experience designing, developing, and facilitating learning for employees, managers, and leaders.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning, instructional design, facilitation, and behavior-change principles.
• Experience leading end-to-end learning or Talent Development projects and partnering with leaders and People Partners to develop solutions.
• Strong consulting, communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and project management skills.
• Experience with learning management systems, digital learning platforms, and content development tools.
• Practical proficiency using generative AI to improve learning design, content creation, or workplace productivity.
• Ability to use data and feedback to assess effectiveness, make recommendations, and improve learner experiences.
• Strong critical thinking, organization, adaptability, and ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a global SaaS, software, cybersecurity, or technology organization.
• Experience supporting manager development, leadership development, career development, performance management, or onboarding programs.
• Familiarity with talent management platforms, learning analytics, digital authoring tools, and virtual learning technologies.
• Experience designing scalable learning solutions for geographically distributed audiences.
• Familiarity with change management, organizational effectiveness, capability building, and content curation.