Senior Learning and Development Manager

What you will be doing:

• Translate business strategy, culture priorities, and leadership requirements into enterprise leadership development solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain leadership development frameworks, learning pathways, and enterprise learning architecture.
• Create scalable learning solutions that combine formal learning, workplace application, leadership experiences, and practical development opportunities.
• Align leadership development initiatives with talent management, succession planning, performance, and culture strategies.
• Lead the design, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise flagship leadership programmes.
• Oversee programme design delivered by internal teams and external learning providers to ensure consistency and quality.
• Establish leadership development design principles, governance standards, and quality assurance frameworks.
• Partner with executives, senior leaders, HR teams, and business stakeholders to identify leadership capability requirements.
• Translate complex business challenges into practical and impactful leadership development solutions.
• Influence stakeholder engagement, sponsorship, and adoption of leadership development initiatives.
• Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise on leadership capability building and organisational development.
• Develop measurement frameworks that assess learning application, behavioural change, leadership effectiveness, and business impact.
• Establish reporting mechanisms, governance processes, and performance metrics for leadership development programmes.
• Design sustainment and reinforcement strategies that embed learning into everyday leadership practices.
• Monitor programme implementation, evaluate outcomes, and recommend continuous improvements based on insights and stakeholder feedback.
• Manage relationships with external learning providers, design partners, and programme vendors.
• Oversee programme budgets, implementation plans, delivery timelines, risks, and dependencies to ensure successful execution.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree, Advanced Diploma, or equivalent qualification in Human Resources, Learning and Development, Education, Industrial Psychology, Organisational Development, Business Management, or a related field.
• Honours Degree or postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• 8–12 years' experience in Learning and Development, Leadership Development, Talent Development, Organisational Development, or Organisational Effectiveness.
• Demonstrated experience designing enterprise learning frameworks, leadership development programmes, or capability-building initiatives.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders, executives, and strategic stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate business strategy into leadership capability and development solutions.
• Experience managing large-scale leadership development programmes, strategic vendors, and external learning partners.
• Experience designing and implementing learning measurement frameworks that evaluate behavioural change and business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of leadership development, organisational effectiveness, talent management, succession planning, and change management.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, facilitation, consulting, and presentation skills.
• Strong programme, portfolio, and vendor management capabilities with the ability to influence across all organisational levels.