Learning and development manager

Imperial Brady has a Learning and Development Manager role available! Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Brady is a great place to take that next step. Work is performed in an office environment; remote home office or at an Imperial Brady location. Candidates in the Eastern Standard Time zone preferred.

Salary: $125,000 - $140,000 annually. Salary range reflects the Jersey City, NJ market & compensation may vary based on geographic location.

The Learning & Development Manager leads the enterprise learning strategy and execution model for the organization. This role builds and manages a scalable L&D Center of Excellence that supports enterprise-wide learning priorities while enabling functional training owners to manage business-specific learning within their areas. The L&D Manager partners closely with the HRIS team to ensure the LMS platform is configured to meet the needs of the business and a positive learner experience. The Manager will oversee general learning standards, learning architecture, content quality, assignments, and the enterprise learning calendar.

You will:

• Assess and develop enterprise L&D strategy, annual learning calendar, governance and functional partnership model.
• Build and lead a scalable L&D Center of Excellence that aligns learning programs and delivery to business priorities, culture and talent management objectives.
• Lead and perform instructional design and establish standards for learning quality, learner experience, accessibility, and content governance.
• Partner closely with functional training owners, business leaders and HR to identify learning needs, priorities and capability gaps.
• Leverage AI effectively to support instructional design, content development, and learning operations.
• Partner with the HRIS team on LMS strategy, learner experience, reporting requirements, and platform enhancements.
• Track enterprise L&D budget, outsourced training expenses and contracts.
• Align with HRIS team and functional training owners to ensure visibility to total spend allocation to proper budget.
• Establish metrics for learning effectiveness, adoption and business impact.
• Support with communications to leadership.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Learning & Development, Instructional Design, HR, Education, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive L&D experience with significant instructional design expertise.
• Experience building learning strategies, frameworks, curricula, and learning programs in a complex organization.
• Strong understanding of learning technologies, analytics and AI tools.
• Ability to occasionally travel (less than 10%) for team meetings or training events.

Preferred Experience:

• Managing people, vendors and budgets.
• Instructional Design Certification.
• Dayforce LMS experience.

Additional Skills and Competencies:

• Adept at translating learning needs to learning outcomes through analysis, design, technical expertise, and delivery.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership with ability to influence stakeholders and manage through change.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and results oriented.