Senior Manager, Learning & Talent Solutions

About the Role & Team

At Disney, we are storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. We can do this through using and developing groundbreaking technology and opening up the boundaries to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our team in delivering unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world! 

 

When we grow and develop our people, we’re investing in our future. As forward-looking Human Resources professionals, we are the champions of this investment. The Human Resources team does so much more than just support our employees…we engage our people, inspire change, and help our businesses achieve results. How do we do this? By shaping the employee experience on all levels.

As a Senior Manager, this individual is integral in delivering innovative programs, tools, and learning experiences to advance our employee experience, support individual career aspirations, improve team performance, and deliver in alignment with our organizational strategy with flawless execution.  Develop and implement learning and development strategies that align with company goals and values.

The Sr. Manager will define and implement strategies that support the on-going development of critical business and leadership skills and promote a learning culture.  This role is responsible for consulting with our global DE&ET clients, Learning & Talent Solutions COE, stakeholders and HR Business Partners to set the Learning & Talent Development Department strategy.  It encompasses providing leadership, direction, and insight for innovative learning solutions and scalable skill-based training and leadership development programs, that integrates the needs of our vast and global businesses and aligns with our enterprise talent strategy. Responsibilities include designing, developing, delivering and evaluate learning solutions to build organizational, leadership and employee capabilities to achieve business objectives. Additionally, this role will also function as the key liaison spearheading common learning solutions and curriculum, managing through influence and leading activities across our team. 

What You Will Do

Learning & Talent Development

• Lead the development of a holistic learning and talent management strategy to align with DE&ET business priorities
• Provide consultation and proactive learning strategy, assessment, and approach for HR Business Partners and client groups. 
• Design and facilitate of DE&E Technology onboarding and/or new employee orientation programs
• Identify appropriate learning solutions to align with the overarching Enterprise learning strategy and manage the implementation of the solutions including customization when needed
• Support the Talent Planning process and Succession development, including outputs such as talent planning, targeted development, executive coaching, mentoring, rotations or other talent strategies
• Leverage the Learning COE team utilizing metrics and data to identify learning needs.   
• Responsible for the identification of learning needs for all levels of employees for DE&ET function
• Design, develop, source and implement blended learning solutions in a variety of delivery modes including on-line and instructor led training
• Identify local training needs to support the evolution and delivery of our performance practices
• Maintain, evaluate, and measure the success of all learning programs
• Demonstrate the ROI on all learning and talent initiatives delivered (qualitative and quantitative) to ensure investment is appropriately prioritized
• Understand the strategic direction and goals of each business and align the appropriate learning solutions and content to support those goals creating an inclusive environment
• Effectively partner with learning COE to integrate common learning solutions
• Maintain broad oversight and general maintenance of DE&ET learning solutions and content

Collaboration

• Understand emerging skill needs, make connections between employee and leadership capabilities and organizational requirements and gaps, develop learning strategies, and provide employees and leaders with the right learning offerings across the global enterprise.
• Establish effective partnerships with business leaders, HRBPs, Enterprise Talent Management, and other specialty areas i.e. Executive Development, etc.
• Integrate best practices and trends
• Work to evolve our learning request intake processes and create greater clarity in the business about our L&D Opportunities.
• Curate impactful digital learning to support and embed learning outcomes for our facilitated content.
• Collaborate with DEI to ensure all L&D strategies are in alignment with the DEI strategy.

Leadership

• Bring thought leadership to inform innovative new ways to deliver learning outcomes
• Build out strategy for talent development, connecting learning programs both large and small to all phases of the employee lifecycle. Partner with other People Team leaders to prioritize and roll out programs. Facilitate upskilling of leaders in the assessment, tracking, and development of High Potential talent.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years of experience of relevant OD and learning experience, as well as designing and delivering learning strategies and plans
• 5 years of managing and developing learning function and team, with deep experience in utilizing effective leadership practices to attract, develop and retain top talent at all levels
• 2+ years leadership and executive development experience
• 3+ years of experience leading development initiatives and managing a corporate training department
• Strong business acumen and a track record of success in partnership with senior leadership and HR Business Partners, ideally in technology space
• An experienced L&D professional who can draw from experience, insights, and thought leadership to create innovative learning experiences
• A creative problem-solving approach equipped with new ideas and fresh thinking
• Equally comfortable pivoting between strategic focuses and operational delivery
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders, partner, employees and leaders across the organization and enterprise
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills
• Ability to develop and implement successful learning strategies in a fast-paced environment, on budget and on time
• Superior organizational and process management skills as demonstrated by an ability to manage multiple detailed projects and drive toward deadlines
• Current on best practices within the Learning and OD community and able to adapt and evolve such practices within different organizations
• Possess a consultative mindset and skills, project management skills, and facilitation skills are critical for success.
• Leverage a combination of impeccable written and verbal communication skills with the ability to listen and adapt messages, allowing you to work closely with key stakeholders and multiple teams to tell compelling stories
• Expertise in the design and delivery of intact team training and teambuilding; excellent facilitation and delivery skills for training and off sites
• Success in the diagnosing and prescription of organizational development interventions
• Ability to collect and analyze data to effectively support performance improvement recommendations and solutions.
• Strong technical aptitude; advanced skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office to include: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with Learning Management Systems

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Master’s degree in area related to learning, organizational development, or human resources highly preferred

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, California is $148,200 to $181,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.