Global L&D Manager

HRLife is working with a highly successful, professional services SME to hire a Global Learning and Development Manager who can shape, develop and influence the learning agenda in partnership with the business.

With a recently appointed HR Director in place, this is a brilliant time to join. You’ll work closely with them to elevate the L\&D offering and play a key role in supporting the organisation through its next phase of growth and evolution.

This is a high-profile, business-critical role with real scope to make your mark. You’ll lead and develop a team, bringing your expertise in what great Learning \& Development looks like in practice. Operating as a trusted partner to the business, you’ll design and drive impactful programmes that ensure their people have access to timely, relevant, and effective development opportunities.

The Global L\&D Manager contributes to and helps define the L\&D strategy, Identifying L\&D priorities, you’ll ensure the effective allocation of L\&D resources to maximise delivery to the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• End-to-end design and implementation of company-wide learning programmes aligned to business priorities, including technical training, leadership and management development, induction training, people skills training (in-person, virtual, blended)
• Create learning programmes that address current skills gaps and future workforce needs
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and professional growth across the business
• Support succession planning through identifying high-potential employee development initiatives
• Create meaningful L\&D metrics, define KPIs and evaluate programme effectiveness using evaluation data and feedback, and report on outcomes
• Use evaluation data to continuously improve learning content and delivery methods to meet evolving business needs, to ensure relevance and market competitiveness

They’re looking for an engaging L\&D Manager with experience working with a fee-earning population. Someone commercially astute, credible with senior stakeholders and comfortable operating in a highly collaborative environment. You’ll naturally build strong relationships and embed yourself in the business, balancing strategic input with hands-on delivery and team leadership.

Your profile will include:

• Experience managing an L\&D team, and ensuring strong delivery of business-aligned L\&D initiatives through the team
• Significant experience in managing end-to-end learning programme delivery in a professional services (fee-earning) environment
• Confident leadership style with the ability to develop others and influence senior stakeholders
• A collaborative working style, with the confidence to influence, challenge and build trusted relationships across all levels
• Experience delivering measurable impact and leading people through change
• Global experience is highly advantageous

This role will be hybrid working, 2/3 days in their offices