Learning & Development (L&D) Associate Director - Maryland Line, United States - Crescens

Description

Job Title : Learning & Development (L&D) Associate Director
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Duration: Full time

Job Description:

• In this role, you will lead or project manage a portfolio of L&D projects, including key cross R&D L&D initiatives (e.g., Onboarding, R&D Foundations). You'll build strong working relationships with business leaders and HR/T&D partners while providing learning consultation and expert L&D advice. Your expertise will be crucial in designing and building high-quality learning solutions that blend education, exposure, and experiential elements to drive relevant business-focused learning outcomes.

• Project Management of L&D Activities:
• Supports the Heads of L&D, R&D to facilitate and coordinate networks of business learning
• representatives across R&D where a component of their role is to represent the voice of the
• business and evolve the R&D learning strategy ensuring alignment of L&D activities within
• R&D and to the AZ Global Talent & Development (T&D) strategy.
• Leads or project manages a portfolio of L&D projects, including key cross R&D L&D initiatives
• (e.g., Onboarding, R&D Foundations). Able to identify and align internal resources and drive implementation of agreed solutions at pace.
• Business Partnering and Consulting:
• Builds strong and trusted working relationships with business leaders and HR / T&D
• partners, interacting with and effectively managing collaborators, including BioPharma and
• Oncology R&D Leadership teams, HR Leadership teams and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Leadership team.
• Provides learning consultation and expert L&D advice to leaders and subject matter experts to ensure new learning content builds skills and capabilities that drive business performance goals.
• Undertakes learning needs analyses for key groups, articulating enterprise learning needs,
• and translating these needs into learning offerings and/or recommendations.
• Design & Delivery of L&D initiatives:
• Brings strong L&D expertise to design and build high quality learning solutions that blend
• education, exposure and experiential elements to drive relevant business focussed learning
• outcomes.
• Ensures content is appropriately integrated into AZ learning technology platforms;
• responsible for maintaining and updating content to meet current and future business needs
• and aligns with the R&D / AZ approach to learning to ensure a positive, seamless learner
• experience.
• Where appropriate works with third-party vendors or academic / external institutions to
• bring best-in-class learning solutions to the business. This also includes working with
• Procurement, handling budgets, and providing project oversight.
• Directly (or indirectly) handles and is responsible for the delivery of virtual and/or in-person
• training events or learning symposia; from venue logistics, arranging speakers / trainers,
• communication activities, delegate attendance and follow-up activities.
• Maintains awareness of current trends in L&D practices and keeps understanding current,
• fresh, and engaging for the modern employee. Brings innovative approaches to functional
• learning activities along with ideas for the R&D enterprise.
• Communication and Driving Change:
• Delivers effective communications to support R&D L&D activities and instils a culture of
• lifelong learning. Champions and promotes change, using internal networks to extend reach
• and impact.
• Strengthens and builds L&D capability within R&D through active participation in AZ and
• R&D Learning Communities (e.g., Learning Guild) and supports capability development of
• L&D and technical staff involved in delivering learning solutions.

• Actively engages the learner audience, conducting regular voice of the employee exercises, using social platforms (e.g. Workplace) and organizing / facilitating local learning engagement activities.
• Makes it easy for people to understand the real benefits of evolving and developing their learning. Contributes to the development of the L&D evaluation strategy, establishing key measures, data collection and building insightful reports and analyses for leadership (and the R&D enterprise L&D team) to demonstrate clear value and return on investment for learning activities.

• Qualified to degree level in a relevant scientific/technical subject area
• 3-5 years experience in Learning and Development and 3-5 years experience in Research and
• Development
• Higher level qualifications or accreditations in learning and development related specialty
• (preferred) and/or a proven track record in development and delivery of learning and
• development solutions, preferably in a Pharma R&D environment
• Experience with R&D drug development life cycle, working in a highly regulated
• environment, and understanding of the learning styles and needs of the R&D professional
• Excellent knowledge of adult learning theories, learning design and delivery, and capability
• development
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to work in a matrix environment and
• influence/lead others
• Delivery and outcome-focused with problem-solving skills