{"id":3555435,"url":"https://alion.io/job/trumerit-director-learning-and-development","title":"Director, Learning and Development","company":{"id":1889245,"name":"TruMerit","domain":"trumerit.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/trumerit","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paylocity","truth_index":null},"role":"HR","role_family":"HR","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":125000,"max_usd":250000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1309},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T20:36:58Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-31","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T23:08:50Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Description\nFLSA Classification: Exempt\nExempt employees may occasionally be required to work outside normal business hours (i.e., occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary to support program deadlines or organizational priorities).\nReports to: Chief People Officer\nDepartment: Human Resources\nSalary: Starting at $150,000\nDate created/revised: October 19, 2026\nSummary/objective\nThe Director of Learning and Development provides enterprise leadership for TruMerit’s learning and development ecosystem, workforce capability strategy, learning impact, and organizational culture strategy. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this role owns the “what” and “why” of learning and capability development by setting the enterprise-wide learning and development vision, architecture, priorities, governance, standards, and measures that align workforce capabilities with current and future organizational needs.\nThe Director serves as a strategic advisor to leaders and as a steward of TruMerit’s organizational culture, ensuring that its mission, vision, values, behaviors, and ways of working are understood, reinforced, and lived throughout the employee lifecycle. The role builds an integrated learning ecosystem that supports onboarding, leadership development, career growth, knowledge sharing, organizational readiness, and sustained business impact, while contributing directly to selected high-priority initiatives when hands-on leadership is needed.\nThe Director directly supervises the Manager, Learning and Development and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of the L&D function. The Director sets strategy, approves the learning roadmap, establishes standards and success measures, and resolves resource and priority conflicts; the Manager owns day-to-day implementation, content development, facilitation, learning operations, communications, and platform administration within that framework.\nRequirements\nEssential Functions\nReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.\nStrategic Leadership & Workforce Capability\nDevelop and maintain the enterprise Learning and Development (L&D) strategy aligned with organizational priorities and future workforce capability requirements.\nLead enterprise workforce capability planning by identifying current and future capability gaps and recommending development priorities.\nEstablish and oversee L&D governance, annual planning processes, success measures, and investment priorities; develop the annual learning roadmap and budget for approval by the Chief People Officer and manage delivery within approved resources and delegated authority.\nServe as a strategic advisor to leaders on workforce capability development, organizational readiness, leadership development, and change initiatives.\nPeople Leadership & Execution Oversight\nProvide direct supervision, coaching, and professional development to the Manager, Learning and Development, establishing clear goals, delegated authority, performance expectations, and accountability for delivery and learning outcomes.\nReview and approve the Manager’s implementation plans, major milestones, and proposed changes to scope, timing, or resources; delegate day-to-day scheduling, logistics, communications, content development, facilitation, and platform administration to the Manager.\nConduct regular planning and progress reviews to assess workload, capacity, quality, and results; resolve escalated delivery risks, resource constraints, stakeholder disagreements, and competing priorities, involving the Chief People Officer when decisions exceed delegated authority.\nCoach the Manager in instructional design, facilitation, train-the-trainer leadership, SME coordination, vendor coordination, and use of learning data; ensure functional leadership of contributors is distinguished from formal people-management authority.\nLearning Ecosystem & Architecture\nDesign and maintain the organization’s learning architecture, including competency frameworks, learning pathways, onboarding programs, career development journeys, and certification structures.\nBuild and sustain an organizational learning ecosystem that encourages continuous learning, knowledge sharing, curiosity, collaboration, and professional growth.\nDefine standards, methodologies, quality requirements, and policies for learning and development activities across the organization, including adult learning, instructional design, accessibility, assessments, content review and maintenance, and train-the-trainer practices; ensure SMEs retain responsibility for technical accuracy and the Manager implements consistent review and delivery practices.\nPortfolio, Technology & Innovation\nLead the prioritization and governance of the learning portfolio to ensure alignment with strategic business needs.\nDrive the organization’s learning technology, AI, analytics, and innovation strategy to improve scale, effectiveness, accessibility, and learner experience; partner with IT and appropriate control functions on platform selection, access, learning records, data protection, and responsible AI use, including approved tools, human review, and validation for accuracy and bias.\nChampion modern learning approaches such as social and peer learning, gamified learning, experiential learning, coaching, and knowledge-sharing practices.\nStakeholder & Network Leadership\nBuild strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders, department leaders, subject matter experts, trainers, and external learning providers.\nOversee the selection, scope, budget, and performance of external vendors, consultants, learning partners, and content providers in partnership with appropriate stakeholders and established procurement and contracting processes; delegate day-to-day coordination to the Manager and resolve escalated cost, scope, or quality concerns within delegated authority.\nPromote a culture of learning and capability development across the organization.\nMeasurement & Delivery\nEstablish learning impact measures and reporting expectations covering participation, completion, learner feedback, assessment results, workplace application, and workforce capability outcomes; review the Manager’s reporting, communicate results and recommendations to leadership, and direct improvements to programs and investments.\nPersonally contribute to selected high-priority initiatives, learning projects, or learning programs when organizational needs require hands-on involvement.\nOrganizational Culture & Values\nChampion and steward TruMerit’s culture by translating its mission, vision, and values into clear behavioral expectations and development priorities.\nPartner with Human Resources and organizational leaders to embed cultural values and desired behaviors into talent, leadership, learning, recognition, performance, and development practices.\nAdvise and support leaders in modeling TruMerit’s values while monitoring organizational culture and recommending actions to strengthen engagement, trust, accountability, inclusion, and alignment.\nSet priorities and desired outcomes for learning-related culture activities, recognition initiatives, communities of practice, and knowledge sharing in partnership with Human Resources; guide the Manager’s implementation and use employee feedback and participation data to assess effectiveness.\nOther\nLead or support other Human Resources initiatives, special projects, and cross-functional workstreams aligned with organizational priorities.\nCompetencies\nEnterprise learning strategy and workforce capability planning\nGovernance and investment prioritization\nPeople leadership, manager coaching, delegation, performance management, and resource planning\nLearning architecture, competency frameworks, and career pathways\nLearning technology, AI, analytics, and innovation\nOrganizational culture stewardship and change leadership\nExecutive advising, influence, and stakeholder partnership\nImpact measurement, data-informed decision-making, and continuous improvement\nStrategic communication, facilitation, collaboration, and project leadership\nSupervisory responsibilities\nThe Director, Learning and Development directly supervises the Manager, Learning and Development and any additional assigned L&D staff. Responsibilities include establishing individual goals and work priorities; conducting regular one-on-one meetings and performance reviews; providing timely feedback, coaching, and professional development; reviewing workload and staffing needs; and participating in hiring, onboarding, and addressing performance concerns in accordance with organizational policies and delegated authority. The Director retains accountability for the function’s priorities, resources, quality, and results while empowering the Manager to own day-to-day execution. The role also leads cross-functional councils, project teams, and networks of subject matter experts supporting enterprise learning and culture initiatives; these relationships do not imply direct supervisory authority.\nWork environment\nHybrid, with two days per week in the Philadelphia office preferred; however, remote candidates will be considered. The role requires regular virtual collaboration across teams and stakeholders and may require participation in onsite meetings, L&D events, or organizational activities.\nPhysical demands\nAbility to remain in a stationary position for extended periods.\nAbility to participate in virtual and in-person meetings, facilitate learning activities, and collaborate across digital platforms.\nTravel required\nOccasional; may include to support organizational meetings, L&D programs, leadership sessions, or vendor engagements.\nRequired education and experience\nBachelor’s degree in human resource development, organizational development, organizational leadership, education, instructional design, psychology, business administration, or a related field\nEight or more years of progressive experience in learning and development, talent development, organizational development, or a related discipline.\nDemonstrated experience directly supervising L&D professionals and leading through delegated program ownership, including setting priorities and expectations, coaching and developing staff, managing performance, planning resources and budgets, and fostering accountability and collaboration.\nDemonstrated experience advising senior leaders, leading cross-functional initiatives and organizational transformation, and translating organizational priorities into workforce capability, culture, enterprise change, and leadership development strategies.\nDemonstrated experience designing enterprise learning strategies, architectures, and portfolios, including competency frameworks, career pathways, leadership development, and onboarding programs.\nDemonstrated experience appropriately leveraging AI, including AI-enabled learning tools, to support learning and development; experience with learning technologies, learning experience platforms, advanced workforce analytics, impact measurement, vendor management, and modern adult-learning methodologies.\nStrong written, verbal, facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills.\nPreferred education and experience\nMaster’s degree in organizational development, organizational leadership, human resource development, adult learning, instructional design and technology, industrial-organizational psychology, business administration, or a related field.\nProfessional certification in learning and development, talent development, organizational development, coaching, change management, or human resources.\nOther duties\nPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. 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