Learning and Development- Senior Manager
Verizon · Livingston, New Jersey, United States · remote
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What You’ll Be Doing…
In this role, you will be a key player on the L&D Transformation team, helping to identify and operationalize the technology and tools required to support our team’s ongoing reinvention. You will serve as the primary L&D liaison and strategic partner to the Learning Technology and Talent team for our enterprise learning technology ecosystem, partnering closely with them to influence our tech roadmap. This role will require a balance of visionary leadership with tactical project management, as you will need to both support the identification of future fit technologies while also demonstrating the ability to be detail oriented in building out the change plans associated with deployments. You will serve as a Business Product Manager/Sponsor to the AI Unlocked team, representing and advocating for their work with key stakeholders (GTS, Digital HR/LTT, Transformation team etc). You will need to possess the ability to partner across functions to gain alignment on hub functional requirements, key release dates, and ultimately be responsible for the maintenance and evolution of the AIU 2.0 site. This person will need to have a proficient / strong working knowledge of technology terms and best practices.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Helping define the L&D reinvention strategy, with a close eye on the emerging technology required to support our ongoing transformation.
- Serving as the owner of the AI Unlocked hub. Identifying the tech roadmap, partner across GTS and LTT on the management of deadlines, and help to proactively determine UX enhancements.
- Guiding the L&D team's use of technology tools to drive standardization and optimization. Identifying when custom solutions require enterprise scaling, security, or standardization, and partner with Digital HR (LTT) to transition and prioritize this work on the enterprise roadmap.
- Acting as the functional/business subject matter authority for L&D, translating complex technology capabilities into clear business strategy for executive leaders, product owners, and L&D design teams.
- Serving as internal change mgmt SME, supporting the deployment messaging & storytelling around our L&D tech transformation plans. Helping to diagnose scaling strategies for existing and new technologies.
- Partnering with our internal L&D team to promote tech certifications, agentic AI workshops, and learning paths to ensure we stay on top of the AI evolution.
In this remote role, you'll work from home with occasional in-person trainings and meetings.
What we are looking for…
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
- Experience partnering directly with enterprise HR Operations and/or technology teams.
- Current HR and/or Learning & Development experience.
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
- A degree.
- Certifications in Agile leadership credentials (e.g., SAFe, Scrum Product Owner).
- Proven success managing multi-million-dollar technology budgets, contract negotiations, and software licensing models.
- Successful advocate for tech rationalization to help Digital HR manage technology spend.
- Support the integration and scaling of HR tools (e.g., Articulate, Nadia, Zenarate, Google Vids, Degreed etc.) as well as championing technology rationalization / adoption within L&D.
- Experience in learning analytics (xAPI, SCORM, LRS frameworks) and leveraging insights from HR data warehouses to produce actionable business insights.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical strategies to executive leaders, business partners, and technical engineering teams.
If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.
Where you’ll be workingIn this remote role, you'll work from home with occasional in-person trainings and meetings.
Scheduled Weekly Hours40
Equal Employment Opportunity Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.
Benefits and CompensationOur benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101,500.00 - $194,000.00.
The annual salary range for the Colorado location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $101,500.00 - $177,000.00.