Learning and Development Lead

When you join Thoughtworks you join a wonderful community of people who are passionate about learning and about sharing what they learn. A community that includes the people who write the books on software excellence and innovation, who write the tools that the industry uses. A community that is passionate about doing great work for interesting clients, and bringing those clients on a journey of change. A community that is determined to use software to improve lives.

There is amazing talent in Singapore, and we'd like you to help us develop it. Thoughtworks is extraordinarily committed to our people and we want to hire someone who understands the impact the learning & development function will have on the growth of our organisation and contribute accordingly.

Learning & Development (L&D) Lead plays an important role in building visible and measurable investments in the regional L&D (Singapore & Thailand) to meet the current demands of our regional business. At the same time, keeping consistency and alignment with overall Thoughtworks business needs.

**Job responsibilities**:

- You will build and manage a cross functional team for L&D
- You will ensure the understanding of the capability gaps and priorities
- You will build and maintain a diverse learning portfolio that supports prioritized capability development needs
- You will manage a training evaluation approach that allow us to ensure our training is effective and to recognize training ROI
- You will coordinate and execute all regional programs
- You will maintain alignment with Global L&D and work aligned with Thoughtworks business goals
- You will ensure regional function is following globally consistent processes and tools
- You will design new training programs and pilot for emerging capability needs
- You will coordinate and select participants for Global Trainings as needed

**Job qualifications**:
**Core competencies and skills**:

- Leadership: Provide leadership to the L&D team to ensure there are clear missions and objectives, and to provide direction and support to grow high performing teams.
- Collaboration: Drive a high level of collaboration within the Talent at Thoughtworks, with other stakeholders and leaders in the business, and with external partners and vendors.
- Strategy: Takes a big picture view of L&D ensuring it is aligned with the business priorities and making strategic decisions to maximize the impact of L&D at Thoughtworks.
- Portfolio Management: Plan multiple concurrent learning programs and making sure they are being well executed
- Analytics: Leverage data to help make informed decisions and to track ongoing activities allowing the team to stay adaptable to the business needs.
- Knowledge: Stay up to date on learning and industry trends to ensure our internal L&D continues to grow to be a differentiator.
- Navigating ambiguity : You are able to work with change, shift gears as needed and be comfortable making decisions when the entire picture is not always evident.

**Professional experiences**:

- Solid experience in the Talent Development space/L&D
- Significant knowledge about effective learning and development methods
- Experience in project management and budgeting
- Good knowledge of e-learning platforms and practices
- Experience working in tech industry

**Other things to know**:
**L&D**:
There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

**About Thoughtworks**:
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 28+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

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