Director, Functional Learning

**_Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. _**

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

**Director, Functional Learning**

Manulife is seeking a Learning Director to join the Global Learning COE team supporting the pillar of functional learning. This role will manage a portfolio of learning projects and programs across Manulife's global business units and segments, partnering closely with leaders to advance the global learning strategy and support a function's unique learning needs. Reporting to the AVP of Functional Learning Strategies, you will be a critical link between the Global Learning COE and the functions. Partnering with an engaged community of learning leaders and key stakeholders, you will create processes, forums, and content to advance learning on a global scale. You are a strong program, project, or operations manager with a solid learning and development background and possess strong collaboration skills, a high degree of creativity, energy, and a passion for driving a culture of learning.

What the role looks like:

- Manage a portfolio of global learning projects that advance functional learning curriculums, align and integrate functional learning curriculums with the global learning strategy
- Support global learning governance, increase employee visibility into available learning, and drive adoption of core programs and learning campaigns.
- Partner with learning leaders to build learning strategies and plans aligned to functional goals and objectives
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with key cross-functional teams and Global Learning COE
- Partner with global teams to contribute to the review and feedback of learning programs; reinforce best practices and standards for instructional design
- Collaborate with global stakeholders to create, launch, implement, and measure the effectiveness of learning programs
- Empower employees, managers, and leaders to feel ownership of their professional and personal growth through impactful programming and delivery of courses, events, toolkits, and other resources.
- Contribute to the ongoing reporting and visibility of the status, completion, and impact of learning programs

What we are looking for:

- At least seven years of progressive experience in learning and education; experience in the Financial Services industry preferred
- A proven track record of Learning and Development roles, preferably in global organizations
- Previous consulting experience and strong influence skills are a plus
- Strong instructional design skills with a bias to identifying new and difference learning modalities
- Experience with various learning and development technologies and modalities, including learning management systems and learner experience platforms
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including online and facilitator-led instructional design
- Strong project management, organizational, and follow up skills when presented with multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Develops and maintains strong partnerships with colleagues and other COEs and HR areas to ensure the design of aligned, scalable, and integrated solutions
- Experience managing large projects to completion, including creating and managing project plans

**What motivates you?**
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
- You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

**What can we offer you?**
- A competitive salary and benefits packages.
- A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
- A focus on growing your career path with us.
- Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
- Professional development and leadership opportunities.

**Our commitment to you**
- Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
- Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
- Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
- Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
- Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

**Abou