Development & Content Manager

Vaillant Group; Belper CP; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite Bistro

Private health care

Pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Death in service

25 days holiday

Job summary

Vaillant Group is seeking a Content and Development Manager to lead a team of learning-content specialists and shape engaging, standards-based training content across classroom, digital and blended formats.

You will collaborate with subject matter experts to convert technical and operational information into learner-focused content and drive measurable outcomes. This role emphasizes lifecycle management and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Learning and Development, Instructional Design, Education, Organisational Development or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience creating and managing high-quality learning content across technical, operational and behavioural topics; led teams and multiple projects.
• Strong instructional-design expertise and ability to use modern authoring tools; excellent stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of learning-content specialists and foster collaboration.
• Define structure, design principles and quality standards for training content across classroom, digital and blended formats.
• Transform complex technical and commercial information into learner-focused content with measurable impact.
• Develop learning materials supporting onboarding, technical development, and role-based journeys across the business.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness with feedback to improve content quality and learner outcomes.
• Manage the complete content lifecycle to keep learning materials accurate and compliant.

Skills

Learning content development

Leadership

Instructional design

Stakeholder management

Modern authoring tools

Education

Learning & Development / Instructional Design qualification

Tools

Articulate 360

Rise

Adobe Captivate

Job description

Having a global team of 16.000 colleagues and more than 70 nationalities. And enabling many of them to work flexibly when needed.Both count. Both are us.

Contract type: Permanent Working time: Full-time

What we achieve together

• In your role as Content and Development Manager, you will lead and develop a team of learning-content specialists, creating an environment where creativity, collaboration and continuous improvement thrive.
• You will define the structure, design principles and quality standards for training content, ensuring a consistent and engaging learning experience across classroom, digital and blended formats.
• Working closely with subject matter experts and key stakeholders, you will transform complex technical, operational and commercial information into clear, learner-focused content that delivers measurable impact.
• Your responsibilities will include developing learning materials that support onboarding, technical development, professional growth, compliance and role-based learning journeys across the business.
• Together with training-delivery and operational teams, you will continuously evaluate learning effectiveness, using feedback and insights to enhance content quality and improve learner outcomes.
• By managing the complete content lifecycle, you will ensure all learning materials remain accurate, accessible, compliant and aligned with evolving business priorities, products and processes.

What makes us successful together

• You hold a qualification in Learning and Development, Instructional Design, Education, Organisational Development or a related discipline, or you can demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
• You have proven experience creating and managing high-quality learning content across technical, operational, systems and behavioural development topics, with experience leading teams and multiple projects simultaneously.
• You bring strong instructional-design expertise and are confident using modern authoring tools such as Articulate 360, Rise or Adobe Captivate. You have excellent stakeholder-management skills and can translate complex information into engaging and accessible learning experiences.
• Experience with learning management systems, learning experience platforms, localisation, branding, tone of voice management, value-proposition training content or agile ways of working would be advantageous.
• You can effectively manage multiple content-development projects simultaneously, balancing priorities, deadlines and quality standards in a fast-paced environment.
• You are creative, curious and solutions-focused, with exceptional attention to detail. You enjoy building relationships, influencing stakeholders and finding innovative ways to improve learning outcomes.

What you can count on

• We offer our employees an attractive remuneration package, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and bonus opportunities.
• We are in the 7% of UK businesses that have received the gold award from Investors in People (IIP).
• Our onsite Bistro and Coffee Bar provide comfortable seating, healthy subsidised meal options and refreshments during the day.
• We pride ourselves on our Family Friendly Policies, designed to support our employees during important life events.
• We offer a generous pension scheme which enables our employees to have greater financial security when they do retire.
• For our employee’s peace of mind, we provide a death in service benefit and the option of subsidised private health care.

What makes us special

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy-saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

We promote equity and do not tolerate any form of discrimination. We value the uniqueness of each individual and encourage all people to apply.