Learning and Development Manager (Technology)

RELX Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Learning and Development Manager to lead technical capability programmes across AI-native engineering, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Software Engineering. You will partner with technology leaders to deliver curriculum design through global delivery and evidenced certification.

You will manage learning platforms, shape graduate and early-career talent programmes, and drive AI fluency with measurable outcomes across North America, India and Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering engaging technical learning programmes within a global technology environment.
• Experience developing graduate or early-career talent programmes that accelerate readiness and productivity.
• Experience with apprenticeship levy funding and other external learning routes.
• Formal L&D, instructional design or learning professional qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical capability programmes end-to-end across AI Engineering, Data Science and Early Careers, from design through delivery, assessment and rollout.
• Partner with Technology leaders and SMEs to identify capability needs and translate them into effective learning solutions.
• Drive adoption of the AI Fluency Framework by designing learning pathways and development experiences that build capability across engineering teams.
• Own assessment and certification approaches, ensuring capability is evidenced through practical application rather than completion alone.
• Partner with the Senior L&D Manager to shape the graduate capability strategy, including demand planning and delivery of technical bootcamps.
• Manage learning platforms and resources, ensuring a high-quality learner experience.
• Oversee external learning partners, maintaining delivery quality, scope and standards.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Data analysis

Learning strategy

Education

L&D / instructional design qualification

Tools

Workday Learning

LMS/LXP platforms

Job description

As Learning and Development Manager, you will independently lead technical capability programmes across AI-native engineering, Data Science and Data Engineering, Software Engineering and early careers. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Learning & Development, you will partner with leaders, engineering SMEs and learning champions to take programmes from curriculum design through global delivery and evidenced certification. You will also manage the learning platforms and learner-led ecosystem that enable capability development at scale across Technology teams in North America, India and Europe. This role will play a key part in building future-ready technical talent by creating impactful learning experiences, driving AI fluency, and ensuring capability growth is evidenced through practical application and measurable outcomes. Responsibilities

• Lead technical capability programmes end-to-end across AI Engineering, Data Science and Early Careers, from design through delivery, assessment and rollout.
• Partner with Technology leaders and SMEs to identify capability needs and translate them into effective learning solutions.
• Drive adoption of the AI Fluency Framework by designing learning pathways and development experiences that build capability across engineering teams.
• Own assessment and certification approaches, ensuring capability is evidenced through practical application rather than completion alone.
• Partner with the Senior L&D Manager to shape the graduate capability strategy, including demand planning and delivery of technical bootcamps.
• Manage learning platforms and resources, ensuring a high-quality learner experience.
• Oversee external learning partners, maintaining delivery quality, scope and standards.
• Establish measurement frameworks and reporting to evaluate capability growth, engagement, adoption and programme effectiveness.
  Proven experience designing and delivering engaging technical learning programmes within a global technology environment, supported by content creation skills across digital, written and blended formats.
• Able to diagnose capability gaps and distinguish learning needs from process, tooling or management challenges.
• Credibility with technical audiences, supported by a working understanding of software engineering, data, GenAI technologies and the application of AI tools within engineering environments.
• Experience developing graduate or early-career talent programmes that accelerate readiness and productivity.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leaders, SMEs and business partners.
• Skilled facilitator who can adapt delivery to audience needs and evaluate learning adoption, behaviour change and capability growth through data and insights.
• Experience managing external learning providers and ensuring high-quality programme delivery.
• Experience with Workday Learning or similar LMS/LXP platforms.
• Understanding of apprenticeship levy funding and other external learning routes.
• Formal L&D, instructional design or learning professional qualification.
  A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
• We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long‑term goals.
• Working Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.