Learning & Development Manager

PEI Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A business intelligence company seeks a proactive Learning & Development Manager to coordinate learning initiatives and develop employee skills across its global offices. Responsibilities include managing learning programmes, conducting skills gap analyses, and working closely with external learning providers. Candidates should have a proven L&D background, strong organisational skills, and be comfortable with data and reporting. An attractive opportunity for those looking to make an impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for career returners

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Learning & Development role with exposure to global delivery.
• Comfortable working with data and reporting on training impact.
• Strong experience in designing and executing skills gap analysis.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver core learning programmes across global offices.
• Measure ROI and impact of learning interventions.
• Manage existing learning platforms and champion learning culture.

Skills

Organisational skills

Project coordination

Data management

Stakeholder management

Facilitation skills

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience

Job description

About The Role

We’re seeking a hands-on and proactive Learning & Development Manager to coordinate and deliver impactful learning initiatives across our global business.

With approximately 500 employees across multiple international offices, this role will play a key part in ensuring our people have access to the learning and development opportunities they need to thrive.

Reporting to the HR Director, you will support the embedding of a comprehensive learning strategy as part of our broader people strategy - ensuring learning activity is structured, data-led, and aligned with business goals.

This is an exciting opportunity for a mid-level L&D professional to gain global exposure and shape key aspects of learning delivery, reporting, and programme coordination in a growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Learning programme coordination

• Coordinate and deliver (where appropriate) core learning programmes across global offices, ensuring consistency and accessibility.
• Support global mandatory and compliance training (e.g. data protection, safeguarding, H&S), ensuring completion is tracked and reported.
• Manage existing learning platforms (e.g. iHasco) and act as point of contact for learners and managers.
• Champion learning culture globally, encouraging engagement through a mix of digital, classroom, and social learning.

Skills gap analysis & ROI reporting

• Coordinate global skills gap analysis and consolidate findings into clear reports to inform L&D priorities.
• Measure ROI and impact of learning interventions, providing data and insights to senior stakeholders.
• Lead on reporting for sustainability goals, including training hours per employee broken down by learning category, region, and delivery type.
• Provide clear dashboards and recommendations to the HR Director and leadership teams.

Executive coaching

• Source and manage external executive coaching vendors, liaising with HR to identify suitable candidates.
• Build coaching guidelines which set out touchpoints, objective setting and follow up, to ensure a consistent experience for staff, regardless of the selected coach.
• Support leadership teams in selecting appropriate development pathways for high-potential employees.
• Collaborate with the internal mentorship scheme to surface emerging L&D needs and ensure alignment with broader learning priorities.

LMS & learning solutions

• Administer and maintain existing learning solutions.
• Explore future LMS options, supporting the HR Director in assessing platforms and feasibility.
• Ensure systems and processes are efficient, well-documented, and learner friendly.
• Familiarise yourself with regional learning schemes and funding opportunities (e.g. CEF in APAC) to identify potential opportunities to support local learning initiatives.

Vendor & budget support

• Liaise with external training providers, coordinating logistics, communications, and quality assurance.
• Support budget tracking for global L&D activity, ensuring efficient use of resources.

Apprenticeship levy (UK)

• Maximise utilisation of the UK Apprenticeship Levy, sourcing suitable providers and tracking levy spend and learner progress.
• Act as a point of contact for UK apprenticeships and professional qualification pathways.
• Ensure alignment with internal development frameworks and career pathways.

Strategic L&D support

• Work with the HR Director to ensure a comprehensive learning strategy is embedded into the wider people strategy.
• Help ensure learning activity supports capability frameworks, performance development, and succession planning.
• Stay informed on L&D best practice, recommending practical enhancements to programmes and processes.

About You

Requirements

• Proven experience in a Learning & Development role with some exposure to global or multi-site delivery.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
• Comfortable working with data and reporting on training impact.
• Experience with UK apprenticeship levy programmes and working with external learning providers.
• Demonstrable experience in designing and executing skills gap analysis.
• Comfortable working in a standalone role in a small team environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong facilitation and learner engagement skills.
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience desirable.
• A proactive, delivery-focused approach with curiosity and appetite to grow.

About Us

PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.

PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.

PEI Group values diverse talent and welcomes applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.

PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.