Global L&D Architect: Leadership & Culture

respond.io; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amazing culture

Great growth

Virtual events

Competitive compensation

Mental health allowance

Flexible working hours

Job summary

respond.io is seeking a hands-on L&D professional to own the full lifecycle of learning and leadership initiatives. You will architect training, design career frameworks, and partner with managers to scale a global, multicultural workforce.

You will lead programs, manage HRDC grant activities, and drive measurable impact while collaborating across stakeholders to deliver tangible outcomes and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in Learning & Development or Talent Development.
• Experience independently owning a learning program, career framework or development initiative.
• Experience diagnosing learning or culture needs from data and feedback, translating them into structured roadmaps.
• Background running coaching clinics, manager training, or other leadership development interventions.
• Experience with HRDC grant applications, claims and reporting.
• Strong instructional or program design skills for first-time or new managers.
• Comfort working with a multicultural, globally distributed team.
• Strong project management skills — prioritising work, timelines and stakeholder coordination.
• Clear, professional communication with ability to engage across employees, managers and leadership.
• Sound judgment and discretion with confidential employee information.
• Adaptability and composure in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose the org's highest-impact learning and culture problems using data, feedback and observation, and define roadmaps to solve them.
• Design and deliver learning programs — including leadership development — and coordinate facilitators and stakeholders to deliver them.
• Maintain career growth-path, competency and progression frameworks with managers and leadership.
• Measure success and iterate programs based on data and feedback.
• Plan and run engagement initiatives to keep a global, multicultural workforce connected.
• Own HRDC grant applications, claims and reporting from submission through closure.
• Lead broader HR projects — defining outcomes, plans and driving delivery across stakeholders.

Skills

Learning & Development

Talent Development

Coaching

Leadership development

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Experience with HRDC grant processes

Job description

respond.io is seeking a hands-on L&D professional to own the full lifecycle of learning and leadership initiatives. You will architect training, design career frameworks, and partner with managers to scale a global, multicultural workforce.

You will lead programs, manage HRDC grant activities, and drive measurable impact while collaborating across stakeholders to deliver tangible outcomes and growth opportunities.