Director, Learning & Skills at Scale

Covista; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life and long‑

Disability insurance

Job summary

Covista is seeking a Director of Learning & Skills at Scale to design and deliver an enterprise-wide learning and skills strategy. You will lead two managers and build a scalable leadership pipeline, curating skills-based journeys, driving manager effectiveness, and overseeing vendor management.

The role requires 7+ years in talent management, a strategic mindset, and strong communication across senior stakeholders. It offers a hybrid work model with competitive benefits and an incentive program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (Organization Development or related).
• 7+ years in talent management or human resources.
• Strong expertise in succession planning, high-potential development, and strategic workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead an enterprise-wide learning and skills strategy aligned with a Future of Work framework.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of Learning & Skills portfolio with budgets, milestones, and KPIs.
• Direct leadership development programs across the leadership continuum and build a scalable pipeline.
• Drive manager effectiveness programs including coaching, feedback, and change leadership.
• Oversee skills-based learning journeys and use AI-enabled tools to personalize development.

Skills

Talent management

Change management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Organization Development or related field

Job description

About Covista

Covista (NYSE: CVSA) is America's largest healthcare educator, serving 100,000 students and supported by a community of 400,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance

Reporting to the VP of Talent, the Director, Learning & Skills at Scale leads the design and delivery of an enterprise-wide, future-focused learning and skills strategy — built to Grow Faster, Demand More, Hire Better, and Inspire Deeply. This role owns the end-to-end learning and skills ecosystem at scale, leading two direct reports — the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development and the Sr. Manager, Skills Development — to build a scalable leadership pipeline, curate skills-based learning journeys, drive manager effectiveness, and oversee vendor management and program delivery. The Director will leverage AI-enabled and adaptive learning technologies to personalize development, embed future-of-work thinking into everything the team builds, and track learning and skills KPIs to demonstrate measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• Learning & Skills Strategy: Design and lead an enterprise-wide, future-focused learning and skills strategy that scales leadership development and skills-building capabilities across the organization, anchored in a Future of Work (FoW) framework: Grow Faster, Demand More, Hire Better, Inspire Deeply.
• Program Delivery Oversight: Own end-to-end delivery of the Learning & Skills portfolio, developing project plans with clear milestones, budgets, resourcing, and KPIs across both the Leadership Development and Skills Development workstreams.
• Leadership Development: Direct the strategy and execution of leadership development programs across the full leadership continuum — from emerging leaders to executives — building a scalable, future-ready leadership pipeline through the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development.
• Manager Effectiveness: Drive manager effectiveness programs that equip people leaders with modern, human-centered capabilities — coaching, feedback, change leadership, and team development — to lead high-performing teams at scale.
• Skills Development & Learning Journey Curation: Oversee the curation of skills-based learning journeys and content through the Sr. Manager, Skills Development, leveraging AI-enabled and adaptive learning technologies to personalize skill-building at scale.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Lead vendor selection, contracting, and relationship management with learning technology and content providers, ensuring best-in-class, cost-effective, and future-forward solutions.
• Future of Work Enablement: Partner with senior business and HR leaders to anticipate emerging skill needs and evolving work models, embedding future-of-work thinking and emerging technology (including AI) into the learning and skills strategy.
• Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop the Learning & Skills organization, including the Sr. Manager, Leadership Development and Sr. Manager, Skills Development, fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture.
• Metrics & Impact: Establish and track learning and skills KPIs — including learning journey completion, skill-proficiency growth, program ROI, and business impact — to continuously improve program effectiveness at scale.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required or Master's Degree in Organization Development or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in talent management or human resources required.
• Strong expertise in modern talent practices including succession planning, high-potential development, and strategic workforce planning.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders across all levels of an organization.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to align talent solutions with business goals and stay ahead of emerging trends.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across diverse teams and leaders.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $125,000 and $175,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
• For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.covista.com/benefits
• You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation