Director of Learning & Operational Excellence

Midwest Technical Institute; Moline (IL); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Midwest Technical Institute is seeking a Director, Operational Learning & Development to build our Learning & Development function from the ground up. This role bridges strategy and frontline execution across our six campuses with partial remote work.

You will design a multi-year roadmap, implement learning tools (LMS/SharePoint) and lead onboarding and leadership programs, partnering with executives to drive measurable ROI and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Development, Education, Operations Management, or related field.
• Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in organizational learning, organizational effectiveness, operations, leadership development, training, or related.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide or multi-location initiatives from strategy to implementation.
• Proven success developing leadership programs that improve business or operational performance.
• Experience partnering with executive and operational leadership to identify organizational needs and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build from scratch – establish foundational L&D strategy, frameworks and processes with campus and corporate leaders.
• Align with business goals – translate objectives into measurable training initiatives.
• Tech stack ownership – design and implement learning tools on LMS and SharePoint.
• Data & ROI tracking – define KPIs to measure training impact and business ROI.
• Needs analysis – conduct gap analysis to identify training priorities.
• Curriculum development – create scalable learning materials, modules and onboarding.
• Delivery – facilitate live, virtual and hands-on training; train-the-trainer.

Skills

Organizational learning

Instructional design

Leadership development

Project management

Executive communication

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Learning Management Systems

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

eLearning platforms

Job description

Midwest Technical Institute is seeking a Director, Operational Learning & Development to build our Learning & Development function from the ground up. This role bridges strategy and frontline execution across our six campuses with partial remote work.

You will design a multi-year roadmap, implement learning tools (LMS/SharePoint) and lead onboarding and leadership programs, partnering with executives to drive measurable ROI and performance improvements.