Global Head of AI-Driven Learning & Development

Morningstar, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 161,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Stock ownership potential

Health benefits

Job summary

Morningstar is seeking a Director, Learning & Development in Chicago to define and lead our global learning strategy. You will oversee an award-winning AI Academy, expand the academy portfolio, and connect learning to business outcomes across Morningstar’s global workforce.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, HR, and technology partners to build an always-on learning ecosystem, incorporating AI-enabled personalization and data-driven measurement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in learning and development, enterprise capability building, talent management, organizational effectiveness, human capital consulting, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success setting and delivering an enterprise learning strategy in a complex, global organization.
• Track record building, scaling, or evolving academies, capability programs, or enterprise learning portfolios tied to strategic priorities.
• Strong consulting and coaching judgment, including the ability to diagnose needs and determine when learning is, and is not, the right solution.
• A current point of view on adult learning, including experiential, in-the-flow, social, digital, and technology-enabled approaches.
• Practical knowledge of AI's implications for learning, capability building, and how work is changing.
• Experience partnering with senior executives, HR leaders, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders across regions.
• Ability to build and sustain communities of practice that connect expertise, build shared capability, and improve execution.
• Strong portfolio and operational leadership, including prioritization, governance, vendor management, budget stewardship, risk management, and delivery.
• Experience using data, learner insight, and business measures to evaluate solutions and demonstrate impact.
• Experience leading globally distributed or matrixed teams.
• Executive-level communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity, surface tradeoffs, and build alignment.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global enterprise learning strategy aligned with business priorities, talent agenda, and future capability needs.
• Build an always-on learning ecosystem spanning academies, in-the-flow resources, self-directed development, social learning, and AI-enabled personalization.
• Lead the award-winning AI Academy and expand the portfolio to meet technology-driven world needs.
• Establish governance with audiences, business outcomes, owners, milestones, and impact measures.
• Scale learning globally while activating it locally through partnerships with program owners, facilitators, vendors, and regional talent leaders.
• Use AI as a subject and medium for learning, enabling practice, testing, and application in real work.
• Consult and coach leaders to diagnose capability needs and determine learning as the right intervention.
• Lead globally distributed teams with clear priorities, ownership, and accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

AI in learning

Stakeholder management

Global collaboration

Tools

Learning platforms

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Morningstar is seeking a Director, Learning & Development in Chicago to define and lead our global learning strategy. You will oversee an award-winning AI Academy, expand the academy portfolio, and connect learning to business outcomes across Morningstar’s global workforce.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, HR, and technology partners to build an always-on learning ecosystem, incorporating AI-enabled personalization and data-driven measurement.