Global Talent Management & Development Senior Manager

Levi Strauss & Co.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; CAD 188,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Product discounts

Paid leave

Job summary

Levi Strauss & Co. is seeking a Senior Manager, Global Talent Management & Development to design learning strategies that strengthen capability and AI readiness across the organization.

You will partner with leaders, HR, and multiple teams to build scalable learning experiences and drive leadership development, professional skills, and AI adoption at scale. This role is hybrid and based in San Francisco, with on-site expectations three days per week.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Talent Development, Learning & Development, Leadership Development, or related fields.
• Experience designing manager, leadership, and professional skill development programs.
• Experience developing scalable learning curricula and blended learning experiences.
• Facilitation, coaching, instructional design, and experiential learning expertise.
• Experience supporting organizational change programs and AI/digital transformation.
• Understanding of AI-human skill development and change management principles.
• Program management skills and ability to manage operational details for complex programs.
• Partner management across multiple organizational levels and with external vendors.
• Experience in large, matrixed, or global organizations.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled learning authoring tools and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Identify enterprise capabilities and translate priorities into scalable curricula and pathways.
• Design learning programs focused on manager capability, leadership, and AI-enabled work.
• Build engaging experiences across in-person, virtual, blended, and on-demand formats.
• Develop workshops, events, and multi-modal learning journeys for leadership effectiveness.
• Partner with teams and external experts to create AI and workforce transformation learning.
• Facilitate engaging sessions that drive participation and behavior change.
• Lead talent development programs end-to-end from strategy to execution and measurement.
• Manage timelines, vendors, budgets, logistics, and learning operations.

Skills

Leadership development

Program management

Facilitation

Instructional design

Change management

AI adoption

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Articulate

Synthesia

Job description

Calling all originals: At Levi Strauss & Co., you can be yourself — and be part of something bigger. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path and leave the world better than we found it. Who believe that what makes us different makes us stronger. So add your voice. Make an impact. Find your fit — and your future.

As Senior Manager, Global Talent Management & Development, you will design learning and development strategies that strengthen organizational capability and align to our priorities. Partnering with leaders, HR, and multiple teams, you will build scalable learning experiences that enhance leadership capability, professional skill development, and AI readiness across the organization. We are looking for a hands-on program manager who can balance high-level strategy with detailed execution.

About the Job

Curriculum Delivery

• Identify critical enterprise capabilities and translate our priorities into scalable learning curricula and development pathways.
• Design learning approaches/programs focused on manager capability, leadership development, professional skills, and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Build engaging learning experiences across in-person, virtual, blended, and on-demand formats.
• Develop curated learning experiences, workshops, development events, and multi-modal learning journeys that strengthen employee and leadership effectiveness.
• Partner with team members and external experts to create learning experiences, including latest topics related to AI and workforce transformation.
• Facilitate engaging learning experiences that inspire participation, capability building, and behavior change.

AI Learning & Change Enablement

• Support AI learning strategies that help employees and leaders adopt AI-enabled tools and evolving ways of working.
• Design learning experiences focused on AI-human collaboration, digital fluency, and responsible AI usage.
• Stay informed on latest trends in AI learning, workforce transformation, and skills development to evolve learning solutions.

Manager & Leader Enablement

• Design and support programs that strengthen manager effectiveness, coaching capability, collaboration, and team leadership.
• Develop practical tools, frameworks, and resources that help leaders embed desired behaviors and processes into everyday work.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to identify development opportunities and recommend scalable learning solutions.

Program Management & Execution

• Lead talent development programs end-to-end, from strategy development through detailed execution, partner agreement, communications, delivery, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Operate at multiple altitudes—shaping long-term capability strategies while also driving the detailed execution required to deliver high-quality learning experiences at scale.
• Manage timelines, vendors, budgets, logistics, and learning operations to ensure delivery and adoption.
• Apply operational and financial discipline to evolving our needs.
• Evaluate program effectiveness through feedback, metrics, and insights to improve.

About You

• 7+ years of experience in Talent Development, Learning & Development, Leadership Development, or related fields.
• Experience designing manager, leadership, and professional skill development programs.
• Experience developing scalable learning curricula, learning pathways, and blended learning experiences tied to our priorities.
• Facilitation, coaching, instructional design, and experiential learning expertise.
• Experience supporting organizational change programs and workforce capability development related to AI or digital transformation.
• Understanding of AI-human skill development, change management principles, and latest workforce trends.
• Program management skills, and manage the operational details required to implement complex programs.
• Partner management, across multiple organizational levels, skillset.
• Experience working within large, matrixed, or global organizations.
• Experience partnering with external learning vendors, facilitators, and content providers.
• Familiarity with change management and adult learning methodologies.
• Experience supporting AI adoption, digital transformation, or future-of-work plans.
• Familiarity with traditional and AI-enabled learning authoring tools and platforms (e.g., Articulate, Synthesia, and similar technologies).
• Experience with employee growth, leadership development, and organizational culture.

This is a hybrid work schedule based in our San Francisco, CA headquarters. We expect you in office 3 days per week, typically Tuesday-Thursday. Note, time in office can vary depending on our needs.

_The expected starting salary range for this role is $136,000 - $195,000 per year . _ We may pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. We will base the amount an employee will earn within the salary range on factors such as relevant education, qualifications, performance and our needs.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay, incentive plans, 401(k) matching, paid leave, health insurance, product discounts, and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy, meet your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefits here.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vets

LOCATION

San Francisco, CA, USA

FULL TIME/PART TIME

Full time

FILL DATE

This position is expected to be filled by 10/12/2026.