Learning & Development Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Bowling Green (KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

NexGen Systems, based in Bowling Green, KY, is seeking a Learning & Development Manager to lead stakeholder management across the organization. The role entails owning outcomes, not just tasks, in a hybrid work setup and driving development initiatives with autonomy.

You will bring experience supporting cross-functional teams, mentoring manager peers, and translating complex communications for non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and coordinating cross-functional teams in a managerial capacity.
• Strong self-direction and ability to operate in a semi-structured environment.
• Proven track record mentoring or supporting managers and staff.
• Ability to translate complex communication for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated resilience and ability to troubleshoot under tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve stakeholder management processes.
• Own and advance learning and development initiatives.
• Align expectations with hybrid-work realities and delivery timelines.
• Identify pragmatic workarounds when official paths are blocked.
• Respond to internal and external requests promptly and professionally.
• Manage hybrid schedule to balance stakeholder needs and deadlines.
• Keep Stakeholder Management documentation up-to-date as work scales.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Self-direction

Mentoring teammates

Communication translation

Grit under pressure

Job description

The Learning & Development Manager we're after at NexGen Systems reads Stakeholder Management the way most people read headlines: quickly, and between the lines. The deal favors the seasoned — 6 years earns $85,000 - $123,000, a hybrid arrangement, and a general charter you'll actually own.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the KY engine running while you rebuild parts of it
• Bring 7 of general instinct to problems the playbook misses
• Keep manager expectations grounded in what the hybrid role can deliver
• Find the quietly-excellent workaround when the official path is blocked
• Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner
• Keep the hybrid schedule realistic when everyone wants everything yesterday
• Keep Stakeholder Management documentation current as the work outpaces it

What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a manager capacity
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support manager teammates
• Experience translating Communication complexity for a non-technical audience
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint

NexGen Systems grew from a Bowling Green kitchen table into a craft-focused general company that Bowling Green, KY now genuinely depends on. Ownership runs deep here: you'll own outcomes, not just tasks, from your first week as a Learning & Development Manager.

NexGen Systems offers $85,000 - $123,000 plus the autonomy to set your own schedule and the support to keep growing.

Active as of this moment, the Bowling Green, KY role accepts resumes daily.