Learning & Development Project Manager

Syneos Health/ inVentiv Health Commercial LLC; Horsham (PA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking a Learning & Development Project Manager to partner with the L&D Center of Excellence and key stakeholders. You will manage timelines, resources, and deliver high-quality learning programs, onboarding initiatives, and process improvements.

This hybrid role requires 3+ years of PM experience and 2+ years in L&D, with Wrike or similar tools. Collaborate with vendors, content developers, IT, and business leaders to achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's in Learning preferred.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• 2+ years in learning & development.
• Experience with Wrike or similar PM platforms.
• Ability to build consultative business partnerships and influence leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end PM for learning programs, onboarding initiatives, and events.
• Develop plans, timelines, risks, dependencies, and resources.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including learning architects and IT.
• Support LMS activities: training, content updates, reporting, transcripts.
• Improve workflows, SOPs, and knowledge repositories with AI tools.
• Translate business needs into actionable, measurable deliverables.

Skills

Project management

Learning & development

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder partnership

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's in Learning (preferred)

Tools

Wrike

Job description

Description

The role of Learning & Development Project Manager will work with the Learning and Development Center of Excellence and will partner with internal stakeholders, vendors, learning teams, technology partners, and business leaders to manage timelines, coordinate resources, optimize workflows, and ensure high-quality delivery of learning programs, events, onboarding initiatives, and process improvement efforts. Additionally support additional initiatives.

• Track and manage allocated budget for program
• Engage in demand, capability, and capacity planning
• Lead end-to-end project management for learning programs, training initiatives, onboarding cohorts, virtual and in-person events, and operational workstreams.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, deliverables, stakeholder communications, risks, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including learning architects, content developers, IT, digital teams, meeting planners, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Support learning operations within LMS platforms, including training assignments, coordinating content updates, reporting, transcript analytics, and issue resolution.
• Build, refine, and optimize project management system, workflows, templates, intake processes, SOPs, job aids, and centralized knowledge repositories.
• Leverage AI and productivity tools to improve process efficiency, streamline documentation, enhance communication, and support workflow redesign.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable plans, aligned deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks or barriers, elevate issues as needed, and drive alignment on next steps
• Engage in demand, capability, and capacity planning

Required

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required; Masters in Learning Preferred
• Hybrid opportunity- Requires 3 days in the Titusville, NJ or Horsham, PA office.
• 3+ years of project management experience is required
• 2+ years of learning & development experience is required
• Experience with Wrike or similar project management platforms required
• Ability to create consultative business partnerships and to collaborate with business leaders to ensure superior business results is required.
• Business experience and industry knowledge to influence company/franchise level decisions and strategies on how best to develop talent required.
• Ability to lead cross-functional work teams is required.
• Excellent project management, leadership, influence management, collaboration, organizational, and communication skills are required.

Preferred:

• Experience with curriculum maintenance preferred.
• Experience with learning delivery preferred.
• Experience evaluating learning program effectiveness preferred.
• Experience with Leadership Development L&D is preferred.

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is $58.00 to $60.00 but may vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Why Syneos Health?

We partner with industry experts to solve and execute against today's toughest commercialization challenges facing the world's leading healthcare companies. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities on our Commercial Operations and Leadership teams. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients' lives around the world.

Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

As a Syneos Health freelance, temporary, or contract employee, you may be eligible to participate in the Company 401k match and benefits such as paid time off or benefits through provisions in the Affordable Care Act or State-specific requirements depending on the terms of your employment. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements for temporary/freelance/contract employees.