Learning & Leadership Architect

The Heritage Group; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Heritage Construction + Materials is seeking a Talent Development Partner to own design, development, delivery, and continuous improvement of learning pathways for HC+M businesses. You will partner with HR and business leaders to create role-based pathways for hourly and salaried employees and develop tools that help managers grow as leaders.

The role covers content creation (e-learning, job aids, videos), rollout, trainer enablement, measurement of success, and alignment with THG L&D strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in instructional design and/or learning and development in a business environment.
• 3+ years of experience applying instructional design methodologies and adult learning theory (ADDIE, Kirkpatrick) required.
• Experience owning learning programs end to end, from needs analysis through rollout and evaluation.
• Experience with e-learning authoring tools and learning management systems (Articulate 360, Camtasia, etc.).
• Experience building skills-based progression, certification, or apprenticeship programs for hourly, frontline or technical workforces preferred.
• Experience in construction, aggregates, materials, manufacturing, or other field-based industries, including safety training preferred.
• Facilitation and train-the-trainer experience preferred.
• Workday or Workday Learning experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own pathway development for a defined scope of HC+M businesses and/or pathways, serving as the primary L&D partner for that scope.
• Lead development of role-based pathways within assigned scope, for both hourly employees across our operations and salaried office employees.
• Partner with business leaders, operations, HR leaders and SMEs to identify performance gaps, define learning objectives, and prioritize work.
• Design skills-based pathways that are competency- and values-aligned and tied to business strategy and workforce plans, including progression steps, skills checklists, and assessments.
• Develop pathway content for hourly field, plant and shift-based learners as well as salaried office employees, including e-learning, job aids, videos and on-the-job training guides.
• Lead rollout and adoption, facilitate sessions and equip trainers, supervisors and SMEs to deliver content consistently (train-the-trainer).
• Define and track success measures (e.g., time to proficiency, progression rates, quality outcomes) and use results to improve pathways.
• Enable managers by partnering with each business's HR leader to design and deliver manager learning experiences and assets that help frontline supervisors as well as mid-level and senior managers who lead through layers grow their own leadership capabilities.
• Equip managers for their role in pathways, including on-the-job coaching, skills sign-offs, and progression conversations.
• Prepare managers for their role in talent management practices, such as goal setting, performance and feedback conversations, development planning, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Adapt to THG core content for HC+M managers where available, filling gaps with targeted HC+M content.
• Manage core curriculum by collaborating with L&D peers to maintain shared design standards, templates, and a reusable content library so successful content can be adapted across businesses and pathways.
• Partner with THG Learning & Development to align with enterprise L&D strategy and leverage THG core content.
• Manage the content lifecycle, including quality reviews, SME validation, version control, and updating or retiring outdated materials.
• Maintain course catalog and learning assignments in Workday Learning; use authoring tools (Articulate 360, Camtasia, etc.) to build and update content.
• Evaluate emerging learning technologies, including AI, and recommend responsible uses that improve speed and quality.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company’s core values, competencies, and skills.

Skills

Instructional design

Adult learning theory

ADDIE

Kirkpatrick model

Train-the-trainer

Stakeholder management

Project management

Learning analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in instructional design, education, or related field

Tools

Articulate 360

Camtasia

Workday Learning

Job description

Heritage Construction + Materials is seeking a Talent Development Partner to own design, development, delivery, and continuous improvement of learning pathways for HC+M businesses. You will partner with HR and business leaders to create role-based pathways for hourly and salaried employees and develop tools that help managers grow as leaders.

The role covers content creation (e-learning, job aids, videos), rollout, trainer enablement, measurement of success, and alignment with THG L&D strategy.