Manufacturing Talent Development Leader

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc; Coopersburg (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc is seeking a Talent Development Manager for Manufacturing to shape the learning strategy across U.S. and Puerto Rico plants.

You will partner with plant leaders and SMEs to build practical roadmaps, deliver experiences, and drive operational excellence through people development. You will lead onboarding, content updates, and external partner management while advancing safety, quality, and business results.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years of people leadership or leading large-scale initiatives.
• 7+ years in Learning & Development, Talent Development, Organizational Development, or related manufacturing focus.
• Experience implementing and managing skill-based development programs.
• Familiarity with production, quality, and continuous improvement systems.
• Experience with learning analytics, training evaluation, and LMS.
• Leading and managing development projects across teams.
• Willingness to travel to PA, VA, TX, RI, and PR about monthly.
• Spanish language fluency is a plus.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing leaders to identify capability gaps and future skill needs.
• Translate business priorities into learning roadmaps aligned with operational excellence.
• Build leadership ownership for learning across the manufacturing org.
• Design, develop, and deliver engaging learning experiences across roles with on-the-job, classroom, e-learning, and coaching.
• Facilitate onboarding with internal/external SMEs to ensure relevant, practical content.
• Maintain current learning content with content owners and SMEs.
• Define and manage the learning portfolio for Manufacturing and select external partners.
• Forecast investments and drive efficient use of continuing education resources.
• Standardize and scale high-value learning across plants.
• Coach leaders to develop people and improve performance.
• Diagnose performance gaps and recommend learning or organizational solutions.
• Strengthen compliance, safety, quality, and measurement through learning.
• Track participation, progress, and learning effectiveness using LMS data.
• Continuously improve programs and share lessons across the company.

Skills

People leadership

Learning & Development

Change management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical education, management, process engineering, or related field

Tools

Learning management systems

Job description

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc is seeking a Talent Development Manager for Manufacturing to shape the learning strategy across U.S. and Puerto Rico plants.

You will partner with plant leaders and SMEs to build practical roadmaps, deliver experiences, and drive operational excellence through people development. You will lead onboarding, content updates, and external partner management while advancing safety, quality, and business results.