Talent Development Lead

Hansen Filler Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hansen Filler Associates is seeking a Learning & Development Specialist / Instructional Designer in New York to design, build, and deliver learning content across the organization. The role involves hands-on content creation and live delivery to diverse audiences, from onboarding to senior leadership.

You will facilitate both in-person and virtual trainings, partner with subject-matter experts and HR, and manage multiple development projects in a dynamic environment while iterating based on

Qualifications

• Genuine instructional design experience, not just program or vendor mgmt.
• Ability to design behavioural/soft-skills content and adapt technical material for delivery.
• Strong facilitation skills with small and large groups.
• Collaborative, credible with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain engaging learning content across courses and assessments.
• Facilitate classroom-based and virtual training for diverse populations.
• Partner with SMEs, HR, and peers to identify learning needs and map content to objectives.
• Manage multiple content-development projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Evaluate feedback and prioritize iterative improvements.
• Support mixed modalities: self-paced online, virtual classroom, in-person, blended.

Skills

Instructional Design

Facilitation

Content Development

Project Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Job description

We are partnering with a high-growth, tech forward financial services firm to hire a Learning & Development Specialist / Instructional Designer to join their Talent Development team in New York.

This is a hands-on design and facilitation role, you won't just be managing vendors or logistics, you'll be building the learning content yourself and standing up in front of the room to deliver it, across everyone from new joiners to senior leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain engaging learning content - from new courses and assessments to reshaping existing materials
• Facilitate classroom-based and virtual training sessions across a range of populations, including new manager and manager-of-manager programmes
• Partner with subject-matter experts, HR partners, and instructional design peers to identify learning needs and map content to clear objectives
• Manage multiple content-development projects at once in a fast-paced, fairly ambiguous environment
• Evaluate feedback post-delivery and prioritise iterative improvements
• Support a mix of modalities - self-paced online, virtual classroom, in-person, and blended

What they're looking for:

• Genuine instructional design experience - not just program or vendor management
• Comfortable designing behavioural/soft-skills content as well as adapting technical material for delivery
• Strong facilitation skills with both small and large groups
• Collaborative, credible with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
• Strong project management instincts; able to juggle several workstreams at once