Manager, Learning and Development
Sony Pictures
Culver City, CAFull Time Job
The Manager, Learning & Development, will play a pivotal role in supporting and executing talent and organization development strategies for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The position reports to the Vice President, Learning & Development.
Responsibilities
• Co-Lead Leadership Academy Program – leadership development program targeting Manager to Vice President level employees. Duties include updating curriculum, facilitation, communications, vendor and budget management
• Co-Lead Business of Entertainment 201 Program – business/industry acumen program targeting Director to Vice President level employees. Duties include updating curriculum, facilitation, communications, budget management, and prepping EVP to President level speakers
• Design and facilitate team development sessions/offsites as needed (i.e., combination of in-house session content including Emergenetics and StrengthsFinder and custom sessions)
• Partner with team members to project manage the design and delivery of additional/new L&D programs or offerings as needed
• Facilitate New Hire Orientation and New Hire Socials on a rotating basis
• Plan leadership development calendar of offerings on a quarterly basis in alignment with the team development strategy and organizational learning needs
• Oversee Leadership Portal website, including planning and implementing site enhancements/updates as needed, liaison with IT department, and access management
• Support administration of annual Talent & Succession Planning process including data collation and analysis
• Liaise with external vendors to design and deliver solutions, as needed
• Partner with internal business groups and P&O partners to identify stakeholder needs and develop solutions
• Engage in the development of new processes or enhancements of existing processes related to overall department workflows
• Oversee invoice management, room scheduling, purchases among other items handled by Coordinator for learning sessions/programs
• Perform other tasks/travel to deliver work for team as needed
Required skills:
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience facilitating in different contexts
• Experience in learning instructional design
• Extremely detailed oriented and organized. Can handle large volumes of complex information
• A desire to grow and learn in a fast-paced, innovative team
• Comfort managing to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously
• Comfort with navigating complex technology/systems
• Confidence managing and analyzing data in Microsoft Excel, including creating pivot tables, using Lookup functions, among other tasks
• Confidence in creating visually appealing text and imagery for learning materials and slide decks using graphic design tools such as Powerpoint, Canva, In-Design, etc.
• Comfort with ambiguity with an understanding of when to push for needed detail
• Able to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changes in priority and/or direction easily
• Self-starter, who proactively identifies gaps and structures actions to address
• Strong problem-solving skills as well as an appetite for troubleshooting
• Strong relationship building skills
• Excellent time management skills
Key Competencies/Skills
• Communicates Effectively
• Tech Savvy
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Manages Conflict
• Action Oriented
• Being Resilient
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness
• Manages Ambiguity
• Values Differences
• Business Insight
• Optimizes work processes
• Resourcefulness
• Persuades
Qualifications
/Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree required
• 8 years of experience in learning and organization development or related field with a Bachelor's degree or 6 years of experience with a Master's degree
• Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Office suite – Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.
• Emergenetics and/or StrengthsFinder certification is desirable
Salary/Benefits
$110,000.00 - 138,000.00 per year