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Our Purpose
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Title and Summary
Vice President, Learning & Development The Learning & Development organization at Mastercard has the privilege of enabling and fostering the learning and skill development of all of Mastercard's employees – from onboarding, to role-based skill development, and leadership development.The VP of Learning & Development for the Product and Customer Experience Academy is a key leadership role in the Learning & Development organization, reporting directly to the Chief Learning Officer. This leader will lead the multi-year L&D vision and strategy to holistically up-skill, deep-skill and future-skill the talent in product management, customer experience and design, communications and marketing, and customer delivery roles.
The ideal candidate is a leader who has an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset, always seeking to push the boundaries of learning, utilizing advancements in GenAI and learning technologies while anchored in the science of adult learning and psychology. They also have the ability to integrate the teaching and development of technical / functional skills with coaching and habit formation toward key behaviors (i.e., ability to teach, coach and develop the what and the how). To be successful, this leader needs to be a big picture, systems thinker who has demonstrated skillfulness in finding synergies, connecting people and teams, and fostering collaboration that then drives meaningful outcomes for the organization.
Scope of Responsibilities:
• Partner with cross-Business Unit Learning Councils across multiple disciplines to formulate multi-year L&D strategy and roadmaps inclusive of ongoing prioritization as new needs emerge, and the impact of AI on the upskilling and reskilling of the employee populations in scope, with particular focus on product managers
• Take a persona-centric view to formulate a holistic and integrated learning experience that enables well-rounded development and career progression
• Function as a consultant and advisor to People Business Partners, Talent Consultants, business leaders, and guilds on optimal ways to leverage learning as a means of driving business and organizational impact, while being able to connect the dots to other talent solutions
• Serve as the primary point of contact to designated business units for learning inquiries and consultations
• Work in close partnership with other Academy Leads to design, build and deliver the holistic and integrated learning experience for priority roles and tied to business outcomes
• Lead a team to define learning needs and outcomes, design and develop learning offerings, deliver with operational excellence, and measure and monitor for impact
• Oversee and steer the design and delivery of compelling and relevant learning experiences (with the ability to facilitate where needed)
• Drive the go-to-market strategy for owned portfolio, ensuring tight orchestration across all of L&D, Talent CoE and across HR overall
• Oversee and manage the budget and portfolio of learning assets with a relentless focus on optimizing the return on investment
• Bring in external and forward-looking perspectives on how the talent covered by the Academy is evolving
Skills and Experience:
• Effective people leader, able to multitask, prioritize and inspire a team
• Product Management experience or Learning & Development / Talent experience in a leadership role would be highly valued
• Experience in effectively influencing senior leaders and internal partners
• Ability to coordinate effectively across regions and business units
• Strong communication skills and creative mindset
• Culture builder and employee experience expert
• Ability to build strong and trusted relationships with business and HR leaders
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
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