Associate Director- Learning & Development

The Team

The Deloitte Learning & Development (L&D) team is dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across the organization. The team designs, delivers, and manages innovative learning solutions that help professionals enhance their skills, build leadership capabilities, and stay ahead in an evolving business environment. Working closely with stakeholders across functions, the team supports career development, drives learning engagement, and ensures employees have access to the resources and opportunities needed to achieve their full potential while contributing to Deloitte's success.

Your Work Profile

As an Associate Director within the Learning & Talent Development team, you will serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders, driving enterprise-wide learning initiatives that strengthen organizational capability and business performance. You will shape learning strategy, influence key talent decisions, and lead the design and execution of impactful development experiences that support Deloitte's growth ambitions.

You will partner closely with senior stakeholders, global learning teams, and cross-functional leadership groups to build future-ready capabilities, drive talent development outcomes, and foster a culture of continuous learning.

Strategic Learning Leadership

• Partner with business and talent leaders to define and execute learning strategies that support business transformation and growth objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on talent development, capability building, leadership development, and learning innovation.
• Develop and govern multi-year capability-building roadmaps aligned with business priorities and workforce requirements.
• Drive learning portfolio governance, ensuring alignment between investments, business needs, and organizational outcomes.

Learning Program Management

• Oversee the end-to-end learning lifecycle, including needs assessment, solution design, program implementation, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the annual learning strategy, budget planning, governance framework, and learning calendar across client groups.
• Ensure high-quality execution of development programs while maintaining operational excellence and risk management standards.
• Monitor program effectiveness using data, business metrics, ROI analysis, and learner insights.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build strong partnerships with business leaders, HR leaders, regional learning teams, and member firms.
• Facilitate strategic discussions to identify capability gaps and recommend innovative learning solutions.
• Influence senior stakeholders and gain alignment across diverse and matrixed environments.
• Represent the learning function in leadership forums, governance councils, and business planning processes.

Innovation & Capability Development

• Champion innovative learning methodologies, digital learning technologies, AI-enabled learning solutions, and modern capability development practices.
• Evaluate and implement best-in-class learning approaches, including classroom, virtual, blended, experiential, social, and on-demand learning models.
• Drive curriculum modernization and continuous enhancement of learning experiences.
• Leverage market trends and external benchmarks to elevate learning effectiveness and practitioner experience.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing learning professionals.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Enable effective resource planning and capability development within the learning team.

Analytics & Business Impact

• Establish meaningful measures of success and track learning effectiveness through robust reporting and analytics.
• Utilize data-driven insights to inform decision-making and optimize learning investments.
• Present strategic recommendations and learning outcomes to senior leadership teams.

Key Skills Required

• Proven ability to develop and execute enterprise learning strategies in large, complex organizations.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills with experience advising senior business leaders.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives in matrixed, global environments.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align learning outcomes to organizational objectives.
• Experience managing large-scale learning portfolios, budgets, and governance processes.
• Exceptional project and program management capabilities with a focus on execution excellence.
• Deep understanding of adult learning principles, instructional design, leadership development, and talent management practices.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging learning metrics and business data to drive decisions.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence without authority, and lead through change.
• Excellent verbal, written, and executive communication skills.
• Master's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Learning & Development, Business Administration, Psychology, or related discipline.
• Progressive experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development, Leadership Development, or Human Capital functions.
• Experience in a large multinational organization, professional services environment, or consulting organization preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams and leading strategic learning initiatives at scale.