Learning And Development Partner

Job Description Learning & Development Partner Data Engineering Business

Experience: 8-10 years

Role Purpose: The Learning & Development Partner will work closely with the Data Engineering business leadership to design, drive, and deliver learning strategies that build critical technical capability, leadership depth, and future-ready skills. This role acts as a strategic partner to the businessensuring learning directly enables business growth, delivery excellence, and talent readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnership & Strategy

Partner with Data Engineering leaders to understand business priorities, capability gaps, and future skill needs.

Translate business goals into structured learning roadmaps covering technical, leadership, and behavioural competencies.

Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent development and skill readiness.

Technical and Capability Development

Design and curate learning interventions for Data Engineering roles

Leverage internal SMEs and external partners to create high-impact, contextual learning programs.

Ensure learning pathways are role-based, progressive, and aligned to career growth.

Leadership and Behavioural Development

Support the design and delivery of leadership development programs for technical and people leaders within the Data Engineering function.

Embed skills such as communication, stakeholder management, execution excellence, and people leadership.

Learning Governance and Effectiveness

Define success metrics to measure learning effectiveness and business impact.

Review learning outcomes through feedback from managers, mentors, and participants.

Continuously refine programs based on data, feedback, and evolving business needs.

Leverage learning management systems (LMS) to track learning progress, adoption, and effectiveness, with a working understanding of LMS capabilities and governance.

Stakeholder and Program Management

Manage multiple learning initiatives simultaneously while ensuring quality, timelines, and alignment.

Collaborate closely with HR, Talent, and leadership teams to drive cohesive development outcomes.

Required Experience and Skills

8-10 years of experience in Learning & Development, with prior experience supporting Data Engineering or similar technical businesses.

Understanding of Data Engineering roles, skills, and career progression.

Proven experience in business partnering and influencing senior stakeholders.

Experience designing structured learning journeys (technical + leadership).

Ability to translate complex technical needs into effective learning solutions.

Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution skills.

Strong reporting and analytics capability, with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint to generate clear, insightful monthly learning reports and dashboards.