Interim Learning & Development Partner

We are looking for an interim contractor to provide cover for an initial 3–6 month period. The role will work closely with the team and report into Ardoq’s Director of People, building the AI-fluent, high-performance organisation that will take Ardoq through its next phase of growth.

Location: London - Hybrid

Contract: Fixed-term freelance/contract assignment

Rate: £400 per day (inside IR35)

Payment: via PAYE or umbrella company

About the Role

Ardoq is scaling fast, and our people need to grow with us. This contract role exists because we have a real, meaningful L&D agenda to deliver—one that goes well beyond deploying e-learning modules. You will own it end-to-end: diagnosing needs, designing the right interventions, and delivering them in ways that stick.

The most strategically important piece of this agenda is building AI capability across our employee population. We are an AI-native product company, and we need our people to work that way too. You will lead on designing and rolling out a practical AI learning programme that moves Ardoqians from awareness to genuine fluency—shaping how we work, not just what tools we use.

At Ardoq, we value autonomy and psychological safety. In this role, you won’t just follow a brief; you will consult, shape, and deliver with real ownership.

What you’ll do

• Own the AI capability build: Lead the design and delivery of an AI learning programme across all functions—assessing current literacy, identifying priority gaps, building the curriculum, and rolling it out through workshops, resources, and self-serve content on Sana.
• Consult before you design: Work closely with People Business Partners, senior stakeholders, and the Director of People & Organisation to diagnose the real learning needs before building anything. The brief will evolve; your job is to shape it.
• Run the onboarding programme: Own and facilitate end-to-end onboarding for all new joiners globally—virtual and in-person—while continuously improving the experience based on feedback.
• Deliver the Manager 101 programme: Design and run a first-time manager programme tailored to Ardoq’s culture and growth stage—building capability, not just running sessions.
• Support performance culture: Execute on key processes that drive a performance culture (such as including performance reviews, engagement survey follow-ups and goal setting) and work with the Director of People to design how these processes need to evolve as the business scales.
• Manage our learning vendors: Serve as the day-to-day contact for Sana and Hone—keeping content current, managing access, and ensuring platform usage delivers value.
• Build a culture of feedback and recognition: Lead on designing and embedding opportunities for recognition and feedback across the business that connect to our values.

Who you are

We are looking for a skilled L&D practitioner who leads with curiosity and delivers with rigour.

• The Consultant: You approach every engagement by understanding the problem first. You ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and build interventions that fit—not generic programmes you’ve run elsewhere.
• The AI Practitioner: You have hands-on experience building AI capability inside an organisation. You know the difference between a one-off workshop and a learning journey that actually changes how people work.
• The SaaS Insider: You have worked in a fast-scaling tech or SaaS environment and understand the pace, ambiguity, and commercial context that comes with it.
• The Deliverer: You design with the end in mind and follow through to execution. You measure success by behaviour change and impact, not completion rates.

Nice to Haves: Leadership development experience; familiarity with Sana as an LMS; global L&D experience across multiple regions and cultures.

The "Ardoq Way"

We live by three values — Bold, Caring, and Driven — that define how we work, how we treat each other, and how we win.

• BOLD: We continuously raise the bar for ourselves and each other, starting from a place of "what if I could?" We act decisively, even when the information isn’t complete, and choose forward motion and learning over waiting for the perfect answer.
• CARING: We care enough to be candid. That means delivering direct, kind, and timely feedback that helps our teammates grow. We operate as one team — sharing knowledge openly, celebrating each other’s wins, and putting collective success ahead of individual ones.
• DRIVEN: At Ardoq, everyone has a stake in the outcome — including stock options. We act like owners: measuring success by impact rather than effort, saying "no" to distractions, and staying focused on the highest-value work at pace.

How to Apply

Send us your CV - we’d love to hear from you. Our hiring process typically includes 3 - 4 interview stages: Intro screen → chat with hiring manager → meeting with CPO.

Final Note

At Ardoq, every teammate has a voice. Whether you love tackling enterprise-scale challenges or improving how companies run, you’ll not only belong, you’ll impact, grow, and make work meaningful.