Head of Learning & People Capability
Location: Edinburgh or Birmingham or London (Hybrid)
Sector: Life & Pensions
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
The Opportunity
We are partnering with a leading Life & Pensions organisation to recruit a Head of Learning & Leadership . This is a high-impact, strategic role responsible for shaping the organisation’s approach to leadership, learning, and coaching, driving capability across the business.
You’ll play a pivotal role in designing and delivering a modern, scalable learning ecosystem, working closely with senior talent leaders to enable sustainable growth, strengthen leadership capability, and enhance organisational performance.
The Role
As Head of Learning & Leadership, you will:
- Define and deliver the organisation-wide learning and leadership strateg y
- Partner with Heads of Talent to design impactful learning, leadership and talent intervention s
- Lead and develop a specialist internal tea m covering talent, performance, and e-learning
- Build and manage relationships with high-quality third-party provider s to deliver best-in-class solutions
- Oversee robust talent assessment practice s, performance management frameworks, and talent reporting
- Own and evolve a modern, seamless mandatory learning and e-learning suit e
- Manage the central training budge t, ensuring effective allocation and measurable ROI
- Embed innovative, technology-driven learning solution s, enabling an “always-on”, self-serve learning culture
- Establish partnerships with leading external organisations to enhance leadership development opportunities
- Measure and report on the impact and outcome s of learning initiatives, ensuring alignment with DEI objectives
What We’re Looking F or
- We’re looking for a strategic, credible learning leader who brings:
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end learning strategies
- Strong track record of leading and developing learning teams
- Experience across both learning and leadership development functions
- Demonstrable budget management capability
- Expertise in managing and optimising third-party learning providers
- A recognised Learning & Development practitioner background
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior level
- A passion for innovation, leveraging technology to scale learning solutions
