DEVLINHAIR Productions, Inc. (DH) is seeking an experienced learning and development executive to lead our Learning & Development department as Vice President, Learning & Development. This individual will guide the group’s strategy, team development, client relationships, and financial performance while overseeing the quality and delivery of learning programs.
Reporting to the President, this individual directly supervises the Executive Project Manager, Training and other assigned directors, facilitators, designers, or training professionals.
Role Overview
The Vice President, Learning & Development provides executive leadership for DH’s Learning & Development practice, ensuring client programs are strategically designed, operationally sound, and delivered to a high standard. The role owns group performance, talent, client outcomes, financial results, and long-range growth strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Set the strategic direction, annual priorities, service standards, and growth plan for the Learning & Development department.
- Partner with the President and executive team to align learning solutions with agency strategy and client needs.
- Oversee the design, development, production, and delivery of instructor-led, virtual, hybrid, and digital learning programs.
- Lead senior client relationships and serve as executive sponsor for major training engagements.
- Establish quality standards for instructional strategy, facilitation, content development, technology, and participant experience.
- Approve project scope, resource plans, delivery approaches, budgets, and major change requests.
- Direct workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and professional development for the group.
- Coach and evaluate senior leaders, including the Executive Project Manager, Training and assigned functional directors.
- Monitor portfolio health, project profitability, utilization, client satisfaction, risk, and operational performance.
- Collaborate with Production, Creative, Finance, Sales, and Technology teams to deliver integrated meetings and learning solutions.
- Identify emerging learning trends, technologies, AI-enabled approaches, and service opportunities that strengthen the agency’s market position.
- Support proposals, pitches, pricing strategies, and executive presentations for new and expanded client work.
- Develop scalable processes, templates, governance, and knowledge-management practices across the Learning & Development team.
- Address significant client, delivery, staffing, budget, and quality issues through timely executive decision-making.
- Represent DH at client meetings, conferences, industry events, and strategic partnerships.
- Perform additional duties as assigned to support the overall success of the team.
Qualifications
Required Skills & Abilities
- Executive leadership and organizational strategy.
- Deep knowledge of adult learning, instructional design, facilitation, and learning-program operations.
- Strong financial, commercial, and portfolio-management acumen.
- Exceptional client leadership, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to lead leaders, build high-performing teams, and manage organizational change.
- Sound judgment in complex, high-visibility, and confidential matters.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaborate as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading a learning, training, meetings, events, or agency-services business unit.
- Experience with enterprise clients, regulated industries, or large-scale global learning programs.
- Knowledge of learning technologies, virtual platforms, content-authoring tools, and learning analytics.
- Experience integrating live event production with learning strategy and participant engagement.
- Demonstrated success growing revenue, improving margins, and expanding strategic accounts.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, organizational development, business, communications, or a related field.
- Master’s degree in a related discipline is preferred.
- Ten or more years of progressive leadership experience in learning, training, agency services, or related consulting.
- Five or more years leading managers, directors, or a substantial client-service function.
- Equivalent executive-level experience and professional development may be considered in place of specific education.
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $200,000–$250,000 annually. Final base salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, and the scope of responsibilities assigned to the role.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting and computer use, with the ability to change position as needed.
- Ability to communicate and present effectively to individuals and large groups, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to travel periodically to client locations, meetings, training programs, and events.
- Occasional ability to move materials weighing up to 20 pounds, with reasonable accommodation available.
- Ability to work in varied office, hotel, conference, studio, classroom, and event environments.
- Occasional evening, early-morning, or weekend work may be required based on client and program schedules.
Equal Opportunity Employer
DH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on job-related qualifications and merit.