Job Description

The Learning Consultant supports Learning Directors and Learning Partners in the execution of the L&D strategy through consulting and delivery of appropriate learning solutions. S/he applies an understanding of key business priorities/processes and internal and external best practices to learning solutions. Partners with key divisional stakeholders to identify performance needs and gaps and collaborates with design experts and operational support points on desired performance and business outcomes. Builds and maintains strong business relationships and learns from and applies insights from an integrated learning network. Success in this role depends on a candidate’s ability to apply adult learning theory in his/her area of responsibility, collaborate with others to design and deliver high-impact learning solutions, and deliver business value through learning interventions.

Responsibilities:

• Execute learning and development solutions in their respective business areas, partnering with business clients to ensure sustainable business results

• Lead projects within a portfolio of work to meet business requirements.

• Provide SMEs and ensure learning solutions are relevant and provide business impact and a modern, compelling learning experience.

• Support the definition of business and learning outcomes. Measure and report the impact of learning programs against set metrics, and evolve/modify solutions as needed

• Support manager and collaborates with peers to deliver a coherent, efficient, and strategically aligned approach to L&D planning and implementation.

• Deliver or facilitate training content, or support and coach local L&D colleagues or global/local subject matter experts who will deliver or facilitate, as needed

• Manage and track financial commitments related to the learning solution

• Use data insights to influence solutions and outcomes

Competencies:

• Business Acumen: Ability to engage with colleagues around business strategy, goals, and business outcomes, and make sound business decisions

• External Orientation: Apply external best practices in the area of responsibility. Model continuous learning for team and clients.

• Leadership: The ability to partner, collaborate, and impact decisions at all levels within and outside the organization.

• Collaboration: Work with individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner, including the ability to build and maintain critical networks and collaborative relationships. Take full advantage of resident expertise in GL&D internal partner organizations (such as Design & Development and Learning Operations) to maximize efficiency and effectiveness; personally remain focused on key Learning Consultant responsibilities.

• Creative Thinking: Beginning skill in applying tools and techniques for grasping new concepts, acquiring new ways of seeing things, and revising ways of thinking and patterns of behavior

• Business Consulting: Skill in consulting and ability to coach clients not to use learning solutions where they will not be effective

• Oral and Written Communications: Ability to express oneself to provide information to others effectively and in a succinct manner; outstanding verbal, written, and executive level presentation abilities and interpersonal skills; ability to ask thoughtful questions to gain insights, listen and understand other perspectives

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to use a broad range of methods, assumptions, frameworks, and perspectives when solving problems and making decisions. Ability to prioritize own work. Seek first to leverage existing resources and align with other areas of GL&D before developing new assets

• Data analytics: Contributes to the definition of business and learning outcomes, metrics, and measurement strategies. Ability to analyze and interpret data for business and learning decisions

• Planning: Project planning and management experience

• L&D Policies, Standards, and Procedures: Knowledge of and ability to use industry and organization standards, procedures, and policies relevant to staff learning and development

• Adult Learning: Theory and Practice: Experience in applying concepts and practices of adult learning to meet the dynamic needs of the business

• Learning Needs Analysis: Experience in assessing competency gaps and identifying what people need to learn for successful individual and organizational performance

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required with 6+ years of related experience (4+ with Masters's degree)

• Minimum 1 year of leadership experience and minimum 1 year of experience facilitating/delivering learning solutions

Preferred:

• Master's degree preferred

• Experience in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Rare Disease sales or sales training is strongly preferred

• Experience in the areas of learning, talent, HR, or comparable areas; experience in applicable technical/professional areas pertinent to the division/function served (e.g., R&D, manufacturing, sales/marketing, etc.)

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Requisition ID:R216290