Position Overview

The Director of Learning & Professional Development – Field & Stores is a critical role in the success of Burlington’s growth strategy to attract, develop and retain the best talent. The Director fosters a culture of continuous learning with a primary focus on understanding, developing, implementing and managing innovative holistic learning and development strategies for the field and stores organization.

The successful candidate has a diverse, blended background to include business knowledge, learning design, project management and a flair for developing innovative, creative and engaging adult learning experiences. Success will positively impact associate performance/competence, career advancement/succession planning, store operations business goals and overall company strategy.

A Day In The Life

• Enhance the learning strategy to improve associate and business performance and build a ready-now store management and field leadership talent bench through continuous education and skill development.
• Establish critical partnerships with store operations business stakeholders and subject matter experts to gain insight, identify needs and recommend/design the best learning solutions and strategies.
• Manage a small learning team that recommends, develops, designs and manages learning programs with engaging and relevant learning elements to include virtual classroom, e-learning and other related strategies.
• Inspire the team to lead learning initiatives through the design lifecycle from project scoping, research and analysis, design, development, implementation and success measurement.
• Measure training and learning program results to identify improvement opportunities and ensure successful impact on people and business goals.
• Provide exemplary internal customer service with professionalism and ownership of learning projects.
• Demonstrate commitment to teamwork through relationship building and effective collaboration.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend new and improved learning solutions.

You’ll Come With

• 5-10 years related experience in a large fast-growing retail, multi-unit, learning organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing a high-performing learning and development team focused on adult learning theory principles and best practices.
• Proven experience measuring key performance indicators to ensure compliance, effectiveness and return on investment to the organization.
• Can demonstrate strong competence in influential leadership, assertively and effectively gaining consensus, managing through ambiguity and successfully partnering with all levels of the organization.
• Requires high level of tact and interpersonal skills when partnering with senior level management and commitment to teamwork through relationship building and effective collaboration.
• Strong project management skills to successfully drive project plans, milestones, tasks, deadlines, etc. Must be able to respond to multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize, and work well under pressure. Proven ability to manage multiple and diverse projects that may be strategic and/or tactical in a fast-paced, often changing, environment.
• Ability to conceptualize and take full ownership of a project and work collaboratively to see it through strict timelines. Self-directed and highly motivated to make a difference.
• Familiarity with Teams, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Sharepoint, SmartSheets and e-learning authoring tools, primarily Articulate products, helpful.
• Knowledge of learning management system structures to maximize and enhance current and trending technology; ideally Workday Learning.
• Available to travel nationwide (air and ground), approximately 25% of the time.
• Fluent in English, with understanding of Spanish helpful.

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Come join our team. You’re going to like it here!

You will enjoy competitive wages, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Burlington’s benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance. Full-time associates are also eligible for paid time off, paid holidays and a 401(k) plan. We are a rapidly growing brand and provide a variety of training and development opportunities so our associates can grow with us. Our teams work hard and have fun together! Burlington associates make a difference in the lives of customers, colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Individual pay decisions will be based on a variety of factors, such as but not limited to, qualifications, education, job-related skills, relevant experience, and geographic location.

Min-Mid $135,000.00 – $175,000.00

Posting Number R101579

Location New Jersey-Burlington

 Address 2006 Route 130 North

Zip Code 08016

Pay Rate Salaried

Career Site Category Corporate

Position Category Human Resources

Job Type Full-Time

Remote Type Remote

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