Senior Manager, Learning Advisory
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About the Role
McCain Foods is hiring a Senior Manager, Learning Advisory to serve as the primary L&D partner for global business functions. This consulting and advisory role involves diagnosing capability needs, building multi-year learning plans, and collaborating with senior leaders.
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Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary L&D contact for assigned global functions, listening first, building trust, and challenging thinking with senior leaders
- Leverage data and insights to diagnose capability needs and translate business priorities into clear learning and development plans
- Develop ambitious, multi year capability goals with functional leaders paired with clear actions and plans
- Shift functions from one off training toward continuous, skills first development
- Commission and oversee learning program design in partnership within the COE, using blended, digital, and AI enabled approaches
- Dig in to diagnose root causes of performance and capability gaps before recommending solutions
- Facilitate structured needs analysis with leaders, HRBPs, and subject matter experts
- Define success metrics upfront; measure impact against business outcomes, not activity completion
- Own the learning portfolio for assigned functions, relentlessly prioritizing what delivers the greatest impact
- Partner with the COE to oversee program quality, vendor management, and delivery
- Report capability impact to leadership and functional stakeholders, using data and insights to drive continuous improvement
- Partner with HRBPs, Talent Management and global functional leaders to connect capability planning to broader talent strategy
Requirements
- 7+ years in Learning & Development, with experience in a strategic, business facing advisory capacity
- Track record building capability frameworks and multi year learning plans aligned to business strategy
- Experience as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in a large, complex, matrixed organization
- Demonstrated use of performance consulting methodology – root cause diagnosis, needs analysis, evidence based solution design
- Proven experience working in a global, multi region environment
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or professional certification in L&D, HR, or OD is preferred
- Performance consulting and structured needs analysis
- Senior stakeholder management and influencing without authority
- Data literacy – using learning analytics to inform decisions and demonstrate impact
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About the role
- McCain's Global Learning Centre of Excellence (COE) is looking for a Senior Manager, Learning Advisory, to be the primary L&D partner for assigned global business functions.
- In this role you act like an owner – working backwards from business strategy to close the gap between where our people are today and where the business needs them to be.
- This is a consulting and advisory role, not a training delivery role.
What you’ll be doing
- Act as the Strategic L&D Partner for Assigned Functions: Serve as the primary L&D contact for assigned global functions – listen first, build trust, and have the courage to challenge thinking and push boundaries with senior leaders.
- Leverage data and insights to diagnose capability needs and translate business priorities into clear learning and development plans.
- Think big – bring bold ideas that challenge the status quo and help leaders build future ready teams.
- Build and Deliver Capability Plans: Develop ambitious, multi year capability goals with functional leaders – paired with clear actions and plans to make them happen.
- Shift functions from one off training toward continuous, skills first development – embracing a 'fail fast and learn' mindset when approaches need to change.
- Commission and oversee learning program design in partnership within the COE, using blended, digital, and AI enabled approaches.
- Apply a Performance Consulting Approach: Dig in to diagnose root causes of performance and capability gaps before recommending solutions – the answer is not always training.
- Facilitate structured needs analysis with leaders, HRBPs, and subject matter experts – invite diverse perspectives and surface the real issues.
- Define success metrics upfront; measure impact against business outcomes, not activity completion.
- Manage the Learning Portfolio: Own the learning portfolio for assigned functions – relentlessly prioritize what delivers the greatest impact and have the courage to say no to the rest.
- Partner with the COE to oversee program quality, vendor management, and delivery.
- Report capability impact to leadership and functional stakeholders, using data and insights to drive continuous improvement.
What you’ll need to be successful
- 7+ years in Learning & Development, with experience in a strategic, business facing advisory capacity.
- Track record building capability frameworks and multi year learning plans aligned to business strategy.
- Experience as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in a large, complex, matrixed organization.
- Demonstrated use of performance consulting methodology – root cause diagnosis, needs analysis, evidence based solution design.
- Proven experience working in a global, multi region environment – navigating regional nuances, aligning multiple markets, and driving consistent standards across geographies.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or professional certification in L&D, HR, or OD is preferred.
- Performance consulting and structured needs analysis.
- Capability framework design and skills architecture.
- Senior stakeholder management and influencing without authority.
- Exceptional relationship building and influencing capability.
- Confident influencing senior and executive stakeholders – able to challenge thinking and hold a position even when it's not the popular view.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, and operate independently.
Compensation Package
- $107,600.00 – $143,500.00 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility
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