Strategic Learning Consultant
GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.
From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.
We are seeking an innovative Strategic Consultant to join our consulting team to:
• Support pre-sales engagements for innovative learning solutions and strategic consulting.
• Provide client education around innovative and transformative learning topics.
• Develop innovative, product/service offerings from incubation through operationalization.
• Provide direct labor on innovation-based and highly strategic learning projects.
• Apply a repeatable, sustainable process in a dedicated experiential space to explore, create, and share new solutions (i.e., processes, tools, platforms) to stay ahead of an evolving marketplace.
• Provide thought-leadership in areas of learning innovation, AI, and other priority topics in support of client and marketing efforts.
• Manage strategic vendor partnerships.
• Educate internal resources on innovative and cross-functional solutions to expand existing client relationships and upskill for internal capability.
Critical Processes and Design Approaches
• Leading and facilitating strategic workshops (e.g., Design Thinking, innovation solutioning)
• Learner-Centric Design (e.g., Empathy Interviews, Customer Journey Mapping)
• Evaluation and Measurement
• Digital Workforce Transformation
• Performance Consulting
The successful candidate will:
• Possess a strong understanding of the learning and performance technology ecosystem with the ability to align client needs to appropriate technology solutions
• Be willing and capable of taking on ambiguous assignments and move forward when there is a lack of clear definition.
• Be collaborative, supportive, and focused on successful outcomes for the business and clients.
• Be a self-starter requiring limited handholding.
• Be a creative, positive, and innovative thinker.
• Accept new challenges willingly.
• Challenge the status quo.
• Possess the mindset of a leader, which includes tackling projects with an agile, inclusive, growth, and enterprise perspective.
• Show confidence in all internal and external interactions.
• Possess strong business acumen.
• Be comfortable with data collection and trend analysis.
• Demonstrate exceptional leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be comfortable working in digital workflows including proficiency with a range of digital design, ideation, and creation tools.
Requirements
• Master’s Degree in a related field (e.g. Instructional Design, Performance Consulting, etc.) or equivalent experience and certification(s)
• 15 years’ experience in a consulting or comparable role
• Demonstrated experience with influencing and leading teams
With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.
GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.