Senior Manager, Learning & Development

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.
To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.
job purpose:
The Senior Manager, Learning & Development partners with the Senior Director, Talent Management to shape and lead the organization's enterprise learning strategy. This is a hands-on individual contributor role: the Senior Manager owns the design, build, and delivery of programs that develop leaders and strengthen capability across every level of the business. In addition to strategy and program ownership, the Senior Manager personally facilitates senior leader curriculum and delivers other instructor-led training as business needs arise.
Success in this role depends on influence rather than authority. The Senior Manager works across HR business partners, functional leaders, and executive stakeholders to translate business priorities into learning solutions, and to demonstrate the impact of those solutions with data.
responsibilities:
Learning Strategy & Partnership
Partner with the Senior Director, Talent Management to define, refresh, and execute the enterprise L&D strategy, including annual priorities, roadmap, and success measures.
Translate business and talent priorities into a coherent portfolio of learning programs, and recommend where to build, buy, or retire offerings.
Serve as a consultative partner to HR business partners and functional leaders, conducting needs assessments and recommending solutions grounded in performance outcomes rather than activity.
Manage the L&D budget in partnership with the Senior Director, including vendor selection, contracting, and spend against plan.
Senior Leader Curriculum & Facilitation
Design and personally facilitate the senior leader curriculum, including executive and director-level development programs, cohort experiences, and offsite sessions.
Deliver additional instructor-led and virtual training across the organization as business needs arise, covering topics such as management fundamentals, coaching, feedback, change leadership, and team effectiveness.
Create a credible, high-trust learning environment for senior audiences, adjusting content and facilitation approach in real time to the level and needs of the room.
Develop and coach internal subject matter experts and leader-facilitators to extend delivery capacity across the enterprise.
Program Design & Delivery
Own the full instructional design lifecycle — needs analysis, learning objectives, content development, facilitator guides, participant materials, and evaluation.
Build blended solutions that combine instructor-led sessions, digital and self-paced content, coaching, and on-the-job application.
Utilize the learning technology and LMS content lifecycle in partnership with Technical Training including curation, assignment logic, and reporting.
Oversee external vendors, consultants, and assessment partners, holding them to scope, quality, and timeline commitments.
Measurement & Continuous Improvement
Define and report on L&D metrics - participation, learner experience, behavior change, and business impact, and present findings to senior leadership.
Use assessment, engagement, and performance data to identify capability gaps and prioritize investment.
Benchmark against external practice and continuously refine programs based on evidence and participant feedback.
skills/qualifications required: (5-7 bullets max)
Required:
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.