Senior Manager - Learning & Skills

Summary

Join Octopus Energy Services and help drive the global renewable energy revolution. As a Senior Manager, Learning & Skills (programmes), you will lead the development and delivery of critical learning and upskilling programmes, focusing on leadership and performance. You will collaborate with leaders and subject matter experts to identify learning needs and skills gaps. This role involves managing project plans, communications, and evaluating learning efficacy. You will shape learning & skills strategies aligned with business goals and utilize skills data to inform learning priorities. The position is remote with regular travel to UK sites.

Requirements

• Expertise and experience of shaping and delivering impactful learning and performance strategies and programmes, managing plans, budgets, and using data to inform decisions
• A proven track record in leading cross functional projects teams to deliver and evaluate impactful blended learning and upskilling programmes
• A strong knowledge of adult learning principles, leadership and management development, and performance practices
• Demonstrable experience of shaping and delivering leadership programmes
• Comfort getting up to speed on technical skills - this role will work with different technical specialists without necessarily having a background in all technical areas yourself
• You’ll thrive on collaboration and be able to communicate and influence at all levels across technical and non-technical teams
• Be curious and comfortable working in high-ambiguity, fast-paced environments where you drive clarity and decisions (and be willing to test and learn quickly)
• Empathetic leadership style, capable of building trusted relationships across the business
• Be flexible and happy travelling to different offices and sites when needed

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of critical learning and upskilling programmes, making sure they’re continuously improved and linked to performance outcomes
• Consult, collaborate and partner with leaders and subject matter experts from across the organisation, to identify learning needs and skills gaps, and scope and get buy-in for targeted learning programmes
• Lead programme teams made up of learning design, digital learning and delivery expertise to develop, deliver and maintain relevant learning solutions
• Manage project plans, communications, share updates and outcomes with relevant stakeholders
• Shape and execute learning & skills strategies and plans that align with business goals, developing business cases to support ongoing investment
• Be focussed on continuous improvement and evaluate learning efficacy, measure ROI and impact on performance
• Always be ahead of the demand curve and up to date with learning and tech innovation, actively integrating insights into the solutions we’ll need as we scale
• Take a skills-first approach, using skills data to inform learning priorities, measure impact and to drive a culture of upskilling and agile workforce development

Benefits

This role will be remote, with regular travel to our sites across the UK (primarily England and Wales)