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Northwestern Mutual · 1 week ago

Senior Business Program Manager (hybrid)

Milwaukee, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$84K/yr - $157K/yr

5+ years exp

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Senior Business Program Manager responsible for designing, developing, and implementing leadership development programs for home office leaders. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to create effective learning experiences that support the company's leadership strategy and prepare leaders for advancement.

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Responsibilities

Designing, development and testing of leadership program initiatives in support of broader field leadership strategy. Programs to include live, virtual and self-paced learning

Ensures coordination of large-scale leader development programs including partnering with field learning and development and events to ensure programming, logistics and coordination are aligned with program objectives as defined by role

Ensures all leadership programs support and align to our NM strategy and leadership behavior model

Maintain, evolve and teach NM's leadership model, enlisting leaders to develop and then coach/role model the needed capabilities to realize vision

Facilitates collaborative process with home office stakeholders, subject matter experts, target audience members, and leaders to identify critical outcomes and measurement strategy

Conceptualizes, storyboards and gains agreement on the big picture of the program and how leaders will benefit personally, professionally as well as their businesses

Documents instructional strategy and curriculum components required to achieve desired outcomes, including performance support strategies

Develops and/or sources content and facilitates reuse between formal learning and performance support on-the-job

Works across Career Distribution to ensure effective implementation of leader development programs. Advance leadership programs to align to competencies and growth goals

Establishes leadership metrics and leverages them to report business results and secure support to further develop and evolve leadership programs to ensure relevance and contemporary learning experiences

Leverages retention tools to further support leadership development

Keeps abreast of industry-wide innovations and thought leaders

Mentors, advises, informs and consults members of Distribution Performance teams on expectations of leadership development programming including their roles in reinforcing content and programming

Manage vendor relationships with outside vendors supporting field leadership development

Qualification

Leadership DevelopmentConsulting SkillsProject ManagementCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsAnalytical ThinkingStakeholder RelationshipChange AdaptabilityEmotional IntelligenceNegotiation Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum of 5 years professional experience with 3+ years in leadership development or other related HR field

Demonstrated ability to identify or anticipate future trends and appropriately within NM

Ability to create, innovate, consult, market, and implement

Excellent facilitation experience to include integrating staff from various functions, leading and influencing others who are not under direct control

A demonstrated high level of consulting, influencing and decision-making skills including extensive experience in consulting methods, tools and technologies focused on leadership talent management

Demonstrated ability to take an idea from conception to successful and sustainable execution including leading all phases of project or program development, design, implementation including ongoing delivery management

Strong organizational and project management skills with an ability to lead, manage, and collaborate in multiple and diverse projects

Strong communication skills (oral and written) with an ability to provide individual and group feedback, make presentations and create written reports

Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to establish rapport at all levels of the Home Office and Field, as well as external audiences

High degree of self-motivation with leadership and initiative in sharing information, contributing towards group goals, and accepting responsibility for results