The New York Times · 21 hours ago
Director, Learning & Development
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$170K/yr - $185K/yr
10+ years expThe New York Times is committed to independent journalism and seeks a Director of Learning & Development to shape and scale its core curriculum and people leadership development strategy. This role involves overseeing the learning ecosystem, ensuring integration across the employee lifecycle, and partnering with HR to enhance learning experiences.
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Responsibilities
Define and own the enterprise learning and people leadership development strategy across all employee levels, from individual contributors through senior leaders
Establish and govern the enterprise learning architecture to ensure consistent quality, scalability, and alignment across all learning offerings
Partner closely with Talent Enablement leaders to integrate learning, leadership, and career experiences across the full employee lifecycle
Set and uphold enterprise standards for instructional design and facilitation excellence across all learning programs
Oversee the strategic design of live, online, and hybrid learning experiences
Own the enterprise learning measurement framework, including survey strategy, executive reporting, and impact storytelling
Ensure learning investments are directly connected to leadership readiness, performance enablement and business outcomes
Deploy a multi-channel learning communications strategy in partnership with the Communications team to drive awareness and participation
Partner with cross-functional HR partners
Demonstrate all of the Values and Behaviors of The New York Times and be able to present and consult on all related work to drive cultural transformation
Lead, coach, and develop learning professionals
Act as a trusted strategic advisor to HR Business Partners, Talent Enablement and senior business leaders on learning and leadership development priorities
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience designing and leading end-to-end enterprise learning programs
Proven success building scalable learning strategies and infrastructures
Advanced expertise in instructional design, facilitation, and learning experience design
Demonstrated proficiency leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance enterprise learning strategy, instructional design, facilitation, and program measurement
Strong consulting and stakeholder partnership skills
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
Strategic mindset balanced with strong program execution judgment
Experience working in fast-paced, matrixed, high-growth environments
Demonstrated curiosity, adaptability, and a solution-oriented mindset
Preferred
Experience designing and delivering people leadership programs
Proficiency with Workday Learning or comparable learning management systems
Prior experience working within the media or journalism industries
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
A company-matching 401(k) plan
Paid vacation
Paid sick days
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development programs
Company
The New York Times
The New York Times is powered by the idea that independent, deeply reported journalism fuels a healthy and engaged society.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
William Bardeen
Chief Financial Officer
Crystal Chien
VP of Engineering
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