Head of Learning and Development

Head of Learning & Development

📍 Manhattan, New York (4 Days In-Office)

💲 Up to $150,000 Base + Bonus

✈️ International Travel Opportunities

A rapidly scaling, founder-led recruitment business is seeking a Head of Learning & Development to build and lead its next-generation L&D function.

This international staffing firm is entering an exciting phase of expansion across the US. As a result, they are investing heavily in Learning & Development and hiring a senior leader to design, implement, and elevate their global L&D strategy.

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of an L&D function at a pivotal stage of growth, partnering closely with the Global Head of People, senior US leadership, and executive stakeholders to create world-class development programs that directly impact business performance.

What You'll Be Doing

✅ Design and execute the company's end-to-end L&D strategy

✅ Build and deliver leadership, sales, management and early careers development programs

✅ Review, modernize and enhance existing training content while creating new best-in-class learning initiatives

✅ Lead delivery of key training academies and onboarding programs

✅ Partner with senior leadership to identify capability gaps and drive performance improvement

✅ Develop scalable frameworks, tools and learning pathways to support future growth

✅ Shape the long-term vision for L&D, including future team expansion and capability build-out

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience building and executing end-to-end Learning & Development strategies
• Strong instructional design and training delivery expertise
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on
• Experience working within a fast-paced, high-growth, performance-driven environment
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and commercial acumen

Highly Desirable

⭐ Experience within a recruitment, staffing, or talent solutions business

⭐ Background in Learning & Development for a recruitment agency

⭐ Prior recruitment leadership, trainer, academy, sales enablement, or coaching experience within a KPI-driven environment

Why Join?

• Build a global L&D function with significant executive visibility
• Direct influence on business-wide growth and performance
• Exposure to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
• Opportunity to shape learning strategy across the US and internationally
• International travel, including collaboration with teams overseas
• Clear opportunity to grow and expand the function as the business scales

If you're passionate about building high-impact learning programs and thrive in fast-moving, entrepreneurial environments, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply directly or message me for a confidential discussion.