Director, Enterprise Learning and Development

Company: Initial Therapeutics, Inc.
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Director, Learning and DevelopmentWho We AreBioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best - people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems - and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we've produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.About Corporate GroupsIt takes a village, and at BioMarin our corporate groups are the people behind our success. Groups such as IT, Finance, Legal, Global Compliance & Ethics, and our People (HR) Team provide foundational support of all areas of operation at BioMarin.Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership and build a best-in-class and scalable learning environment and program structure to align with the business strategy and needs of different stakeholder groups (leaders, managers, employees).
• Manage the portfolio of learning programs (Leadership development, Manager development, Job-agnostic professional development for employees), service providers, and budgets with a view to improving effectiveness and efficiency.
• Drive alignment on philosophy, strategy and execution of a career development framework and programs to enable a compelling experience for all employees.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive people manager development framework (70:20:10) focused on on-the-job adoption/proficiency to complement coaching and training offered through our Academies.
• Drive a leadership development framework and programs aligned with Talent Review and Succession Planning to accelerate the pipeline of our next generation leaders.
• Bring thought leadership, define, and drive an enterprise leader capability building for our senior leaders to enable innovation, growth, and value.
• Lead business-case articulation, stakeholder alignment, and adoption of innovative digital and social technologies and platforms (gamification, LMS, LXP, Content platforms) to enable effective and efficient program delivery at scale.
• Partner effectively with People Business Partners, Internal Communications, and External service providers to manage stakeholder engagement and communications (e.g., forums, communication channels, dashboards)
• Partner effectively with other groups within and outside of People Team to enable the alignment and integration of programs to further and achieve our DEI goals.
• Partner with other learning groups within BMRN to enable an enterprise community of practice to share best practices, collaborate on aligned needs, leverage resources, and enhance careers of learning practitioners.Foundational Capabilities:
  • Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to understand business needs, conduct current state baseline, define business case, develop program framework, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with the context and needs of the organization. Ability to develop fit for purpose solutions with a bias toward minimum viable solutions that can be adopted within the organization.
  • Technical Knowledge: Focused on the science behind the practices and programs (not chase fads) and demonstrated experience and ability to build a scalable learning organization including programs, practices, processes, and systems.
  • Analytical Judgment: Demonstrated ability to work with existing information systems to gather and analyze data, synthesize qualitative and quantitative data; draw actionable insights, and develop a coherent story/presentation to drive action.
  • Change Leadership: Demonstrated ability to articulate the "why", develop coherent story, present to executive leadership, align stakeholders, push through challenges, navigate periods of uncertainty and lack of clarity, and be flexible to course correct the means while being focused on the ends.Core Behaviors:
    • Be accountable: self-drive and initiative to deliver on personal and team commitments
    • Be real: have courage to speak your mind especially when it isn't easy
    • Be excellent: set bold goals (at the risk of failing) and exercise initiative and drive to achieve them
    • Be focused: focus on the needle movers and not "boil the ocean"
    • Be a team player: enable team to operate as a high-performing team (subsume personal ego)Minimum Requirements:
      • 12+ years of experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role for a learning group/organization
      • Managed a portfolio of learning programs and solutions (end-to-end)
      • Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Management, Psychology or Instructional Design
      • Program management of large-scale capability building initiatives
      • Work in-person in San Rafael, CA (currently at least 2 anchor days a week T, TH)Preferred Requirements:
        • Global experience
        • Masters in Business, Management, Psychology, Instructional Design
        • Mix of experience with a diverse group of stakeholders (R&D, Operations, Commercial, Corporate)
        • Experience in scaling an organizationWork Style:
          • Hybrid role requiring 2x on site per week. The role is based in San Rafael, CA (alternative campus locations are not an option).
          • Role may not be conducted virtually. Remote applications will not be considered.Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/DisabledAn Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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