Technical Learning Program Sr Principal

Are you ready to join an Apex Award Winning Learning & Development Team and elevate your expertise to the next level? Are you excited to deliver impactful technical learning solutions that enable employee development, drive business growth and accelerate customer delivery? Join us!

GDIT’s Learning & Development (L&D) Center of Excellence is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Technical Learning Program Sr Principal to oversee the establishment, curation, and implementation of high impact technical learning programs for GDIT’s employees who are focused on supporting our nation’s most mission-critical work.

You will be reporting directly to GDIT’s Director of Technical Upskilling & Certification Programs and partnering with Senior Technical, Growth, and Business Leaders to explore and identify the organization’s most critical areas of upskilling focus and implement formal learning programs to address them. This is a highly consultative position, and the ideal candidate will engage in targeted needs analysis, independently manage multiple program initiatives and demonstrate a strong desire to innovate through cutting-edge technology related learning solutions that drive business value, while fostering long-term partnerships with internal stakeholders.

 
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:

• Establish an end-to-end plan to develop, solution, and implement tailored upskilling programs, leveraging GDIT’s tech curriculum, in alignment with GDIT technical capabilities, business pipeline and high growth areas.
• Leverage business insights to bring forth upskilling recommendations to leaders, partnering with the Technical Upskilling & Certification Program Team to pinpoint learning solutions and program target audiences.
• Build a large enterprise technical learning curriculum portfolio in GDIT’s Learning Management System, in partnership with LMS Content Curation Advisor, curating content by leveraging best practices and GDIT’s tech curriculum, to further enable employee development and career growth.
• Partner with Enterprise Technical Learning & Partner Delivery Team on program launch, coordination, and logistics, as appropriate.
• Establish technical learning curriculum standards, including regular cadence review and audit approach to ensure most up-to-date courseware, in alignment with industry and business pipeline trends, as well as certification issuers.
• Improve upon GDIT’s tech learning curriculum through analysis and identification of potential gap areas and offering meaningful suggestions to close the gap.
• Engage with established and potential new content providers vendors to explore new, supplemental, or enhanced offerings, aligned to current and emerging technologies.
• Collaborate and consult across the Technical Upskilling & Certification Program Team to ensure alignment of up-to-date strategic offerings for targeted upskilling through direct Program Leadership championship.
• Track and report on the effectiveness of technical learning programs, including but not limited to metrics related to usage, participant satisfaction, learning program efficacy via certification achievement, cost, and program/business impact.
• This is NOT an Instructional Designer role

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree plus 10 years of related work experience; OR in lieu of degree, 14+ Years of related work experience is required
• Strong executive presence with demonstrated experience presenting to senior leaders, leveraging excellent verbal communication skills
• Experience creating and establishing L&D upskilling programs and solutions across a large corporate enterprise. Technology-related L&D programs is highly preferred.
• Experience with leveraging best practices for curating curriculum content in learning management systems (with Cornerstone On-Demand being a plus)
• Experience creating high-impact briefings for senior leaders, leveraging quantitative and qualitative data, coupled with industry knowledge to allow for collaboration, continuous improvement, and the optimization of our technical learning offer
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for varying audiences
• Excellent attention to detail, balanced with the ability to synthesize details to identify themes, support stakeholder alignment, decision making etc.
• Strong interpersonal, influence, and customer relationship skills
• Strong project management and execution skills, including the ability to establish, communicate, and manage a plan with well-articulated milestones, as well as strong business acumen, and urgency with excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Location: Hybrid - three days on-site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.