Lead Learning & Development Consultant - Emerging Talent & Refining

Position Summary

The Lead Learning & Development Consultant will serve as the enterprise lead for emerging talent and new leader development at Marathon Petroleum Company (MPC) and as the dedicated talent development consultant supporting the Refining organization. This role plays a critical part in shaping MPC’s leadership pipeline by designing, delivering, and sustaining development experiences for early-in-career employees, high-potential talent, and newly appointed leaders, ensuring a strong foundation of leadership capability across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of MPC’s emerging talent and new leader development programs (e.g., early career, high-potential, and frontline/supervisor programming).

• Develop structured learning journeys that accelerate readiness for new leaders and strengthen foundational leadership capabilities.

• Partner with Talent Management and HR leadership to align programming with enterprise talent strategy, workforce planning, and succession priorities.

• Apply data analytics and evaluation frameworks to measure program effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.

• Manage budgets and expenses assigned to area(s) of responsibility, monitoring forecasted and actual spend.

• Serve as the primary L&D liaison and strategic consultant to Refining business leaders and HR partners.

• Conduct needs analyses, gap analyses, and stakeholder interviews to identify leadership and organizational development priorities.

• Design and facilitate leadership development solutions tailored to Refining’s operational, cultural, and strategic needs.

• Advise leaders on team effectiveness, leadership capability, organizational dynamics, and talent implications.

• Collaborate closely with HRBPs to support talent reviews, succession planning, and development planning across Refining.

• Track development outcomes and share insights with Refining leadership, reinforcing a strategic, data-driven approach.

• Develop and deliver high impact leadership content, both virtual and in-person, with a focus on executive audience needs.

• Customize content to reflect MPC’s strategy, leadership competencies, and safety-focused culture.

• Facilitate engaging workshops, leadership cohorts, and executive-level sessions.

• Collect, analyze, and interpret learning data (e.g., assessments, participant evaluations, behavioral outcomes, leadership effectiveness metrics).

• Provide actionable insights to leaders using dashboards, trends, and recommendations.

• Support MPC’s evolution toward a data-driven learning organization through consistent measurement and evidence-based decision-making.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior leaders across the enterprise and within Midstream.

• Influence decision-making by connecting leadership development strategies to business outcomes.

• Actively model and promote MPC’s Leadership Competencies—ensuring leadership expectations are embedded in all development experiences.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Applied Training/Learning & Development, Education, Organizational Development, Business, Psychology, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience required.
• Demonstrated success designing and delivering leadership development programs, including executive-level offerings.
• Experience conducting organizational needs analyses, gap analyses, and talent diagnostics.
• Strong facilitation skills with experience presenting to senior leaders and executive audiences.
• Proficiency in data analytics, learning evaluation, and deriving insights from data (Excel, dashboards, analytics tools).
• Ability to travel up to 35%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in organizational development, Business Administration (MBA), I/O Psychology, or related field.
• Professional certifications (e.g., Leadership Coaching, Hogan, ATD , MBTI, DiSC, Prosci).
• Experience working within large, complex, or highly regulated industries such as energy, manufacturing, chemicals, or logistics.
• Experience managing external vendors, executive coaching networks, or university-based executive education programs.
• Strong understanding of organizational development principles, change management, and culture transformation.