Learning And Development Specialist

We are seeking a Learning & Development Specialist to support manager effectiveness and leadership development initiatives for a global organization. This person will lead instructional design, project management, facilitation, and deployment of learning experiences that help managers and leaders build high-performing teams. Location: Remote – South Carolina Contract: 9 months Schedule: Monday–Friday Pay: Up to $70/hour Travel Required: Up to 10% Duties Partner with L&D, HRBPs, and functional leaders to identify needs, prioritize initiatives, and manage learning projects.Design and deploy learning through live virtual, on-demand, micro-learning, and just-in-time formats.Develop practical Manager Essentials resources around 1:1s, goal setting, feedback, performance management, coaching, accountability, change management, and other key manager responsibilities.Build leadership development experiences focused on high-performing teams, leadership expectations, talent development, and peer learning.Facilitate virtual workshops, leadership labs, manager practice sessions, stakeholder meetings, and train-the-trainer sessions.Create reusable learning assets including facilitator guides, discussion guides, checklists, job aids, communications, and LMS-ready resources.Curate external learning resources when appropriate while developing customized internal tools and materials.Support AI literacy and AI productivity enablement for managers and leaders, including practical use cases and coaching resources.Track project milestones, adoption, stakeholder feedback, risks, and deliverables while providing regular project updates. Requirements Experience with instructional design across live, virtual, on-demand, micro-learning, and just-in-time learning formats.Project or program management experience working with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.Experience facilitating and coaching managers and leaders.Background in manager effectiveness, leadership development, high-performing teams, or talent development.Experience supporting global learning initiatives and diverse audiences.Working knowledge of AI literacy, AI productivity, or AI-enabled learning/coaching.Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business needs into practical learning and observable behaviors.Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, build relationships quickly, and deliver high-quality work on schedule. This job description is a complete list of all desired skills, but not all are required. We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you!