Senior Associate, Talent Development

About the role

Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex, daily sales, and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations, efficient operational performance, and reliable financial management. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients, our business partners, our team, and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business, from strategy through implementation and business transformation.

The Talent Development Senior Associate is an experienced learning professional responsible for designing, developing, facilitating, and evaluating high-quality talent development programs across North America while supporting the company’s global learning framework and strategy. This role translates enterprise priorities and emerging capability needs into practical, scalable learning experiences that accelerate new-hire productivity, strengthen consulting and technical capabilities, increase manager effectiveness, and support career growth. As a hands-on program owner, this person will lead the full lifecycle of assigned talent development initiatives, from needs assessment and program design through facilitation, coordination, measurement, and continuous improvement. The Senior Associate will own North American internship programming, manage and continuously improve the learning management system, and maintain the content, tools, governance, and data needed to deliver consistent learning experiences. Working closely with global Learning and Development colleagues, People and Culture, practice and business leaders, subject matter experts, and external providers, this role will ensure programs reflect global standards while responding to North American business needs, client-delivery expectations, and future capability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Independently own the end-to-end design, development, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of North American talent development programs, ensuring alignment with Spaulding Ridge’s global learning strategy and evolving business priorities.
• Lead the North American learning calendar and serve as the primary program lead and facilitator for virtual and in-person learning experiences, including consulting capability building, manager and leadership development, technical enablement, professional skills, and enterprise learning campaigns.
• Own the North American internship program from planning through completion, partnering with Talent Acquisition, People and Culture, practice leaders, Resource Management, and business stakeholders to create consistent experiences that accelerate integration, role readiness, and time to productivity.
• Consult with practice and business leaders to assess current and future capability gaps and translate business needs into scalable learning solutions that strengthen consulting excellence, client delivery, leadership effectiveness, and readiness for AI-enabled ways of working.
• Design and maintain high-quality curricula, facilitator guides, participant materials, eLearning, job aids, assessments, surveys, and reinforcement resources using adult learning, instructional design, and behavior-change principles.
• Manage all aspects of program execution, including project plans, stakeholder alignment, communications, enrollment, facilitators, vendors, materials, technology, delivery logistics, and post-program reinforcement, while maintaining a consistent and high-quality learner experience.
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