Training and Development Advisor (Minneapolis, MN) (#4090)

About the role

Join our growing Professional Development team as a Training and Development Advisor to shape the way our attorneys learn, grow, and excel. In this highly collaborative role, you will be a trusted partner to practice groups by building deep relationships, surfacing skill gaps through structured and informal assessments, and translating insights into targeted, practice-specific training strategies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key point of contact for practice groups, developing knowledge of their work, culture, and talent priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Practice Group Leaders, Practice Group Directors, partners, and associates to ensure ongoing dialogue about development needs.
• Conduct structured and informal needs assessments across practice groups to identify skill gaps, training priorities, and developmental opportunities.
• Translate practice group objectives and attorney feedback into actionable training strategies and priorities.
• Partner with practice group leaders, the Professional Development Director, and the Director of Legal Talent Management on the development, implementation, and maintenance of practice-group specific competency models and benchmarks.
• Work collaboratively with the Professional Development Manager to translate practice group competency frameworks and feedback into discrete learning initiatives.
• Identify and curate content from internal subject matter experts, external vendors, and other resources to support identified practice group learning priorities; advise on training resources to address individual associate training needs.
• Sources and vets internal and external trainers; coordinates with third-party providers to schedule and deliver specialized workshops.
• Partner closely with the Professional Development Manager on overall training program design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Contribute to the department’s broader efforts to build a structured, scalable infrastructure for attorney development, including workflows, templates, and documentation standards.
• Aid in the development of tools and resources that facilitate effective ongoing feedback and development conversations.
• Support Professional Development and Firm-wide special projects and initiatives as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of related law firm experience or JD and at least 3 years of experience in legal talent development.
• Strong understanding of law firm practice, attorney workflows, and the competencies required for success across levels and practice areas.
• Demonstrated ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior professionals in a high-performance environment.
• Strong consultative and active listening skills, with the ability to ask the right questions, synthesize complex input, and translate it into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to present ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage and drive multiple stakeholder relationships and workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience conducting needs assessments or other forms of structured stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with or interest in leveraging AI and other technology tools to support attorney learning and development.

Preferred

• Preferred JD.
• Experience developing competency frameworks, career milestones documents, or similar structured talent development tools.
• Familiarity with instructional design principles and the ability to collaborate effectively with learning design/implementation specialists.
• Familiarity with CLE requirements and processes.
• Experience with learning management systems or other PD technology platforms.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical insurance with coverage for infertility, gender-affirming care, behavioral health, and access to virtual providers; dental insurance; vision insurance; 401(k) retirement savings plan with Firm contribution; basic and optional life insurance; short and long-term disability; paid time off; up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave with up to an additional 6-8 weeks of paid short-term disability for business professionals who give birth; paid holidays; paid volunteer day; discretionary bonuses (if bonus eligible); adoption assistance; healthcare, dependent care, and transportation pre-tax reimbursement accounts; back-up child and elder care program; education and college advising program; virtual tutoring; wellbeing programs and activities; mass transit program (certain offices); travel assistance program; 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost.

Pay

The pay range for this position in Minnesota only is an annual salary of $123,080 to $159,280.

Schedule

Not specified.