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ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.
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As the strategic owner of ZS's Leadership Development portfolio, you will partner with senior leaders throughout the organization to develop leaders who can navigate complexity, drive growth, build high-performing teams, and create lasting impact for our clients and people. Reporting to the Director of Global Learning, this role will work closely with the Chief People Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other senior leaders across HR and the business. The position will oversee one direct report and serve as a coach, mentor, and capability builder across the broader Learning organization. The ideal candidate combines business acumen, executive influence, leadership development expertise, strategic thinking, and operational excellence. They are comfortable building programs from the ground up, earning executive sponsorship, and translating business priorities into impactful leadership experiences.
What you'll do
- Design and execute a multi-year leadership development strategy aligned with firm priorities, business objectives, and workforce planning.
- Define leadership readiness expectations and capability frameworks across key leadership transitions.
- Build a cohesive leadership journey that supports leaders from Manager through Associate Principal, Principal, and beyond.
- Identify current and future leadership capability gaps and develop innovative solutions to address them.
- Establish clear measures of leadership effectiveness and readiness aligned to business outcomes.
- Position ZS as the industry benchmark for Principal and leadership excellence.
- Program strategy and roadmap development
- Learning experience design
- Curriculum architecture
- Stakeholder engagement and governance
- Faculty identification and preparation
- Program communications
- Participant experience design
- Measurement and continuous improvement
- Budget and vendor management
- Earn trusted advisor status with executive leaders through credibility, insight, and business partnership.
- Facilitate leadership discussions, design sessions, governance forums, and planning meetings.
- Influence decisions without formal authority through strong recommendations, data, and relationship-building.
- Help leaders identify capability gaps and build development plans aligned to business priorities.
- Design and launch leadership programs from concept through implementation.
- Develop learning experiences grounded in real business challenges and organizational priorities.
- Leverage coaching, mentoring, cohort-based learning, peer learning, executive panels, simulations, and experiential learning approaches.
- Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to co-create relevant and impactful experiences.
- Continuously evaluate and improve program effectiveness based on participant, stakeholder, and business outcomes.
- Create compelling executive-level presentations, communications, and learning materials.
- Translate complex business and leadership concepts into engaging, practical learning experiences.
- Lead and develop one direct report.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and quality review support.
- Partner across Learning Strategy, Learning Enablement, Instructional Design, and Learning Operations teams.
- Build leadership development expertise and capability across the broader Learning organization.
What you will bring
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, talent management, learning strategy, consulting, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success designing and scaling leadership programs that drive measurable business outcomes.
- Proven ability to build programs from concept through implementation, including securing executive buy-in and stakeholder sponsorship.
- Experience working directly with executive leadership teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen, including the ability to leverage financial, operational, talent, and performance data to guide decisions.
- Exceptional executive presence, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Advanced PowerPoint and presentation development capabilities.
- Experience creating compelling executive narratives and strategic communications.
- Strong project and program management capabilities.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience supporting Principal, Partner, executive, or senior leadership populations.
- Experience in professional services, consulting, technology, or similarly complex organizations.
- Experience with leadership assessments, succession planning, executive coaching, and talent acceleration.
- Experience facilitating leadership team sessions, workshops, and offsites.
- Experience managing external learning providers, faculty, and coaching partners.
- Coaching, facilitation, or organizational development certifications preferred.
:
How you’ll grow:
- Cross-functional skills development & custom learning pathways
- Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
- Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions
Perks & Benefits:
At ZS, your growth matters. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well‑being, financial future, time away, and professional development. With robust skills‑building programs, multiple career progression paths, internal mobility, and a deeply collaborative culture, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, expand your capabilities, and thrive as part of a global community. For details on total rewards in United States, visit ZS US office locations | Where we work | ZS.
Hybrid working model:
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
Travel:
Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.
Considering applying?
At ZS, we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences, and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are, and make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are integral to your success here. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Learn more about our inclusion and belonging efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces and obtaining the resources they need to thrive.
If you’re eager to grow, contribute, and bring your unique self to our work, we encourage you to apply.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
Work Authorization:
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
To complete your application:
An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
Find Out More At:
www.zs.com
ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning, bold ideas, courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.
:
As the strategic owner of ZS's Leadership Development portfolio, you will partner with senior leaders throughout the organization to develop leaders who can navigate complexity, drive growth, build high-performing teams, and create lasting impact for our clients and people. Reporting to the Director of Global Learning, this role will work closely with the Chief People Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other senior leaders across HR and the business. The position will oversee one direct report and serve as a coach, mentor, and capability builder across the broader Learning organization. The ideal candidate combines business acumen, executive influence, leadership development expertise, strategic thinking, and operational excellence. They are comfortable building programs from the ground up, earning executive sponsorship, and translating business priorities into impactful leadership experiences.
What you'll do
- Design and execute a multi-year leadership development strategy aligned with firm priorities, business objectives, and workforce planning.
- Define leadership readiness expectations and capability frameworks across key leadership transitions.
- Build a cohesive leadership journey that supports leaders from Manager through Associate Principal, Principal, and beyond.
- Identify current and future leadership capability gaps and develop innovative solutions to address them.
- Establish clear measures of leadership effectiveness and readiness aligned to business outcomes.
- Position ZS as the industry benchmark for Principal and leadership excellence.
- Program strategy and roadmap development
- Learning experience design
- Curriculum architecture
- Stakeholder engagement and governance
- Faculty identification and preparation
- Program communications
- Participant experience design
- Measurement and continuous improvement
- Budget and vendor management
- Earn trusted advisor status with executive leaders through credibility, insight, and business partnership.
- Facilitate leadership discussions, design sessions, governance forums, and planning meetings.
- Influence decisions without formal authority through strong recommendations, data, and relationship-building.
- Help leaders identify capability gaps and build development plans aligned to business priorities.
- Design and launch leadership programs from concept through implementation.
- Develop learning experiences grounded in real business challenges and organizational priorities.
- Leverage coaching, mentoring, cohort-based learning, peer learning, executive panels, simulations, and experiential learning approaches.
- Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to co-create relevant and impactful experiences.
- Continuously evaluate and improve program effectiveness based on participant, stakeholder, and business outcomes.
- Create compelling executive-level presentations, communications, and learning materials.
- Translate complex business and leadership concepts into engaging, practical learning experiences.
- Lead and develop one direct report.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and quality review support.
- Partner across Learning Strategy, Learning Enablement, Instructional Design, and Learning Operations teams.
- Build leadership development expertise and capability across the broader Learning organization.
What you will bring
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, talent management, learning strategy, consulting, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success designing and scaling leadership programs that drive measurable business outcomes.
- Proven ability to build programs from concept through implementation, including securing executive buy-in and stakeholder sponsorship.
- Experience working directly with executive leadership teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen, including the ability to leverage financial, operational, talent, and performance data to guide decisions.
- Exceptional executive presence, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Advanced PowerPoint and presentation development capabilities.
- Experience creating compelling executive narratives and strategic communications.
- Strong project and program management capabilities.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience supporting Principal, Partner, executive, or senior leadership populations.
- Experience in professional services, consulting, technology, or similarly complex organizations.
- Experience with leadership assessments, succession planning, executive coaching, and talent acceleration.
- Experience facilitating leadership team sessions, workshops, and offsites.
- Experience managing external learning providers, faculty, and coaching partners.
- Coaching, facilitation, or organizational development certifications preferred.
:
How you’ll grow:
- Cross-functional skills development & custom learning pathways
- Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
- Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions
Perks & Benefits:
At ZS, your growth matters. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well‑being, financial future, time away, and professional development. With robust skills‑building programs, multiple career progression paths, internal mobility, and a deeply collaborative culture, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, expand your capabilities, and thrive as part of a global community. For details on total rewards in United States, visit ZS US office locations | Where we work | ZS.
Hybrid working model:
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
Travel:
Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.
Considering applying?
At ZS, we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences, and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are, and make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are integral to your success here. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Learn more about our inclusion and belonging efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces and obtaining the resources they need to thrive.
If you’re eager to grow, contribute, and bring your unique self to our work, we encourage you to apply.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
Work Authorization:
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
To complete your application:
An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.
Find Out More At:
www.zs.com
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- Amazon19
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in learning and development specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, human resources, or a related field
- Proficiency with e-learning authoring tools such as Articulate 360 or Adobe Captivate
- Experience designing and facilitating instructor-led and virtual training programs
- Familiarity with learning management systems such as Workday Learning, Cornerstone, or SAP SuccessFactors
- Ability to apply adult learning principles and instructional design models such as ADDIE or SAM
- Certification such as ATD CPTD or SHRM-CP is frequently preferred or required
Tips for Your Learning And Development Specialist Job Search
Quantify learning outcomes on your resume
Hiring managers want proof your programs moved a metric. Replace vague language like 'delivered training' with specifics: completion rates, post-training assessment scores, or time-to-productivity reductions for new hires. Numbers on an L&D resume stand out immediately.
List your authoring tools explicitly
Articulate 360, Captivate, Rise, and Camtasia appear in a large share of postings. If you know them, list each by exact product name in a dedicated tools section so applicant tracking systems register your experience before a human ever reads your resume.
Target roles by learning modality you specialize in
Filter openings by whether they emphasize instructor-led training, self-paced e-learning, blended programs, or microlearning. Applying to roles that match your primary delivery method means your portfolio samples will align with what the hiring team already needs to build.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists learning and development specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a portfolio walkthrough for interviews
Most L&D interviews include a portfolio review or a sample presentation. Select two or three projects that show different modalities, and be ready to walk through your design decisions, the audience analysis you did, and how you measured whether the training worked.
Negotiate using scope, not just title
When discussing offers, ask about the learning technology stack you'll own, the number of programs you'll manage simultaneously, and whether content development is in-house or outsourced. These factors define workload and career trajectory more than a title bump alone.
Learning And Development Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most learning and development specialists?
The companies hiring the most learning and development specialists right now include Amazon, Aspen Dental, and Intuit, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Large enterprises in healthcare, financial services, and technology consistently maintain the heaviest hiring volume for this role.
How many learning and development specialist jobs are remote?
About 61% of learning and development specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting the role's natural fit for distributed work. Instructional design and e-learning development positions tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles that require in-person facilitation or on-site onboarding coordination are more likely to require a physical presence.
How do you become a learning and development specialist?
Most people enter the field by earning a degree in instructional design, education, or human resources, then building hands-on experience creating training materials in a related role such as HR coordinator, trainer, or teacher. Earning an industry credential like the ATD Certified Professional in Talent Development strengthens your candidacy. Building a portfolio of sample courses or programs you have designed is often the deciding factor in getting hired.
Can you get a learning and development specialist job with little experience?
Yes, entry-level learning and development specialist roles exist, particularly at large companies with structured L&D teams where you can support senior designers on existing programs. The most effective way to compensate for limited experience is a strong portfolio, even if the samples were built as personal projects or volunteer work. Familiarity with at least one authoring tool and a learning management system makes a meaningful difference at the screening stage.
What does the learning and development specialist interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a recruiter screen focused on your background and tools experience, followed by a hiring manager interview that explores your design philosophy and how you measure training effectiveness. Many employers include a portfolio review where you present past projects and explain your decisions. A final round often involves a panel with HR and business stakeholders, and some companies assign a take-home design exercise or ask you to deliver a short sample training session.
Where can I find and apply to learning and development specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to learning and development specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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