Manager, Transformation Learning and Engagement

Location: Hybrid in Bloomington, Minnesota, or Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States; leaders of people must work in the office Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Base pay: $105,000–$145,000 per year.

Company

DigiKey is a global distributor of electronic components offering a broad selection of in-stock products and customer service.

What you will do

• Lead workforce enablement and learning strategies for enterprise transformation initiatives, covering role readiness, adoption, reinforcement, and sustainment.
• Partner with change managers, project and product teams, business leaders, process owners, communications, Learning and Development, and subject matter experts.
• Oversee learning needs analysis and the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of role-based learning journeys, digital learning, simulations, manager toolkits, train-the-trainer programs, job aids, and performance support.
• Establish scalable enablement standards, methodologies, governance, quality criteria, templates, and portfolio practices.
• Manage intake, prioritization, resources, vendors, budgets, dependencies, risks, delivery milestones, and portfolio governance.
• Lead, coach, and develop learning professionals and matrixed resources, then transition learning assets, support, metrics, and sustainment responsibilities to operational owners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Education, Human Resources, Business, Learning and Development, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of experience in learning and development, organizational change, business transformation, performance consulting, training leadership, or related disciplines, including 3+ years leading enterprise learning, enablement, or training programs and directing employees, project teams, or matrixed resources.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology implementations, organizational transformations, or other complex, large-scale change initiatives.
• Knowledge of adult learning, instructional design, learning transfer, performance support, accessibility, facilitation, and learning evaluation.
• Experience translating change impacts and future-state processes into workforce-readiness, role-based learning, proficiency, adoption, and sustainment plans.
• Experience using agile or iterative design and delivery practices, continuous improvement methods, and feedback loops.
• Experience defining and using readiness, competency, proficiency, adoption, correct-use, time-to-proficiency, stabilization, or operational-performance measures.
• Experience collaborating with change managers, project or product leaders, process owners, subject matter experts, communications partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong people leadership, consulting, facilitation, communication, stakeholder management, program management, prioritization, ambiguity management, and risk-management capabilities; proficiency with Microsoft 365, virtual collaboration tools, and learning technologies.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience with train-the-trainer programs, facilitator certification, communities of practice, or distributed learning-delivery models.
• Experience supporting ERP, CRM, OMS, AI, or other enterprise platforms and process transformations.
• Knowledge of structured change management methodologies and how learning integrates with communications, sponsorship, manager enablement, resistance management, readiness, and adoption.
• Experience with learning experience platforms, learning management systems, digital adoption platforms, authoring tools, simulation tools, or learning analytics.
• Certification or demonstrated proficiency in change management, instructional design, program or project management, agile delivery, performance consulting, accessibility, or learning evaluation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with required office attendance for leaders of people on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• Work is primarily performed at a desk or in an office environment for three-quarters of the day or more.
• Competitive employee benefits are available.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided, including consideration for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.