Learning Architect (6-month contract)

Most learning roles improve programmes.
This one reinvents how leadership capability is built across an entire enterprise.

We're looking for a hands-on Learning Architect who can redesign leadership development from the ground up—moving beyond attendance registers, generic workshops, and nice-to-have training.

You'll help shape how leadership is built, applied, measured, and scaled across a major financial services organisation.

If words like architecture, impact, behavioural science, learning journeys, ROI, human-centred design, scalability, and transformation excite you keep reading.

This isn't traditional L&D.
This isn't advisory-only.
And this definitely isn't about tweaking old content.

This is a high-impact build role for someone who wants to create something meaningful that lasts.

By the end of this assignment, your work will influence how leadership capability is built and measured well into the future.

Design scalable leadership capability solutions across leadership layers:

• Frontline Leaders
• Middle Management
• Senior Leaders
• Executive Leadership

You'll create enterprise-level frameworks that connect learning directly to business outcomes.

Architect three enterprise flagship leadership programmes that are:

Capability-led
Application-driven
Measurement-by-design
Delivery-ready
Scalable across the business

Design end-to-end learning journeys that blend:

• Formal learning
• Digital learning
• Blended learning
• Social learning
• Augmented learning
• Experience-based development
• Cross-functional exposure
• In-role application
• Stretch assignments
• Practical business challenges

Embed impact into design from day one.

You'll create enterprise measurement frameworks that track:

• Learning transfer
• Behavioural application
• Business value
• Leadership readiness
• Succession impact
• ROE / ROI
• Capability uplift
• Performance outcomes

You'll operate across strategy, architecture, design, and execution:

• →Translate leadership strategy into delivery-ready learning solutions
• →Build enterprise leadership development pathways by leadership level
• →Design practical programme blueprints, facilitator guides, templates, and learning assets
• →Create application-driven assessment and evidence frameworks
• →Lead large-scale learning architecture initiatives end-to-end
• →Shape UI/UX and learner experience across digital learning platforms
• →Embed behavioural science, adult learning, and instructional design best practices
• →Partner with business leaders, SMEs, HR, Learning CoEs, and analytics teams
• →Build scalable systems, not one-off interventions
• →Drive continuous improvement, governance, and quality assurance
• →Manage vendors and learning partners
• →Turn learning into measurable commercial value

Big enterprise problems don't scare you—they energise you.

You've probably asked:
Why are we still measuring attendance instead of application?

You design ecosystems, not isolated programmes.

You care about implementation—not PowerPoint concepts.

You understand that learning must drive business performance.

• 10–15+ years in learning, leadership development, talent, or enterprise capability design
• Proven experience designing enterprise learning architectures or leadership frameworks
• Strong expertise in blended, digital, augmented, and human-centred learning design
• Deep instructional design capability
• Experience creating end-to-end learning journeys
• Advanced leadership development experience (senior and executive level)
• Strong learning measurement capability beyond L1/L2
• Experience building delivery-ready assets, not just strategic recommendations
• Ability to connect behavioural change to measurable business impact
• Experience in complex, large-scale, regulated environments
• Financial services experience highly preferred

• Learning technologies & learning platforms
• SaaS learning solutions
• UI/UX design in learning experiences
• Behavioural science / psychology
• Agile & DevOps environments
• SAP / ERP data insights
• Learning analytics & reporting
• AI or machine learning in learning ecosystems
• Vendor & solution partner management

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Learning, Education, Organisational Development, Human Capital, Instructional Design, Digital Learning, or related disciplines
• Advanced certifications in learning design, behavioural science, UX, leadership development, or digital learning are advantageous