Senior Director, Learning & Development

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About Us

At BGBx , we're driven by a simple idea: breakthrough thinking creates breakthrough impact. As an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies, we bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle some of healthcare's most important challenges.

Our teams work across consulting and communications to help clients shape strategy, launch innovations, engage stakeholders, and drive meaningful results throughout the product lifecycle. The work is complex, fast-moving, and deeply connected to improving lives, creating opportunities for curious minds to make a real difference every day.

If you're energized by collaboration, inspired by innovation, and motivated by work that matters, you'll find a place to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact at BGBx.

Position Overview

The Senior Director, Learning & Development, reporting to the Chief People Officer, will lead the development and execution of a comprehensive learning and development strategy across BGBx, including both Communications and Consulting. This individual will assess organizational capability needs, design scalable learning solutions, and implement programs that strengthen employee performance, leadership effectiveness, career growth, and business impact. This role will have one direct report.

The Senior Director will serve as a strategic partner to leaders across the organization, translating business priorities into meaningful development opportunities for employees at every level. This role will oversee the full learning lifecycle, including needs assessment, program design, delivery, measurement, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a strategic, collaborative, and hands-on learning professional who can operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and build programs that reflect the unique needs of a diverse healthcare commercial solutions organization.

This is an opportunity to establish and advance an enterprise-wide learning culture that supports the growth of BGBx talent, strengthens organizational capabilities, and enables teams to deliver exceptional work for clients.

Responsibilities

Strategy and Partnership

• Develop and execute an enterprise-wide learning and development strategy aligned with BGBx’s business objectives, talent priorities, and organizational culture.
• Partner with the Chief People Officer and senior leaders across Communications and Consulting to identify current and future capability needs, using needs assessments to identify skill gaps, performance opportunities, and priorities for investment.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to leaders and employees on development planning, career growth, and organizational capability.

Program Design and Delivery

• Design and implement scalable learning programs for employees at all levels, including onboarding, functional development, leadership

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to translate business priorities into practical, scalable, and engaging learning solutions.

• Experience partnering with senior executives and business leaders to influence talent and organizational development priorities.
• Strong knowledge of talent management practices, including performance management, career development, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Experience selecting, implementing, and managing learning management systems, learning platforms, digital content, and external development partners.
• Demonstrated ability to establish learning metrics, analyze program effectiveness, and communicate insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, presentation, project management, and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
• Strategic thinker who is equally comfortable setting direction and executing details in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Salary range: $130,000 - $150,000

What We Offer

At BGBx, we invest in our people because exceptional talent drives exceptional work. We provide a competitive rewards package designed to support your health, well-being, professional growth, and life outside of work.

Our benefits package typically includes health care insurance, retirement plans, generous paid time off and holidays, wellness benefits, life insurance, learning and development opportunities, and other resources that support our employees throughout their careers. Additional benefits may be available based on your location. Beyond benefits, you'll find a culture built on collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on healthcare and the people it serves.

BGBx is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.