Consulting and Advisory Learning Business Advisor

Job Description The Consulting & Advisory Learning Business Advisor (LBA) serves as the strategic learning leader for the Consulting & Advisory Business Units (BUs). This role partners closely with business leaders, Talent Solutions team members, and other key stakeholders to ensure learning and workforce capability priorities align with business strategy, workforce needs, and future growth objectives, translating those needs into a comprehensive learning strategy and roadmap. Business Partnership Develop a deep understanding of business strategy, growth priorities, workforce needs, client expectations, and market trends. Build trusted relationships with business leaders and serve as the connection between Consulting & Advisory stakeholders and the learning organization. Advise leaders on workforce capability needs, learning priorities, and development opportunities that support business objectives. Translate business priorities and workforce requirements into actionable learning strategies and development plans. Influence decision-making through business insight, workforce data, industry trends, and learning expertise. Utilize modern learning practices and workforce capability strategies to support business goals and organizational priorities. Learning Strategy & Capability Development Own and continuously evolve the Consulting & Advisory learning strategy and capability development roadmap. Assess current and future capability requirements and establish development priorities aligned to business objectives. Define and evolve learning pathways, development experiences, and content strategy across the practice. Lead the transformation of learning programs to support changing business needs, methodologies, technologies, and client demands. Drive decisions regarding what learning is delivered, when it is delivered, to whom it is delivered, and how development experiences are sequenced. Monitor emerging trends in professional services, workforce development, learning innovation, and enabling technologies to inform future strategy. Leverage qualitative and quantitative data to identify capability gaps, measure effectiveness, and inform future learning priorities. Learning Portfolio & Governance Lead governance processes that guide learning investments, priorities, and portfolio decisions. Facilitate Learning Champion meetings and governance forums, including planning, facilitation, decision‑making, and follow‑up actions. Establish prioritization approaches that balance business demand, workforce needs, learner needs, resource constraints, and regulatory requirements. Drive alignment across stakeholders to ensure learning investments support strategic business outcomes. Measure portfolio effectiveness and continuously refine priorities based on business impact and learner outcomes. Provide recommendations, insights, and updates to senior stakeholders regarding portfolio performance and future priorities. Program Leadership & Execution Lead complex learning initiatives and workforce capability programs from strategy through implementation. Drive cross‑functional collaboration among business leaders, methodology teams, learning design, learning delivery, and other support functions. Ensure learning solutions are aligned to business objectives and delivered with quality, efficiency, and measurable impact. Partner with learning design and delivery teams to develop and implement effective learning experiences. Provide oversight and strategic direction for major learning programs, development initiatives, and large‑scale learning events. Apply project and program management disciplines to manage competing priorities and achieve desired outcomes. Foster strong stakeholder engagement throughout the lifecycle of learning initiatives. Change, Innovation & Continuous Improvement Support business transformation efforts through learning strategies that prepare employees for evolving business needs and future workforce requirements. Drive adoption of new learning approaches, development experiences, and capability‑building solutions. Identify opportunities to improve learning effectiveness, scalability, and operational efficiency. Champion innovation and continuous improvement across learning programs, processes, and practices. Monitor emerging trends and recommend enhancements that strengthen workforce readiness and business performance. Team Leadership Lead, coach, and develop learning team members, including the Learning Strategy Sr. Associates. Establish priorities, performance expectations, and development plans aligned to business and team objectives. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. Manage workload prioritization and resource allocation to support successful execution of strategic initiatives. Build organizational capability through effective coaching, development, and knowledge sharing. Key Competencies Executive stakeholder management and influence. Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills to assess needs and recommend solutions. Ability to navigate ambiguity, successfully managing multiple, simultaneous projects in a fast‑paced environment. Change management and adoption. Business acumen and professional services industry knowledge. Ability to prioritize multiple tasks while demonstrating the initiative to complete projects with minimum supervision. Excellent written and oral communication skills and solid working knowledge of Office 365. General Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree Required; Master’s in Organization Development, Business, or a related field preferred. Minimum 10 years’ business experience in a professional services or corporate business environment. Demonstrated performance in program strategy, design and implementation; successfully led and delivered large‑scale strategic solutions within organizations and solutions that have contributed to culture shift. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; experience developing strategic communication plans and utilizing multiple communication channels required. Demonstrated success in project leadership, project management, program implementation, and people management. Proven success at building credibility quickly at all levels of the organization including the executive level. Strong consulting, facilitation, presentation, critical thinking, problem solving and written and oral communication skills. 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