Learning Solutions Architect

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid – 4 days in office

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 14 months
• Pay Rate: C$50.00–C$57.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
• Travel Requirements: Not required

The Learning Solutions Architect is responsible for the development of innovative learning solutions and leads the end-to-end creation, execution, and documentation (including communication, reporting, and socialization) of long-term/multi-year learning strategies and roadmaps based on business needs and enterprise strategy. This position manages relationships and deliverables across multiple projects. It requires critical strategic thinking, as well as a good balance between understanding of the client's operating model and the program structure and governance; combined with a solid knowledge of performance consulting practices, strong strategy planning, change management, collaboration, stakeholder management, project management, and communication skills.

• Acts as the primary point of contact and strategic partner to business leaders, HRBP, and Talent and Learning COE leads, like Project Delivery, Learning Technology, and Learning Operations, on any day-to-day inquiries, BAU, or transformation needs
• Lead performance consulting and conduct needs analysis to diagnose gaps and develop effective solutions to address capability development needs
• Negotiate, influence, and build strong relationships with business leaders, subject matter experts, and HR partners to understand business strategy and evolving learning needs
• Provide learning advisory and thought leadership to key stakeholders, including but not limited to new and innovative learning solutions, capabilities and limitations of learning options and modalities, and recommended solutions and rollout plans
• Develop and execute the long-term learning strategy & plan and associated roadmaps for the assigned portfolio and capabilities, ensuring they align with the skills needed to support the broader business vision and deliver a great learner experience
• Build the business case for learning development and define the rollout plan in collaboration with the business senior management and other partners
• Partner with L&D stakeholders to ensure the L&D workstream is appropriately staffed and resourced to support the initiative
• Inventory and identify learning assets that map to new or existing capabilities to support business outcomes
• Interact, collaborate, and help influence peers and other LSAs to ensure alignment to the long-term learning plan and associated roadmaps of the capabilities assigned
• Proactively align learning strategies to the capabilities needed to address evolving business needs
• Act as intermediary between learning COE leads and business leads to ensure the learning strategy is effectively executed and to manage the ongoing sustainment model for the learning plans
• Manage issues or escalations in relation to the learning strategy within the portfolio
• Develop and leverage relationships with external learning partners on best-in-class learning services
• Align to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to business architecture activities within the business area
• Attend and participate in internal and external industry committees and/or conferences for learning professionals
• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce costs or create capacity within learning development and delivery
• Provide updates and report on the development of learning assets and materials as well as progress of the overall learning strategy to support the business needs
• Actively seek feedback from users and support areas including the various COE leads
• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving business requirements and assess potential impacts
• Act as a learning expert / lead, integrating cross-function understanding within their own field of specialty

• Post-secondary education; continuing education in a relevant field
• Relevant Learning & Development / Adult Education certifications required
• Certificate in Adult Learning or Education highly preferred

• 8–10 years of overall experience in Learning & Development or a related field
• Experience designing a learning program end-to-end; candidates who have never designed a learning program are not suitable for this role
• Experience working in the Learning & Development function within a large organization (financial institution experience not strictly required, but large-organization corporate L&D background is essential)
• Experience building or supporting the building and execution of a learning program is a great asset

• Banking or financial institution experience

• Familiar with the L&D space
• Learning consultation experience, Vendor relations experience
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Learning solutions experience
• Onboarding experience
• Compliance experience
• Project work experience
• Adult learning principles experience
• MS Office Suite experience, office 360, teams, word intermediate Excel experience – pivot tables, chart, some formulas
• Knowledge and experience utilizing AI tools, Copilot
• Soft Skills, High EQ
• Strong stakeholders and communication
• Influence and negotiate

• Banking experience
• DISQUALIFIERS – is there any information/experience on a candidate's resume that would disqualify them from consideration for this position?
• PM

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• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

• Interview process: Virtual first round; second round will be in person

This client is a major financial services and banking institution operating across Canada and internationally, with a broad footprint spanning retail, commercial, and non-branch banking lines of business. The organization employs tens of thousands of professionals across roles including learning and development specialists, instructional designers, HR business partners, project managers, technology professionals, and business analysts who collaborate across large, matrixed teams. With a strong emphasis on enterprise learning strategy, performance consulting, and talent development, this organization consistently ranks among the largest and most recognized banking institutions in North America.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-16924 Industry: Software Engineering

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