Learning & Talent Development Leader

About this role

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

We are seeking an innovative and forward-thinking Learning & Talent Development Leader to build the next generation of talent capabilities for our professional services organization. This leader will define and execute an integrated global learning, leadership development, talent management, succession readiness, workforce capability strategy and organizational capability agenda that cultivates exceptional client service, accelerates employee growth, and ensures workforce readiness for the rapidly evolving future of work. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in learning and talent development with a passion for emerging technologies, digital transformation, AI-enabled workforce solutions, and skills-based talent strategies. This leader will modernize how we develop our people, leveraging data, technology, and innovative learning experiences to drive business performance and competitive advantage. Working closely with executive and business leaders, this role will anticipate future workforce capabilities, support mergers and acquisitions (M&A), accelerate market expansion, and build organizational capability that enables sustainable growth and long-term business success.

Key Responsibilities Enterprise Learning & Talent Strategy • Develop and execute a comprehensive global learning and talent development strategy aligned with business objectives and growth priorities. • Create a culture of continuous learning that supports professional excellence, leadership effectiveness, innovation, and career growth. • Partner with business leaders to identify and anticipate future workforce capabilities and critical skill requirements across the organization. • Translate business strategy into workforce and capability-building priorities that support growth, innovation, and evolving client demands. • Enable organizational readiness for strategic growth initiatives, including market expansion, digital transformation, new service offerings, and M&A activity. • Lead talent and capability strategies that support successful M&A transactions, including leadership assessment, talent retention, cultural integration, and workforce readiness. • Establish talent development programs that strengthen employee engagement, retention, succession readiness, and internal mobility. • Build enterprise organizational capability by aligning leadership development, workforce planning, skills development, and succession strategies with long-term business priorities.

Leadership Development • Design and lead leadership development experiences for emerging, mid-level, and senior leaders. • Build programs that enhance strategic thinking, coaching capability, inclusive leadership, change leadership, and business acumen. • Develop succession planning frameworks and targeted development strategies for key talent pools.

Future Skills & Workforce Transformation • Lead the organization's transition toward a skills-based talent model. • Identify future-critical capabilities in areas such as AI, digital fluency, data literacy, consulting excellence, innovation, and client relationship management. • Build workforce capability strategies that prepare employees for evolving client expectations and emerging market opportunities. • Develop long-range workforce capability plans that support global growth strategies, geographic expansion, evolving client demands, and future business models. • Partner with business leaders to identify capability gaps related to growth initiatives, acquisitions, and strategic investments, ensuring the organization is prepared to execute business priorities. • Create scalable capability-building frameworks that accelerate organizational agility, innovation, and speed to market. • Establish skills taxonomies, capability frameworks, and workforce planning insights to support strategic decision making, partnering closely with Resource Management to identify emerging skill needs and gaps, inform workforce planning priorities, and accelerate deployment of upskilling and reskilling strategies.

AI, Digital Learning & Innovation • Champion the use of AI and emerging technologies to transform learning and talent development. • Implement modern learning platforms, personalized learning pathways, AI-powered coaching tools, skills intelligence solutions, and digital learning ecosystems. • Leverage analytics and AI-driven insights to identify capability gaps, predict future skill needs, and measure learning impact. • Explore emerging technologies and learning innovations to continuously improve learner experience, scalability, and effectiveness.

Stakeholder Partnership • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders on workforce capability, leadership effectiveness, organizational readiness, growth strategy, market expansion, M&A integration, and enterprise talent planning. • Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Technology, Operations, business leadership teams, and Resource Management. • Partner with business leaders globally to align talent, leadership, and workforce capability strategies with enterprise growth objectives and market opportunities. • Manage relationships with

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