Training and Development Manager

Position:Training and Development Manager

Location: Chicago, IL

Job :GV

# of Openings:1

Training and Development Manager

Who we are
HDI Global Insurance Company is a commercial property and casualty insurer headquartered in Chicago, IL. As a wholly owned subsidiary of HDI Global SE, we manage the industrial lines division of the Talanx Group. Our extensive portfolio of products and services, combined with an international network of local insurers, enables us to offer comprehensive domestic and global insurance solutions for U.S.

-based multinational companies.
With Xcelerate
29, HDI is shaping its future by becoming a Trusted Global Player, achieving Next-level Excellence, and building a Forward-thinking Organisation. This direction helps HDI Global lead the profitable growth game as a globally connected business, raise the bar every day through stronger underwriting, claims, and investment performance, and win tomorrow by starting today with a lean, fast, resilient, and future-ready organisation.

Together, these priorities support profitable growth, sustainable profitability, global consistency, digital transformation, AI acceleration, smart cost leadership, and stronger collaboration across teams and markets. They also reflect our focus on being a workplace of choice by building future-ready workforce where people.

The Training and Development manager will be responsible for designing and leading HDI's enterprise-wide learning and talent development strategy. This role builds technical underwriting capability, strengthens leadership effectiveness, develops career path frameworks, and creates succession pipelines for critical business roles. The position partners closely with senior leadership to ensure the organization has the talent, skills, and leadership bench strength required to support long-term business growth and underwriting excellence.

• Develop and execute the corporate Learning & Development strategy.
• Design technical training programs for Underwriters and other business functions.
• Develop leadership development programs for managers and future leaders.
• Create onboarding and new hire learning curriculums.
• Establish a blended learning approach including instructor-led training, e-learning, coaching, mentoring, and experiential learning.
• Manage external training providers, consultants, and educational partnerships.
• Build underwriting career ladders and development frameworks.
• Establish underwriting competency models for all levels.
• Develop underwriting academies, certification pathways, and technical excellence programs.
• Partner with business leaders to identify capability gaps and training priorities.
• Coordinate mentoring, job shadowing, and stretch assignment opportunities.

• Design and administer leadership development programs for emerging leaders, managers, and senior leaders.
• Develop leadership competencies aligned with HDI's business strategy.
• Facilitate management training in:
  Coaching & Feedback, Change Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Performance Management, Communication & Influence, Talent Development, Others
• Support executive coaching and leadership assessments.

• Identify critical roles and succession candidates.
• Facilitate talent review discussions and calibration sessions.
• Implement leadership potential and readiness assessments.
• Build talent pipelines for future leadership needs.
• Develop Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for high-potential employees.
• Track succession readiness and bench strength metrics.

• Design career paths and career progression frameworks across business functions.
• Maintain career ladders for underwriting and other key…