Associate Director, Learning and Capability Development

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

The Associate Director, Learning & Capability Development leads Illumina’s enterprise learning and capability-building strategy, translating business priorities, talent frameworks, and workforce needs into scalable development solutions that strengthen leadership capability, accelerate skill development, and support organizational transformation. As a strategic leader within the Talent Management Center of Excellence, this role determines how priority capabilities are built, practiced, reinforced, and sustained across the organization.

The Associate Director leads an integrated learning portfolio that combines development experiences, coaching, digital learning, curated content, performance support, knowledge resources, external partnerships, and AI-enabled tools. This role will continue to modernize Illumina’s learning ecosystem by moving beyond event-based training toward continuous, learner-centered development embedded in the flow of work. The Associate Director establishes the architecture, standards, governance, technology strategy, and measurement approach needed to provide relevant, accessible, and high-impact learning experiences at global scale.

Working across Talent Management, HR, business leaders, subject matter experts, technology partners, and external providers, this leader ensures learning investments address organizational priorities, improve workforce readiness, and produce measurable capability and business outcomes.

• Develop and evolve Illumina’s enterprise learning and capability development strategy in alignment with business priorities, talent frameworks, workforce needs, and organizational transformation.
• Translate defined leadership, talent, and workforce capability requirements into scalable learning journeys, development experiences, performance support, and enablement solutions.
• Lead an integrated portfolio of enterprise learning and capability‑building solutions, prioritizing investments based on business value, workforce need, organizational readiness, and expected impact.
• Architect and continuously improve a modern learning ecosystem that integrates instructor‑led development, digital learning, coaching, experiential learning, curated content, knowledge resources, external partners, and AI‑enabled tools.
• Lead and develop a team responsible for designing, developing, and sourcing high‑quality learning and capability solutions.
• Partner with Talent Management leader and HR Business Partners to assess capability gaps and determine the most effective approaches to build leadership capability, workforce skills, succession readiness, internal mobility, and organizational performance.
• Establish learning architecture, design principles, quality standards, governance, and accessibility requirements that create consistent, inclusive, and engaging employee experiences.
• Build scalable resources that support learning in the flow of work, including performance support, playbooks, toolkits, manager resources, practice opportunities, and knowledge solutions.
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