Organisational Development and Learning Lead

Job Description

At Aberdeen
, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Role

We believe learning has the power to unlock potential — for our people, our clients, and our future. This role sits at the heart of that belief. It shapes how we build capability across our business and how we create a thriving, adaptive organisation equipped for the opportunities ahead. This is a unique opportunity to shape a different future with a business right at the heart of its transformation.

As our Organisational Development & Learning Lead, you will play a strategic role in strengthening our organisational performance globally. You will create the learning culture, capability frameworks and development experiences that empower our people to grow with confidence and deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients. The role sits in our small but brilliant Talent team, reporting to the Head of Talent.

You’ll uncover the skills and capabilities the business needs next, and design a forward‑looking learning strategy that enables our leaders and teams across all of our locations & businesses to perform at their best. Working in close partnership with Business Partnering teams and senior stakeholders, you’ll bring clarity, insight and practical solutions that support our shift to a skills‑based, data‑informed, outcomes‑driven development model.

This role will ensure our business leaders understand and advocate for your vision.

This is a role for someone who is energised by possibility, committed to impact, and passionate about helping people thrive. To be successful in the role you will enjoy building impactful internal and external networks and creatively leverage them to support you to deliver.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and deliver a modern skills‑based learning strategy that reflects our business priorities, emerging capabilities and long‑term talent ambitions.
• Lead the full design and delivery of learning programmes
  , evolving from standalone courses to blended, practical and outcomes‑focused development that strengthens performance across the organisation.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, HRBPs and business units — understanding priorities, diagnosing needs and co‑creating clear development roadmaps.
• Use consulting expertise, data insight and evidence‑based practice to influence decisions, challenge constructively, and deliver interventions that make a meaningful difference.
• Diagnose capability and organisational health
  , using workforce insights to lead development in areas such as team effectiveness, change leadership and behavioural frameworks.
• Build strong internal and external networks
  , bringing world‑class thinking, innovation and fresh perspectives into Aberdeen.
• Oversee learning operations, systems and 3rd party vendor partnerships
  , ensuring we deliver learning…