Manager, Learning And Development - Learning Designer, Sales Development

Position: Manager, Learning And Development - Learning Experience Designer, Sales Development

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Base pay range

$96,000.00/yr - $/yr

Position Summary

The Manager, Learning & Development – Learning Experience Designer, Sales Development serves as a strategic designer and content developer responsible for building engaging, data‑driven learning experiences that strengthen the skills and confidence of Walmart Connect’s sales organization. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Learning & Development – Sales Development, this role designs and delivers scalable sales learning solutions — including onboarding, product enablement, advanced selling skills, and continuous learning programs.

Responsibilities

Learning Strategy & Experience Design

• Partner with the Sr. Manager of Sales Development to design end‑to‑end learning journeys aligned with sales competencies, KPIs, and business priorities.
• Conduct training needs analysis with Sales and Product stakeholders to identify performance gaps, behavioral needs, and enablement opportunities.
• Translate business and performance insights into structured learning strategies that improve seller proficiency and client outcomes.
• Create modular, scalable learning frameworks (101/201/301) that align with sales career progression and business outcomes.

Content Development & Facilitation

• Develop engaging, multi-modal learning experiences across ILT, vILT, eLearning, simulations, and microlearning that reinforce product fluency, solution selling, and negotiation skills.
• Design learning assets that strengthen consultative selling behaviors and enable sales teams to articulate Walmart Connect’s value proposition confidently.
• Facilitate live and virtual sessions, including sales onboarding, skill workshops, and GTM product training, when needed.
• Incorporate interactive and practice-based learning elements (scenarios, gamification, role play, peer learning) to enhance retention and application.
• Utilize authoring and creative tools (Articulate Rise/Storyline, Vyond, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint) to develop visually rich, emotionally engaging materials.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Implement measurement strategies (Kirkpatrick Levels 1–4, ROI analysis) to track learning adoption, retention, and performance impact.
• Partner with analytics teams to correlate training impact with sales metrics (quota attainment, deal velocity, win rate, and customer satisfaction).
• Gather learner feedback and apply insights to continuously refine sales content and improve delivery methods.
• Maintain an agile content refresh process to ensure materials stay aligned with new product releases, evolving methodologies, and market trends.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership

• Collaborate with Sales Leadership, Product Marketing, and Sales Operations to align learning programs with business strategy and GTM priorities.
• Partner with Sr. Manager, Sales Development and other team verticals (Product & Certifications, Governance) to ensure consistency in learning design, standards, and measurement.
• Work directly with SMEs to extract sales and product expertise and transform it into engaging, actionable learning experiences.
• Maintain strong cross‑functional relationships to ensure learning programs address real‑world sales challenges and business goals.

Innovation & Learning Science

• Stay current on trends in sales enablement, digital learning, and performance psychology to bring innovation to sales learning offerings.
• Experiment with AI-driven learning personalization, adaptive pathways, and gamified learning to increase learner engagement and retention.
• Integrate behavioral science and storytelling principles into sales learning to enhance knowledge transfer and emotional connection.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Education, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in Learning Experience Design, Sales Enablement, or Instructional Design with proven success supporting…