Director, HR Learning & Development

Job Description

Cooper Vision, a division of Cooper Companies (NASDAQ: COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. The Company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly contact lenses, all featuring advanced materials and optics. Cooper Vision has a strong heritage of solving the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia and childhood myopia; and offers the most complete collection of spherical, toric and multifocal products available.

Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit

Location:

This position could be hired in Puerto Rico, Rochester, N.Y., or the UK.

Employment Type:

Full-time, Exempt. This position does not offer remote or hybrid work; it is fully on-site
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The Director, Learning & Development for CVI Operations is responsible for building and scaling an integrated capability development ecosystem across manufacturing, packaging, distribution and support functions. This role sets the L&D strategy, governs standards, deploys digital learning solutions, and ensures measurable impact. The leader partners closely with business leaders and HR to align learning with business priorities, accelerate readiness for promotions, advance frontline and leader capability and design and deliver technical training at our sites.

The role has a global scope and significant interaction with all CVI Global Operations locations. Significant interaction with internal business leaders, HR leaders, HR business partners and TMOE. Supports CVI Global Operations, including Manufacturing, Packaging, Distribution and support functions. Existing L&D and Technical Training professionals will report to this position. This role will have a strong connection with the Cooper Companies head of Talent Management in terms of strategy and tactic alignment, leveraging systems/vendors and L&D content.

Responsible for managing external L&D partners and vendors. There is a key focus on learning, leadership development and technical training in the Operations areas.

Proposes scalable talent development solutions that will drive an engaging, inclusive, high-performing culture across the CVI Operations Groups. In partnership with the Global talent lead, business leaders and HR, identifies critical organizational capabilities and the global, strategic solutions to develop these capabilities. Develops high-impact, engaging, and meaningful learning experiences for employees, managers, and leaders, supporting strategic priorities and business needs.

• Leads design and development of global and strategic priorities in partnership with local and regional L&D teams, as well as internal and external subject matter experts. Specific responsibilities include:
• Leverage existing resources, like LMS, Linked In Learning and others. Creates communication campaigns to excite and engage employees to use the platform. Curates content and creates learning paths to meet critical needs and drive utilization. Stays close to employee needs and “hot topics” via online surveys, focus groups, and learning analytics.
• Oversees a small multi-functional team of professionals to ensure the seamless delivery of live and virtual global offerings and support all aspects of the LMS deployment and administration across the business.
• Supports the global competency framework. Responsible for embedding the One Cooper competency framework as a core development tool for employees, people managers, and leaders. Creates online interactive tools to support employees and managers in creating great development plans.
• Manages leadership development initiatives.
• Works with key stakeholders to agree leadership development strategy, philosophy, and approach. Reviews existing programs and solutions. Stays ahead of leadership trends and best practices. Shares insights with key stakeholders. Proposes continuous improvements and new innovations to ensure Cooper has a strong and diverse succession bench and is…