Job Description

About the Opportunity Job Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: 26 September 2025
Title Senior Manager
Department Learning Team,
Location UK
Reports To Leadership Design & Delivery Lead
Level 6
We're proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you're part of something bigger.
Our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applications from the widest mix of talent, whatever your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, social background and more.
As a flexible employer, we trust our people to perform their role in the way that works best for them, our clients and our business. We are a disability-friendly company and would welcome a conversation with you if you feel you might benefit from any reasonable adjustments to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and beyond.
About your team
We're here to help our colleagues develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours they need to thrive in their careers at Fidelity. You'll join a welcoming, diverse, global team of learning professionals who believe that a growth mindset and the right learning experience and resources deliver business outperformance. We don't believe in training for training's sake and will always start by asking 'what is the problem we are trying to solve?'
About your role
As a Senior Manager in Learning and Development, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our leadership and learning strategy. You will lead the design and execution of high-impact learning programmes that build future-ready capabilities and directly support our business strategy. This role demands a strategic thinker and confident facilitator who can engage senior leadership, influence stakeholders, and elevate the learning experience across the organisation. This will involve:

• Strategic Learning Needs Analysis: Partner with business leaders, Learning Partners, and HRBPs to identify and prioritise capability gaps aligned with organisational goals.
• Programme Design & Delivery: Lead the end-to-end design, facilitation, and evaluation of medium to large-scale learning programmes, with a strong focus on leadership development for senior audiences.
• Facilitation Excellence: Confidently deliver leadership workshops and development experiences to senior leaders, both virtually and in person, creating space for reflection, challenge, and growth.
• Performance Consulting: Translate complex learning needs into impactful, scalable solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Innovation & Inclusion: Champion innovative learning approaches, including social, digital, and experiential learning, ensuring accessibility and inclusion for a global audience.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Influence and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders and external vendors, to co-create and deliver best-in-class learning experiences.
• Data-Driven Impact: Use learning analytics and feedback to continuously improve programme effectiveness and learner experience.

About you
You are an experienced learning professional who:

• Brings deep expertise in learning design, facilitation, and evaluation, especially in leadership development.
• Has a proven track record of delivering impactful learning programmes at scale in a global organisation.
• Is confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and facilitating complex conversations.
• Understands how to align learning strategy with business transformation and organisational change.
• Is comfortable navigating ambiguity and leading through influence.
• Has experience managing external learning partners and vendors.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusion, accessibility, and learner-centred design.
• Brings curiosity, creativity, and a growth mindset to everything you do.

Feel rewarded
For starters, we'll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We'll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we'll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work - finding a balance that works for all of us. It's all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
As an international financial services organisation, we are in-scope of international regulations in the way that we carry out our work. This position is involved in work that is regulated by the FCA and/or the PRA and their Individual Conduct Rules (COCON) apply to it, along with any other regulation. We provide training on COCON and how it affects our employees. More information about COCON can be found in the Employment Handbook.

Skills Required