Senior Manager, Learning and Development

Best Friends Animal Society

Job Description

CALLING ALL LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT ENTHUSIASTS

Best Friends is seeking a high-energy Senior Manager, Leadership and Development to drive our learning programs. If you’re passionate about building strong leaders, enhancing culture, facilitating engaging learning experiences, and measuring real impact, this is for YOU. In this role you’ll assess training needs, craft learning strategies, design initiatives, and highlight their value—while championing our Guiding Principles, inclusion, and a kind, transparent workplace.

Our dream candidate brings 5–10 years of Learning & Development magic, a proven track record of leadership program design and delivery, and an ability to fuse strategy with hands-on implementation. You’re an engaging facilitator who easily builds trust and connection, empowers learners, thinks strategically, uses data to measure impact, and shines across virtual, in-person, and blended formats. You’ll partner with SMEs, manage vendors and assessments, help build a robust Workday LMS, and translate needs into culture-forward training that elevates engagement and retention—while thriving in a collaborative team. If you are ready to help elevate leadership across our organization, send us your resume and a note on your impact - we’d love to learn more about you!

Location: Remote within the contiguous United States

Hiring Range: This position’s hiring range is anticipated to be $80,000 to $90,000 annually, depending on experience, plus great benefits!

To read the full job description and to apply online go to bestfriends.org/careers

Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career at Best Friends Animal Society. Best Friends Animal Society is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or domestic partner status.

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Best Friends Animal Society.

This is a full time job