
at J.P. Morgan
Bulge Bracket Investment BanksPosted 2 days ago
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**International Consumer Banking Learning Lead (Operational & Non-Operational Focus) - Executive Director** Drive learning initiatives for a high-growth consumer bank, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term capability development. Lead and mentor a team of learning professionals, delivering learning programs across operational and non-operational domains for a large, diverse, and shift-based workforce. Collaborate with business leaders, HR, and SMEs to align learning priorities with organizational growth and regulatory standards.Proven experience in leading learning teams, instructional design, and evaluation frameworks required. Knowledge of UK retail banking regulation and governance beneficial.
- Compensation
- Not specified GBP
- City
- Edinburgh
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: £ (GBP)
Full Job Description
Location: EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, United Kingdom
Build learning that shapes how digital banking works for millions of customers. In this role, youll design and deliver learning that supports a fastgrowing consumer bank, balancing the needs of a 24/7 workforce with longterm capability development. Youll work at the intersection of customer experience, regulatory excellence, and innovation, helping teams build the skills that power everyday banking.
As a Learning Lead in International Consumer Banking, you will own the design and delivery of learning across operational and nonoperational domains, ensuring capability development is tightly connected to customer outcomes, regulatory standards, and business growth. You will lead a team of learning professionals, deliver learning for a large, shiftbased workforce, and build sustainable learning governance, tools, and ways of working suited to a digital, appfirst environment across the UK and Europe.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and mentor a team of learning professionals, setting clear priorities, maintaining high standards, and fostering a curious, agile learning culture
- Deliver endtoend learning programmes across operational and nonoperational areas for a large, diverse learner population, balancing daytoday delivery with longerterm capability planning
- Define success measures for learning initiatives and apply evaluation frameworks to demonstrate effectiveness, value, and continuous improvement
- Align learning priorities to business strategy and product development so workforce capability keeps pace with organisational growth
- Design learning solutions for a 24/7, shiftbased workforce, using digital, ondemand, and modular formats while maintaining quality and control
- Partner with business leaders, human resources, and subject matter experts to clarify needs, manage demand, and agree priorities
- Communicate learning outcomes, risks, and progress clearly to senior stakeholders and leadership forums
- Act as a trusted advisor on workforce capability, learning technology, and digital learning approaches
- Ensure learning programmes meet regulatory, conduct, and consumer duty requirements, with robust governance and auditable records
- Embed risk awareness, ethics, and conduct expectations within operational learning content
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Demonstrated experience leading learning or development teams in complex, regulated environments
- Proven ability to design and deliver learning programmes across multiple audiences, including operational and professional populations
- Strong instructional design capability, grounded in adult learning principles and blended learning approaches
- Experience translating business needs into structured learning strategies with measurable outcomes
- Strong stakeholder and project management skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at senior levels
- Practical experience applying learning evaluation frameworks to assess impact and improve outcomes
- Experience designing learning for operational, customerfacing, or shiftbased workforces
- Working understanding of UK retail banking regulation and governance requirements
- Bachelors degree in learning and development, education, organisational development, human resources, business, or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience within UK retail banking, financial technology, or other regulated consumer financial services environments
- Experience managing largescale or multistream learning programmes
- Familiarity with digital learning platforms, datadriven learning insights, and emerging learning technologies
- Experience supporting organisational change through structured learning and capability interventions
- Exposure to leadership development in matrix or global organisations
- Professional accreditation in learning, coaching, or organisational development
