Job description for Learning & Development Training Partner at AstraZeneca
The Learning & Development Training Partner is responsible for leading the site learning and development agenda, ensuring that compliance, technical, leadership, and professional development training are aligned to business priorities, regulatory requirements, and future capability needs. The role partners closely with Site Leadership Team members, HR, SHE, Quality, Business Process Owners, and functional leaders to build a strong learning culture, strengthen workforce capability, and ensure robust training governance across the site
Accountabilities entail:
- Compliance Learning Framework: Design, implement, and govern a site-wide training framework and matrix with named owners and functional heads to embed a strong compliance culture.
- Training Governance and Metrics: Drive training compliance performance, targeting 100% completion of mandatory learning within 30 days of assignment and closure of at least 90% of training-related CAPAs by due date through Q4 2026.
- End-to-End L&D Cycle Ownership: Own and continuously enhance the L&D cycle with HR, SHE, Quality, and site leaders so it reflects evolving business needs and future capability requirements.
- Curriculum and Program Design: Lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of compliance, technical, leadership, and professional programs that enable role readiness and business outcomes.
- Platforms and Ecosystem: Ensure robust provision across GMP (EVeeva), HSE, Global Training (Cornerstone), and leadership/functional development (Degreed), optimizing how teams access and apply learning.
- Skills and Capability Uplift: Identify capability gaps, define clear development goals, and implement sustainable solutions, including early-talent and academy-style pathways with academic partners.
- Facilitation and Enablement: Facilitate targeted sessions for departments on the L&D cycle and priority topics; coach managers and process owners to structure jobs, learning plans, and certifications effectively in the eLMS.
- GMP and eLMS Excellence: Assess GMP, technical, and skill-based training to identify risks and improvements; develop and execute annual GMP-focused compliance materials; strengthen qualification standards and assessments.
- Inspection Readiness and Quality Systems: Link training effectiveness to compliance performance; maintain a state of continuous inspection readiness; contribute to audits, change controls, and deviation investigations where training is relevant.
- Data and Impact: Use learning analytics to measure impact, translate insights into program improvements, and report progress to leadership with clear, outcome-focused metrics.
- Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Lead site process improvement initiatives and selected corporate training projects; stay current with industry innovation to keep approaches modern and effective.
- Vendor and Budget Management: Select and manage external consultants and providers to ensure high-quality, relevant, and cost-effective services; deliver within budget expectations.
- Team Leadership: Provide first-line supervision and guidance to training consultants and support roles; develop comprehensive training plans to meet current and future workforce needs.
- SHE and Ethics: Work to SHE standards; champion AstraZeneca values and Code of Ethics; complete required compliance training on time and escalate non-compliance appropriately.
