Development Manager

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Richmond Pharmacology Full time
Job Title: Head of Learning & Development

Location: 4 days a week On-Site (London Bridge), 1 day a week at home

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Competitive + Benefits (Private Medical, Private Dental, Life Assurance, Private Pension & many more)

Richmond Pharmacology is a leading Contract Research Organisation (CRO) specialising in early-phase clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, we strive to advance medical research and contribute to the development of life-changing therapies.

The Role:

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Learning & Development to lead our Learning and Development (L&D) team, supporting our employees to grow their skills and knowledge, enabling business performance.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing strategic direction for our internal L&D agenda and ensuring that our employees have the tools and learning & development opportunities to deliver in their roles and develop into future experts and leaders. This role requires experience in delivering an L&D strategy and using a variety of learning approaches to grow our people and fast-paced business.

  • In collaboration with Head of Departments, track all learning activities and programmes across all departments - internal and external activities as well as academic and apprenticeship courses.
  • Implementation and maintenance of an LMS.
  • Track and measure performance against overall learning strategy and against pre-agreed specific milestones and budgets, to enable the Board to view performance and value against investment.
  • Sourcing/assuring/designing learning courses, career plans, and workshops, in partnership with HR and Heads of Departments.
  • Manage academic postgraduate training programmes.
  • Co-create academic or commercial career progression programmes.
  • Manage the quality and accreditation of training programmes.
  • Demonstrate value of training programmes using measures and metrics.
  • Obtain funding for training programmes.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with key external stakeholders such as universities, to offer our staff world class professional development opportunities (e.g., MSc, PhD, PMST).
  • Lead and engage the L&D team in delivery of the strategy and plans.
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Minimum 8 years experience within L&D/HR, and most recently in a leadership role.
  • A degree level qualification in HR and/or L&D.
  • Extensive experience in organisational change and transformation.
  • Extensive experience in developing and embedding Training Needs Analysis: Identifying the learning needs of employees and assessing gaps in knowledge and skills.

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