Director of Learning Operations

Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, Indigo’s portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice. The company, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil. www.indigoag.com

The mission of Indigo Learning is to enable high-velocity experimentation at scale by relentlessly inspiring, developing, and accelerating our people. Since learning is considered a core part of the DNA at Indigo, the learning leadership team is closely linked to the strategy and operations of Indigo’s core business. As a result, Indigo is building a highly strategic Learning leadership team that spans Strategy, Operations, and our People team.

Responsibilities:

• Own all Indigo trainings and events and ensure flawless execution
  • Clear agendas and schedules are set so that trainings run on time across all L&D functions
  • Create fantastic onboarding and training programs

• Evaluate current processes and content in place for all Learning & Development trainings and build a process and plan
  • Create a vision and detailed plan for matching individual people to their specific learning journey
  • Run a master calendar of all trainings and assign individual people to specific sessions
  • Ensure fast implementation of new systems that define and support learning

• Effectively set and analyze metrics to measure effectiveness of all training functions
  • Ensure clear metrics are tracked across all of Learning and Development

• Partner with leaders in departments to understand learning needs for their team
  • Enable all functions to have a clear plan and strategy for training and onboarding needs
  • Ensure each employee knows the training schedule for them and their team

Competencies:

• Strong team player, good at building cross-functional relationships
• Aligned with our mission and core values
• Appetite for tech solutions to solve problems
• Excited about developing talent across the organization and using modern learning frameworks
• Natural leader, takes charge and is proactive
• High energy
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong analytics
• Strong attention to detail and is very process driven
• Likes to create, plan and execute

Qualifications:

• Project Management experience
• Experience leading team and working cross-functionally
• Experience working with Learning Management Systems
• Willing to travel 1-2 x/month
• Former consulting or banking experience preferred (2+ years)