Senior Consultant Talent Development

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE
As a senior member of the MFS Talent Development team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the company’s talent acceleration strategy. Your primary responsibility will be to build talent through the design and delivery of scalable global learning tools and skill building programs that align with enterprise-wide priorities, including professional skill development and career growth, leadership advancement, succession planning, and performance management. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, HR professionals, and HR Business Partners, serving as a change agent, facilitator, coach, and consultant to guide managers and employees in adopting performance-driven strategies, tools, and techniques.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Strategic Program Development-Drive the design, implementation, and measurement of global professional development pathways, career frameworks, and future-focused skill development programs aligned with enterprise-wide strategies.
• Functional Leadership and Expertise-Provide subject matter expertise and functional leadership to support HR Business Partners in executing talent initiatives. Stay updated on industry trends, technologies and best practices in talent development.
• Performance Management-Partner with HR and business leaders to drive the transformation of enterprise-wide performance management processes, tools, and structures. Continuously monitor and evaluate effectiveness and employee experience.
• Consultation and Needs Assessment-Collaborate with HR partners and business leaders to assess learning needs and performance gaps using a data-driven approach. Recommend and implement appropriate interventions, including training and organizational development solutions.  Collaborate with business-embedded training teams and others providing technical training and skill development,
• Communication, Enablement and Feedback -Develop effective communication to activate talent development across the firm, support business enablement and leverage feedback mechanisms to ensure highest quality and employee experience, alignment with evolving business needs, and inspire a lifelong learning mindset.
• Coaching and Facilitation -In partnership with HRBPs, coach leaders, teams and individual employees to drive strategic development outcomes and accelerate talent. Provide strategic direction to facilitate and support learning experiences across multiple audience levels leveraging modern learning techniques and technologies, including AI.
• External Resource Management-Research and select external resources/partners to address specific needs, ensuring best-in-class content and delivery models that allow for scaled impact. Build and maintain strong partnerships with external vendors, and partnering with internal subject matter experts.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with adult learning, human resources management, talent consulting or related field. Curiosity about future-focused learning trends, including AI-enabled design and delivery.
• Demonstrated track record of aligning end-to-end solutions to business outcomes, realizing measurable impact (from needs analysis through evaluation). Able to align to a larger strategy and work within the strategic direction. 
• Minimum of 6-8+ years of learning and development, organizational development and/or performance consulting in a corporate environment, working across functions and partnering with multiple stakeholders.
• Consultative approach with the ability to assess client needs, develop and deploy appropriate development interventions flexibly to address client needs. Partner effectively with subject matter experts and senior stakeholders.
• Seasoned instructional designer and content curator.  Adept at developing curricula, performance support and blended solutions, willing to experiment with new tools, formats and approaches adapting to changing organizational needs.
• Experienced consultant, adept at facilitating across multiple levels of audiences – including all aspects of knowledge sharing, knowledge transfer, experiential learning, and learning through group/team exercises.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: must be able to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships at all organizational levels. Gives and receives feedback well; iterates based on input.
• Self-directed professional with a strong track record of execution and project management. Comfort working in ambiguity, with attention to detail and ability to prioritize to deliver business impact.
• Understanding of global workforce needs, cultural differences and regional challenges.
• Some travel may be required.
• Master’s degree preferred but not required.
• Experience with developing AI literacy and skills, and leveraging AI coaching or AI-augmented instructional design/content generation.

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At MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we’re including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good-faith expectation for what we’ll pay depending on the candidate’s experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensation based on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k) 

• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider

• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually 

• Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches

• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves

• Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account

• Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)

• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps

Our compensation philosophy is to pay competitively for talent while ensuring equity across employees performing comparable work. We are committed to transparency – if you have questions about how we arrived at this range or what additional benefits and bonus opportunities come with the role, we’ll be happy to discuss them

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At MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please contact MFS at 617-954-5000 or email [email protected] for assistance. 

MFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. Employees and applicants of MFS will not be subject to harassment on the basis of their status. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited. Please see the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal document, linked for your reference.