Job Description

Principal Innovation and Learning Consultant: 

Job Summary

We are seeking an innovative Principal Consultant to join our consulting team on all stages of a project from proposal development to implementation. You will be directly involved in determining each client’s needs and expectations, identifying critical aspects of the project, developing the solution, and helping to implement it into their operations. Your leadership will guide our clients and internal teams through the project lifecycle and ensure they meet all outcomes and deadlines within budget. Once the implementation is complete, you will ensure a smooth transition for our client and evaluate the effectiveness of the changes over time.

Role and Responsibilities

The Principal Innovation and Learning Consultant will support the Innovation, Research and Development team’s goals of modelling and promoting a modern learning organization focused on building workforce capability, accelerate talent, and improve performance.

Principal Innovation and Learning Consultant: 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Meet with current and prospective clients to determine their current state, desired outcomes, and provide forward thinking recommendations to move them towards their goals 
• Develop a strategy including solutioning that addresses the client’s needs
• Identify critical team members and structure tasks to be shared among the team
• Evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of the implemented solution and make adjustments as necessary

Critical Processes and Design Approaches

• Leading and facilitating teams through Design Thinking and Agile Development
• Agile Project Management
• Customer-Centric Design e.g., Customer Journey Mapping
• Innovation
• Evaluation and Measurement
• Digital Workforce Transformation
• Performance Consulting

Core job functions:

• Support business development activities with a consultative mindset
• Confidently interact with clients and ask the right questions to get to the heart of their need
• Craft innovative solutions based on stated and implied client needs
• Accurately scope learning solutions in all modalities
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of measurement to demonstrate business impact
• Design, develop, and apply measurement and evaluation strategies
• Lead Design Thinking workshops (persona development, problem definition, use case identification, measurement, etc.)
• Lead teams with an agile development approach
• Perform job task analysis and gap analysis
• Stay abreast of learning trends, practices, technologies, methodologies/approaches and share at the enterprise level
• Partner with clients and internal team members in the development of learner-centric solutions
• Manage teams of diverse backgrounds and disciplines in pursuit of program excellence
• Apply appropriate instructional design principles for learning experiences that incorporate traditional and modern learning modalities (ILT, VILT, OJT, LXP, AR/VR, WBT, Social/Collaborative platforms, etc.)
• Accurately scope learning solutions in all modalities
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of measurement to demonstrate business impact
• Design, develop, and apply measurement and evaluation strategies
• Lead Design Thinking workshops (persona development, problem definition, use case identification, measurement, etc.)
• Lead teams with an agile development approach
• Perform job task analysis and gap analysis
• Stay abreast of learning trends, practices, technologies, methodologies/approaches and share at the enterprise level
• Partner with clients and internal team members in the development of learner-centric solutions
• Manage teams of diverse backgrounds and disciplines in pursuit of program excellence
• Apply appropriate instructional design principles for learning experiences that incorporate traditional and modern learning modalities (ILT, VILT, OJT, LXP, AR/VR, WBT, Social/Collaborative platforms, etc.)

The successful candidate will:

• Be collaborative, supportive, and focused on successful outcomes for the business and clients
• Be a team player
• Be a creative, positive, and innovative thinker
• Be a self-starter
• Be able to handle ambiguity
• Accept new challenges willingly
• Challenge the status quo
• Possess an Agile mindset and a Growth mindset
• Show confidence in all internal and external interactions
• Possess strong business acumen
• Be comfortable with data collection and trend analysis.
• Demonstrate exceptional leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be comfortable working in digital workflows including proficiency with a range of digital design, ideation, and creation tools.

Education/Experience

• Master’s Degree in a related field e.g. Instructional Design, Performance Consulting, preferred
• 10-15 years experience in a consulting or comparable role
• Demonstrated experience with influencing and leading teams

GP Strategies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.