Learning Business Partner

Learning Business Partner

As part of our ordnance systems team, you will be working alongside some of the industry's top talent on the forefront of energetics technology. We are currently seeking a thoughtful, collaborative Learning Business Partner to support the Training Team's mission of delivering impactful learning solutions aligned to business needs.

This role serves as an internal consultant to departments across the organization, partnering with stakeholders to identify learning opportunities through focused discovery and analysis. As part of the front-end of the ADDIE model, the Learning Business Partner conducts interviews, reviews available resources, and helps determine if a training solution is the right fit. You won't be the main point of contact for incoming requests, but you'll play a key role in guiding stakeholders through what the P&S Training Team offers and shaping the path forward.

Occasionally, you may be involved in developing or facilitating content, but your primary focus is identifying the right learning approach and ensuring that each request is scoped effectively. You'll also support project management throughout the training lifecycle, including tracking milestones, coordinating SME input, and ensuring clear handoffs.

This is a role for someone who listens well, asks great questions, and thrives in a team that's committed to continuous improvement, learning design excellence, and practical outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Learning Discovery + Needs Analysis

• Conduct structured discovery sessions with stakeholders to uncover performance challenges, clarify objectives, and assess whether training is the appropriate solution.
• Gather and analyze existing documentation, training materials, and feedback to inform the Analysis phase of ADDIE.
• Synthesize findings and summarize recommendations to support design and development efforts.
• Collaborate with team members to prioritize incoming needs and ensure alignment with broader training strategy.

Stakeholder Partnership + Consulting

• Act as a knowledgeable guide for what the Holston Training Team offers and how we work, helping stakeholders understand options and impact.
• Serve as a thought partner to business leaders and subject matter experts seeking clarity around performance gaps and development goals.
• Provide support throughout the project lifecycle to ensure solutions remain aligned with business needs.
• Build trusting relationships with internal departments, encouraging proactive engagement with the training team.

Project Coordination

• Track project timelines, stakeholder roles, and next steps across multiple concurrent learning initiatives.
• Support the coordination of the flow of information between SMEs, designers, and facilitators.

Occasional Development or Facilitation

• As needed, support or co-facilitate training sessions, especially when subject matter familiarity and team capacity align.
• Assist with light development tasks such as editing outlines, reviewing slides, or suggesting structure for sessions.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Business, Organizational Development, or a related fieldor equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years of experience in learning and development, talent development, or performance consulting
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, especially when working with non-training audiences
• Demonstrated experience with needs assessment or front-end analysis
• Familiarity with instructional design models such as ADDIE
• Comfortable working in collaborative environments and managing multiple streams of work
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience using SharePoint, Teams, and LMS platforms

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience supporting technical or operations teams in a complex business environment
• Knowledge of project coordination or learning project lifecycle tools
• Exposure to learning measurement, evaluation models, or learning analytics

Why Join the Holston Training Team?

• Strategic Role: Help shape the front-end of learning solutions before they're built.
• Collaborative Team: Work alongside skilled designers, facilitators, and admins who support one another.
• Business Impact: Play a key role in aligning learning to real-world outcomes.
• Room to Grow: Expand your consulting, project management, and learning strategy skills in a supportive environment.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $66400 - $112880. Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Platforms & Services

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a teammaking a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and ship repairjust to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.