Vice President, Learning Optimization

Vice President, Learning Optimization

The Aspen Group (TAG) is one of the largest and most trusted retail healthcare business support organizations in the U.S. and has supported over 20,000 healthcare professionals and team members with close to 1,500 health and wellness offices across 50 states in four distinct categories: dental care, urgent care, medical aesthetics, and animal health. Working in partnership with independent practice owners and clinicians, the team is united by a single purpose: to prove that healthcare can be better and smarter for everyone. TAG provides a comprehensive suite of centralized business support services that power the impact of five consumer-facing businesses: Aspen Dental, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, WellNow Urgent Care, Chapter Aesthetic Studio, and Lovet Pet Healthcare. Each brand has access to a deep community of experts, tools and resources to grow their practices, and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality consumer healthcare experiences at scale.

As a reflection of our current needs and planned growth we are very pleased to offer a new opportunity to join our dedicated team as a Vice President, Learning Optimization.

Overview:

The Vice President, Learning Optimization is an important part of the Learning and Development team and has accountability for our learning design, technology, analytics and oversight of our Learning Brand. Reporting to the SVP, Sales Enablement & Learning, this leader will, build, reimagine and ultimately scale robust solutions across the organization.

This leader will be responsible for building and leading a team of internal learning professionals to deliver innovative, cutting-edge solutions and will also partner frequently with external thought leaders and industry experts to bring the best thinking and practices to Aspen Dental and TAG. This role will also require strong collaboration and stakeholder management across several functions including Learning & Development, Talent Management, Human Resources, IT, Finance, Marketing/Creative and with senior leaders within the organization. This is a fast-paced, rapidly growing organization where career opportunities are plentiful. The ideal candidate has deep tenure and experience across multiple facets of Learning and Development; and has a strong track record of leading learning teams.

This leader has experience orchestrating organizationally complex work and demonstrating business impact through data. This leader must also be hands-on with a willingness to analyze and build, and unafraid to roll up their sleeves to get projects done.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy and Leadership: Partner with the SVP and co-leader Vice President of Learning to evolve and scale modern learning solutions across Aspen Dental and TAG brands. Develop and lead our learning technology strategy and our learning tech "stack," ensuring integration with other systems, platforms and processes.
• Learning Innovation: Drive learner-centric, instructionally sound experiences that leverage technology for efficiency and impact
• Analytics and Measurement: Build and execute a measurement strategy that quantifies ROI and communicates the impact and value of L&D investments and strategy.
• Brand and Cohesion: Oversee the internal learning brand, ensuring solutions are cohesive, engaging, and aligned across all audiences.
• Team and Partnerships: Lead a team of L&D professionals and collaborate with senior leaders, HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, and external thought leaders to bring best practices to TAG.
• Lead with Vision: Cultivate innovation, while maximizing efficiency by acting as a leader with vision on ground-breaking, scalable, and relevant learning industry trends centered on impact and accessibility.
• Talent Management: Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of L&D talent through continuous talent management, development planning, talent assessment + succession planning and performance management.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant learning and development experience, with 5+ years leading a team of learning and/or leadership development professionals, ideally in a fast-paced organization with a distributed workforce.
• Advanced understanding of adult learning theory and principles, and blended learning strategies
• Proven experience developing and leading learning strategies that delivered high-learner impact and strong business performance.
• Extensive expertise across a variety of training methods and advanced instructional design capabilities.
• Expertise in Learning technology, design and analytics
• Expertise and experience in developing, implementing and monitoring programs/processes that deliver high learner impact and drive business results.
• Exceptional project management skills; on complex and evolving work.
• Ability to navigate complex organizations and demonstrate impact through data
• Strong leadership, talent development and talent management skills with proven experience leading leaders and multi-functional teams
• Strong executive presence, business and commercial acumen and communication skills.

Excellent influencing skills at all levels in the organization and extreme flexibility to be proactive in a fast-paced, ever changing environment.

Salary Range: $225,000 - $275,000 + bonus opportunity + equity