Senior Learning Programme Manager

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Job Description

Reporting to VP,Learning ,as a Senior Learning Programme Manager, you will be responsible for leading, operating, and continuously improving a training and readiness programme supporting over 1,000 resources globally for our Technology client. The programme is evolving and scaling at speed, requiring strong operational leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence across a highly matrixed organization. The Learning Programme Manager partners closely with a Learning Director based in South Africa but owns day-to-day programme operations independently.

Please note this is a 9-month fixed-term contract.- Looking for Immediate Joiners

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Owning end-to-end operational delivery of the training and readiness programme across multiple, interdependent workstreams, setting priorities and ensuring delivery against them

Leading onboarding and readiness experiences for programme participants, keeping them consistent, high quality, and scalable as the programme grows and changes

Leading and facilitating cross-functional meetings, including global forums and steering-style discussions, and making sure they end in clear decisions and follow-through

Presenting regular programme updates, insights, and risks to senior stakeholders and the Learning Director, translating day-to-day detail into a clear narrative

Running training refresh cycles, managing the knock-on effects when processes, tools, or requirements change

Owning quarterly content governance cycles, keeping materials accurate, compliant, and aligned to evolving business needs

Managing intake, prioritisation, tracking, and delivery of training and readiness requests, and balancing competing priorities at scale

Maintaining and improving operational trackers, governance logs, and programme documentation as the programme evolves

Monitoring programme health metrics and turning them into insight, spotting trends in training completion, readiness, and risk areas

Spotting programme risks early, assessing them, and escalating with clear context and a recommendation rather than just a flag

Acting as the point of escalation for operational issues, driving them to resolution across teams and vendors

Managing day-to-day relationships with vendor partners and holding them to quality and delivery standards

Partnering with the Learning Director on continuous improvement work, including AI, automation, and process optimisation pilots.

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience within training operations, enablement, program operations, or operational excellence, ideally in a global or enterprise environment

Proven ability to own a program end to end, including making and defending prioritization calls

Comfort operating in a fast-changing, still-developing program rather than a fully settled one

Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, align, and drive decisions without formal authority

Demonstrated experience identifying, managing, and mitigating operational and program-level risks

Demonstrated experience in operationalising processes using AI at a Claude, Copilot or GPT interface rather than bought specialist tools

Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage complex, parallel workstreams with minimal oversight

Strong analytical mindset, comfortable turning data into clear insights and narratives

Clear, concise, and professional written and verbal communication skills in English, including with senior stakeholders

Comfort operating in a global, matrixed environment across time zones and cultures

A proactive, ownership-driven mindset, comfortable operating independently and navigating ambiguity

Nice-to-haves

Experience with learning systems, training platforms, readiness models, or governance frameworks

Experience with AI-enabled operations, automation, or process optimization pilots

Background in large client environments

Experience with vendor management

Familiarity with vendor skilling, readiness, or enablement programmes at scale.

Note: We emphasise skills, expertise and behavioural attributes over years of experience and traditional degrees. If you want to join our collaborative team, we invite you to apply today with your resume in English.

Additional Information

Join Jellyfish and experience a workplace where we prioritise your growth, celebrate your contributions, and empower you to tailor your work environment to suit your needs.

💫 Custom Work Environment: Work remotely for up to 60% of your days and shape your day between 8am. and 6:30pm with flexible working hours.

🏦 Jellyfish contributes to your retiral benefits via Provident Fund (PF) contribution

Jellyfish provides best-in-class group medical insurance & life insurance cover to employees

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