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Learning Consultant
Location: Buffalo, NY (Onsite 4 days/week, 1 day remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Benefits Included
Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates strongly encouraged to apply

GP Strategies Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Learning Consultant to join our team and partner with one of our major financial services clients in Buffalo, NY. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping, managing, and delivering high-quality learning experiences for a leading global organization.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of consulting, project management, and learning deployment-someone who wants to own end-to-end solutions, build strong stakeholder partnerships, and bring learning programs to life with accuracy, creativity, and impact.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• You will work directly with a major global financial institution, influencing how thousands of employees learn and grow.
• You'll own the full learning deployment lifecycle, from needs analysis through successful delivery.
• You'll collaborate with global and regional teams, faculty, suppliers, and senior stakeholders.
• You'll bring learning solutions to life through project management, planning, and deployment expertise.
• If you're bilingual (Spanish/English), your skills will be a major asset in supporting LATAM learning needs.

What You'll Do

As a Learning Consultant, you will apply project management rigor and learning expertise to ensure seamless deployment of instructor-led (ILT) and virtual instructor-led (VILT) programs.

Consultation & Needs Analysis

• Partner with Learning Consultants and Specialists to understand the organization's learning needs and how they align to business goals, values, and culture.
• Support the Solution Development phase by advising on deployment strategy, resource needs, and delivery feasibility.

Learning Deployment & Project Management

• Provide subject matter expertise on the course catalog, offering recommendations based on usage, feedback, and trends.
• Identify unmet learning needs and help source appropriate new content.
• Collaborate with Global Delivery stakeholders to review Program Manual requirements and adapt for regional variations.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders requesting training delivery, ensuring clarity on scope, resourcing, and costs.
• Input and maintain accurate class data within the Demand Process to support scheduling and Service Order creation.

Planning, Governance & Communication

• Lead Demand Planning Meetings, both scheduled and ad hoc, providing insights on volume, budget usage, and cancellation recommendations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure all program requirements are fulfilled according to contract expectations.
• Proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies-providing mitigation strategies to maintain delivery timelines.
• Oversee course-specific communications and coordinate updates with Administration teams.
• Manage scope changes and process formal change requests as needed.

Qualifications:

• Professional qualification/degree or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in the learning field
• Knowledge of learning interventions and blended learning solutions (e-learning, VILT, ILT)
• Experience deploying large-scale learning initiatives
• Strong analytical and data reporting skills
• Bilingual (English/Spanish-LATAM) preferred

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of Organizational Development interventions
• Ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations
• Previous experience consulting with senior leaders on learning strategy
• Awareness of excellent facilitation practices
• Experience designing blended learning solutions (e-learning, VILT, ILT, Modern Learner)
• Knowledge of project management methodologies (critical path, critical chain, agile)
• Multi-cultural experience
• Experience with Leadership and Management training

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About Us

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.