Director, Learning and Development

2024-05-13
USA
GeneDX
This role is a remote role with regular travel to our Gaithersburg, MD, and New York City office.
GeneDx is a patient-centric health information company that delivers personalized and actionable health insights that inform diagnosis, guide treatment and improve drug discovery. The company is transforming healthcare through its industry-leading exome and genome testing and interpretation, fueled by one of the world’s largest, rare disease data sets. GeneDx is uniquely positioned to accelerate the use of genomic and large-scale clinical information to enable precision medicine as the standard of care.
The People Team at GeneDx works to enable all team member to achieve our goals as a company in a way that is consistent with our values. The Director, People Learning & Engagement at GeneDx focuses on creating learning and engagement opportunities for our team members to be their best selves, leaders, and team contributors. The better we work together; the greater impact on patient care.
In this role, you will lead the execution of our roadmap to provide customized learning and development opportunities that bring immersive experiences to life and that support:

New Hire Onboarding
Cultural & Mission Connection
Inclusion & Belonging
Employee Resource Groups
Leadership Development
Team Member Development: Planning & Prioritization, Effective Communication, etc.
Talent and Succession Planning
UpNext and Executive Team Meetings & Offsites

What You’ll AchieveStrategy

Drive the strategy and roadmap to connect learning and development with business priorities across key audiences - leaders and team members.
Provide expertise on best approaches and modes of learning ranging from self-service to off-the-shelf to customized options.
Identify pragmatic recommendations that align with GeneDx’s culture, and business rhythms, and ensure sequencing and pacing are optimized.

Program Management and Operations

Drive L&D programs end to end including:

Analyzing learning needs, objectives, and expected outcomes of learning programs.
Planning, project management, and execution of projects on time and within scope for cross-functional stakeholders

Collaborate across the People Team to create seamless end-to-end learning experiences for cohesion with People strategy and team member experience, etc.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
Identify a roadmap of systems/tools needed to support L&D efforts for today and the future.
Establish and measure L&D program effectiveness based on impact, knowledge, and behavior change.

Execution & Facilitation

Facilitate virtual, blended, and live learning experiences

About You

6-8 years of direct experience building scalable learning & development in a high-growth company from start-up to scale-up phase.
Expertise building programs focused on team member engagement, leadership development and scaling programs.
Self-starter and leader comfortable with content creation and operational process building across the L&D domain.
Biased towards action and getting things done and prioritize progress over perfection: solving problems for our existing reality vs optimizing for the ideal
Organized, end-to-end process-oriented, and efficient while being adaptable to changing priorities and comfortable wearing multiple hats.
Deep expertise in learning & development space including familiarity with progressive thought leadership and methodology and the ability to provide strategic and proactive guidance that helps Asana succeed.
Experience consulting with business leaders and stakeholders, with a proven record of establishing relationships and the experience being a strategic partner.



Pay Transparency, Budgeted Range
$150,000—$175,000 USD



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Science - Minded, Patient - Focused.
At GeneDx, we create, follow, and are informed by cutting-edge science. With over 20 years of expertise in diagnosing rare disorders and diseases, and pioneering work in the identification of new disease-causing genes, our commitment to genetic disease detection, discovery, and diagnosis is based on sound science and is focused on enhancing patient care.
Experts in what matters most.
With hundreds of genetic counselors, MD/PhD scientists, and clinical and molecular genomics specialists on staff, we are the industry’s genetic testing experts and proud of it. We share the same goal as healthcare providers, patients, and families: to provide clear, accurate, and meaningful answers we all can trust.
SEQUENCING HAS THE POWER TO SOLVE DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES.
From sequencing to reporting and beyond, our technical and clinical experts are providing guidance every step of the way:
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

High-quality testing: Our laboratory is CLIA certified and CAP accredited and most of our tests are also New York State approved.
Advanced detection: By interrogating genes for complex variants, we can identify the underlying causes of conditions that may otherwise be missed.

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Thorough analysis: We classify variants according to our custom adaptation of the most recent guidelines. We then leverage our rich internal database for additional interpretation evidence.
Customized care: Our experts review all test results and write reports in a clear, concise, and personalized way. We also include information for research studies in specific clinical situations.
Impactful discovery: Our researchers continue working to find answers even after testing is complete. Through both internal research efforts and global collaborations, we have identified and published hundreds of new disease-gene relationships and developed novel tools for genomic data analysis. These efforts ultimately deliver more diagnostic findings to individuals.

Learn more About Us here.~
Benefits include:

Paid Time Off (PTO)
Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance
401k Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Discounts
Voluntary benefits

GeneDx is an Equal Opportunity Employer.All privacy policy information can be found here.