Clarios

Global Learning Manager

United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Full time

What you will do

The Global Learning team is responsible for developing, sourcing, curating, and delivering innovative learning solutions for Clarios employees around the globe. The Global Learning team is also accountable for building and reinforcing Clarios learning culture, developing competencies/skills and career development programs, while optimizing learning process, systems, and programs to deliver the best business outcomes.

As a Global Learning Manager, you will lead overall program management for the Global Learning function, as well as supervise the Manufacturing Technology and Training Center (MTTC) Learning team. You will lead and execute enterprise-wide learning and institutional capability-building initiatives that support business strategy, operational excellence, and workforce readiness. You will deliver guidance on sophisticated learning programs, collaborate with customers, suppliers, vendors, and regional learning leaders, and ensure that learning solutions are effective, scalable, and consistently aligned with the organization's evolving needs. The Global Learning Manager plays a critical role in delivering innovation, driving measurable learning outcomes, improving employee and customer experience, continuously enhancing learning models, and driving multi-year roadmap continuity.

How you will do it

Enterprise Learning Strategy & Program Management

  • Oversee global program management and learning governance to ensure learning solutions are scalable, repeatable, data‑informed, and optimized for global deployment.
  • Prioritize instructional design resources and enterprise learning programs based on strategic importance, capability requirements, and workforce readiness needs.
  • Serve as a global learning partner, aligning enterprise learning strategies with regional requirements to ensure a consistent, high‑quality learning experience worldwide.

People Leadership & Team Development

  • Supervise and develop the Manufacturing Technology & Training Center (MTTC) Learning team, providing coaching, performance support, workload prioritization, and strategic direction.
  • Foster a strong learning culture across Clarios by role‑modeling continuous improvement, encouraging knowledge sharing, and promoting adoption of learning tools, technologies, and best practices.

Stakeholder Engagement & External Partnerships

  • Partner with business leaders, regional learning managers, and cross‑functional stakeholders to define learning objectives, assess needs, and align programs with global and regional priorities.
  • Build and manage relationships with external partners, including vendors, academic institutions, suppliers, and customers - to source, co-create, or enhance learning solutions.

Training Needs Assessment & Capability Development

  • Conduct enterprise and regional training needs assessments to identify capability gaps, skill requirements, and performance challenges.
  • Lead the development, refinement, and integration of Clarios competencies and skills frameworks to support talent development, learning paths, and skills assessment processes.

Data, Measurement & Continuous Improvement

  • Interpret skills, performance, and program data to measure learning effectiveness, assess business impact, diagnose capability gaps, and recommend data‑driven improvements.
  • Advance learning models, delivery approaches, and operational processes by identifying opportunities for innovation through digital learning, technology adoption, content design, and workflow optimization.

Learning Communications & Experience Management

  • Lead global learning communication strategies to drive awareness, engagement, and adoption of key learning initiatives while ensuring consistent messaging and branding across regions.
  • Plan and execute large‑scale global training events, overseeing logistics, communications, facilitation support, and post‑event evaluation to ensure high‑quality learner experiences.

Systems, Governance & Content Management

  • Manage governance and content strategy for the Global Learning SharePoint site, ensuring materials remain accurate, current, accessible, and aligned to global standards.
  • Program & Project Management: Orchestrates full lifecycle delivery—plan, design, develop, execute, evaluate—across multiple concurrent programs.
  • People Leadership & Team Development: Leads and develops the MTTC Learning team while role‑modeling a strong learning culture.
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Influence in a Matrix: Aligns diverse global and regional leaders around shared objectives amid ambiguity.
  • Change Management: Plans and executes the human side of change for new learning models, technologies, and processes.
  • External Partnership & Vendor Management: Sources and co‑creates with vendors, universities, suppliers, and customers to accelerate capability building.
  • Needs Assessment, Capability & Skills Architecture: Diagnoses capability gaps and operationalizes competencies/skills into pathways and assessments.
  • Data Literacy, Measurement & Continuous Improvement: Uses skills, performance, and program data to judge effectiveness and business impact; iterates accordingly.
  • Event Orchestration: Plans and delivers high‑visibility global learning events end‑to‑end.

What we look for

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree required in Learning & Development, Education, Organizational Development, Business, or related field.
  • 8+ experience in learning, training, or talent development, including global or enterprise-level programs. 3+ years in a management role.
  • An enthusiastic, high-energy leader with well-developed influencing skills with the confidence and ability to work at all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex learning projects and capability-building initiatives.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills across global and regional teams.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience measuring learning effectiveness and translating data into actionable insights.
  • Experience supervising or leading instructional design or learning professionals.
  • Workday experience strongly preferred.
  • Ability to travel to the MTTC as needed. Potential for international and local travel (10%)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Establishes governance, milestones, RACI, and risk/issue management; runs repeatable, scalable deployments.
  • Coaches performance, sets priorities, grows skills, and champions knowledge‑sharing and best‑practice adoption.
  • Selects partners, co‑designs solutions, manages performance and value realization.
  • Maintains competency models; links skills to roles, learning journeys, and validation.
  • Defines KPIs, builds dashboards, makes evidence‑based recommendations.
  • Applies structured change plans, stakeholder mapping, enablement, and reinforcement tactics.
  • Manages logistics, facilitation enablement, comms, and post‑event evaluation for quality learner experiences.

What you get:

  • Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire

  • Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts

  • Parental and caregiver leave programs

  • All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

  • Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership

  • HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility

  • Clarios has been recognized as one of 2025's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the third consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.

Who we are:
Clarios is the force behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we’re not just making batteries; we’re shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.

Veterans/Military Spouses:
We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion—where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or other protected characteristics protected by law. As a federal contractor, we are committed to not discriminating against any applicant or employee based on these protected statuses. We will also take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, and all characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.

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