Learning & Development Lead

The Role 

At Aflac Northern Ireland, our people are central to our strategy. In an industry shaped by constant and fast paced change, adaptability isn’t optional — it’s essential.

Reporting to the Head of Talent & Culture, you’ll work closely with our Senior Leadership Team, people leaders across NI, and key stakeholders in our parent company in the US to shape and deliver a learning strategy that fuels performance and future growth. Designing and delivering training across all levels of the organisation, including partnering with external providers to create bespoke, high-impact solutions where required.

You will allocate your time across both Northern Ireland and US-based projects — collaborating, sharing best practice, and co-creating impactful learning solutions that drive performance on both sides of the Atlantic in support of enterprise-wide strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to influence at scale and play a meaningful role in shaping learning across a global organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Planning, coordinating, and delivering high-impact technical, behavioural, and leadership development programmes with clarity and precision, ensuring an exceptional end-to-end learner experience


• Immersing yourself with the teams that require your expertise to develop customized learning programs that prepare them for future success


• Leveraging digital tools to elevate the learner experience


• Measuring and evaluating learning effectiveness through data, analytics, and insight — demonstrating tangible business impact


• Partner with internal and external providers to deliver tailored, business-aligned solutions


• Managing stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic through unified prioritisation, change management and communications strategy
  


• Act as a visible, embedded partner as this role is integrated with our strategy, not operating at the sidelines

What you should have

(Essential)

• 5+ years’ experience in an L&D, consulting or talent development role


• Excellent organisational skills, with a proven track record of designing and delivering robust training solutions 
  


• An ability to manage multiple priorities in a programmatic way


• Commercial awareness and a sharp focus on data driven outcomes


• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders


• Coaching capability and a passion for developing others


• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Experience working within global organisations


• Experience operating across multiple time zones and managing competing priorities


• An externally oriented mindset, with an established network of learning vendors and industry experts


• Coaching qualification or accreditations

Please note: Applicants should be located in Northern Ireland and hold the relevant right to work status. We are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship on this role. 

So that’s us. Thanks for taking the time to read this far! We look forward to hearing from you if you fancy joining an innovative tech company that runs locally but is supported by a well-established, highly recognised Fortune 500 company in the US. 

Aflac Northern Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.