Manager, Leadership Curriculum & Learning

The role

The Manager, Leadership Curriculum & Learning is responsible for the strategy, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the organization's program leadership curriculum. This role ensures the curriculum is evidence-based, human-centered, gender-responsive, and culturally relevant across the leadership programs portfolio.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary steward of the leadership curriculum and learning framework
• Maintain curriculum standards, learning objectives, competencies, and quality assurance processes
• Develop and manage the curriculum roadmap and annual review process
• Review and update curriculum based on research, participant feedback, and evaluation findings
• Apply design thinking and human-centered design approaches to refine learning experiences
• Develop new modules, learning activities, case studies, and participant resources
• Partner with program teams to adapt curriculum for different audiences and geographies
• Manage learning outcomes and success indicators
• Lead program staff training, facilitator onboarding, and curriculum orientation
• Monitor and incorporate research and trends in women's leadership development

Required qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in curriculum development, instructional design, adult learning, leadership development, or learning experience design
• Demonstrated experience applying design thinking, human-centered design, participatory design, or co-creation methodologies
• Experience managing learning and leadership development programs in nonprofit, international development, philanthropic, educational, or mission-driven organizations
• Experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating adult learning experiences including applying trauma-informed, participant-centered and culturally responsive learning practices
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative data to improve programs
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across diverse cultural, geographic, and organizational contexts

Nice to have

• Experience designing leadership development programs for women leaders
• Experience working with global cohorts, multilingual audiences, and locally led organizations across multiple regions
• Experience facilitating onboarding, coaching, training and quality assurance for program delivery
• Familiarity with learning management systems, digital learning platforms and tools, learning analytics, AI-assisted instructional design, virtual facilitation tools and emerging technologies
• Experience with impact measurement to assess learning outcomes and program effectiveness

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k match
• short and long-term disability
• life insurance
• HSA
• EAP
• generous PTO including wellness flex Fridays
• parental leave
• earned sabbatical time
• volunteer leave
• professional development stipend

About the company

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading international non-profit organization that invests in women leaders tackling global challenges. They act as venture catalysts by providing connections, capacity, financial support, and visibility to change-makers.