Capability Development Manager Jobs in Minnesota

1. Job Summary:

The Learning and Workforce Capability Partner serves as a strategic partner across the YMCA of the North to strengthen workforce capability, career development, and organizational readiness. This role supports the implementation of enterprise learning and workforce capability strategies that help leaders and teams build the skills, behaviors, and capabilities needed to achieve organizational priorities and deliver on the YMCA mission.

Working closely with leaders across the organization to identifycapability needs, support development solutions, and drive adoption of leadership practices, workforce readiness initiatives, career pathways, and enterprise tools. Focus areas includeworkforce capability, AI and digital collaboration adoption, career development, and behavior change.

The role helps connect strategy to execution by translating learning into practical application, supporting leaders through change, and reinforcing development solutions that improve individual, team, and leveraging data and insights to drive program/learning development and organizational performance.

2. Essential Functions:

Strategic Partnership & Workforce Capability

• Partner with leaders across the organization to identify workforce capability, leadership readiness, and organizational effectiveness needs.
• Collaborate with Organizational Development leadership to implement enterprise learning and workforce capability strategies aligned with strategic priorities.
• Support the design and execution of workforce readiness initiatives, career pathways, and role-based capability development.

Learning & Leadership Development

• Facilitate and support leadership development experiences for supervisors, emerging leaders, managers, and enterprise leaders.
• Partner on the delivery of People and Culture training, signature leadership programs, and enterprise learning initiatives.
• Reinforce leadership practices and development solutions that drive behavior change and improve individual, team, and organizational performance.

Digital & AI Capability Enablement

• Partner with Digital, Operations, and other stakeholders to embed Microsoft Teams collaboration standards, AI-enabled workflows, and digital capability expectations into learning and leadership experiences.
• Serve as an AI champion by helping leaders explore, adopt, and apply practical AI tools, prompts, and workflows to enhance collaboration, communication, decision-making, and operational effectiveness.

Learning Tools, Resources & Experience

• Develop and maintain tools, job aids, prompts, and performance support resources that enable leaders to apply learning in real time.
• Leverage LMS and learning technologies to expand access, increase engagement, and support self-directed learning across the organization.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of learning experiences, platforms, and workforce capability systems.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Track and analyze learning engagement, adoption, participation, and workforce capability trends.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate effectiveness, identify gaps, and recommend improvements.
• Translate insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen learning outcomes and organizational performance.

3. Relationships:

This position reports to the Senior Director of Organizational Development and collaborates with operational leaders, branch management teams, leadership teams, and other Association staff. The role is a valued member of the Learning and Development team and partners closely with the Learning Experience Architect, People and Culture partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to advance enterprise learning, leadership development, and workforce capability initiatives.

4. Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree; equivalent experience in organizational development, learning and development, workforce development, education, business, or related field; demonstrated experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in learning and development, organizational development, workforce development, leadership facilitation, or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to engage adult learners from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across all levels.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and enterprise initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to think systemically and connect learning strategies to operational outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting or administering a Learning Management System (LMS).
• Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools and digital learning platforms.
• Experience supporting leadership development programs and workforce capability systems.
• Experience with data tracking, reporting, and learning analytics.
• Bi/multilingual