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Learning & Delivery Specialist | Fortive

Role Summary

The Learning & Delivery Specialist helps Fortive Operating Companies build the capabilities they need to win by creating practical, reusable learning content and curriculum that OpCos can deploy with minimal effort. This role turns OpCo voice of the customer and Fortive priorities into clear learning experiences that drive adoption and real behavior change in the flow of work.

In practice, this role partners with Talent Enablement Partners, Talent Planning, People Insights, and OpCo HRVPs to turn needs analysis into reusable learning pieces (targeting ~80% shared core) that OpCos can tailor as needed. It has a bias for fast, resourceful builds - curating off-the-shelf learning where it fits, using external benchmarks to raise quality, and adding Fortive-specific context only when it makes the content more useful. This role owns design and Fortive-wide delivery moments; day-to-day OpCo delivery and activation stays with Talent Enablement Partners and OpCo HR.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Needs Translation & Intake

• Partner with Talent Planning, People Insights, Talent Enablement Partners, OpCo HRVPs, and FLT stakeholders to turn business strategy and talent signals into clear capability needs and learning outcomes that OpCos can use immediately.
• In partnership with Talent Planning understand OpCo needs to inform most common, highest-impact learning and capability gaps to inform centralized content development.
• Frame learning demand in an 80/20 way: define the reusable core (so OpCos can move faster) and the "last mile" customization needed for local relevance and adoption.

2. Shared Curriculum & Content Development (Build the 80%)

• Design and develop curricula and content that OpCos can deploy with minimal friction-clear, practical, and built for real leader/employee use in the flow of work.
• Establish and maintain a shared set of learning content that covers priority capabilities, including:

(TBD) GEM leadership capabilities, FBS Fundamentals, people leadership, change management, onboarding, and other priority capabilities as defined by the roadmap.

• Build content with a reuse-first mindset: start with off-the-shelf learning when it fits, then add Fortive or OpCo examples only when they improve usefulness, uptake, and outcomes.
• Support delivery of Fortive-wide learning moments and curriculum (ECO, GMDP, FBSLO, ALE, FLS, etc.).
• Own the design and development of change management curriculum and capability-building content, in partnership with the FBS Office, for localized delivery through TE Partners.

3. Experimentation, VOC, and Learning Effectiveness

• Operate with a bias for quick pilots: test with one or more OpCos, measure usefulness and adoption, iterate fast, and scale what works.
• Run tight VOC loops with Talent Enablement Partners, learners, and OpCo HR/people leaders to improve content clarity, usability, and real-world application.
• Define lightweight effectiveness measures (participation, completion, on-the-job use, leader feedback, and business-aligned outcomes where possible) and use results to refine the roadmap.

4. Leading Practices, Benchmarks, and Expert Network

• Maintain a leading practice library across OpCos (what's working, assets, approaches, facilitators) so OpCos can reuse proven tools instead of starting from scratch.
• Facilitate simple benchmarking across OpCos and with external sources to keep content current, practical, and effective.
• Build and manage an internal and external expertise pool (SMEs, facilitators, vendors, platforms, and content sources) to accelerate development speed and quality-including researching and selecting best-fit options as needs evolve.
• Listen, test, and incorporate input-while keeping the bar high for quality and making sure content is easy for OpCos to reuse and deploy.

How the role works in practice 

1. Start with the business need

• Use inputs from TE Partner needs analysis, Talent Planning, People Insights, and FLT priorities to clarify what people need to do differently and who it's for-so OpCos know exactly why it matters.
• Confirm "what good looks like" and how learners will use the content in real work.

2. Curate first, then build (scrappy by default)

• Scan existing Fortive content, OpCo-leading practices, and off-the-shelf content to identify the fastest path to an effective solution.
• Build the shared core once (80%) and design modular add-ons for OpCo customization when required.
• Customize for Fortive only when it increases relevance, adoption, and outcomes (e.g., language, examples, leader expectations, GEM/FBS integration).

3. Pilot, learn, iterate, then scale

• Run small pilots with OpCos to test learning design, content usability, and facilitation guidance before broad rollout.
• Collect VOC, usage signals, and facilitator feedback on content development; use feedback to quickly refine and improve effectiveness of content (prototype loops). 
• Package for scale so OpCos can deploy consistently: facilitator guides, leader toolkits, participant materials, and clear deployment guidance, including what is delivered centrally versus through TE Partners or OpCo HR. For Partnership Programs, define the handoff clearly: what the center delivers versus what the TE Partner supports.

4. Keep the library current and the network connected

• Continuously refresh the shared curriculum and leading practice library based on new OpCo innovations, external benchmarks, and evolving Fortive priorities.
• Connect the right internal/external experts to the right capability needs-reducing reinvention and speeding deployment.

How This Role Fits in the Operating Model

The Learning & Delivery Specialist primarily operates within two of the three engagement patterns:

• Fortive Programs: Owns end-to-end design, management, and delivery of critical programs (e.g., FLS, ALE, ECO, GMDP, FBSLO). These are 100% center-designed and center-delivered.
• Partnership Programs: Builds the 80% reusable core curriculum for programs like PLE, GEM, Talent Edge, and Change Management. The TE Partner then contextualizes the last 20% with OpCo-specific use cases and supports reinforcement and coaching.

This role also coordinates with Learning Operations (a separate team managing LMS, talent technology, assessment tools, and on-site learning logistics) to ensure curriculum is accessible and deployable at scale.

Success Measures

Success in this role is defined by reusable curriculum that OpCos adopt and use - and that gets better over time based on real feedback:

• A clear, reusable "core" curriculum (80%) that OpCos can deploy quickly, with strong adoption and positive VOC
• Faster time-to-deploy for new capability needs through effective curation and off-the-shelf reuse
• Higher quality and consistency of key Fortive learning experiences (onboarding, leadership, GEM/FBS learning)
• Evidence of iteration: pilots run, learnings captured, and content improved each cycle
• A living leading practice library that reduces reinvention and increases cross-OpCo sharing and reuse
• Evidence that content design enables behavior transfer - measured through post-pilot application rates, facilitator feedback on coaching usability, and TE Partner quality ratings on content fit.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• Bachelor's degree required, ideally in Human Resources, Learning & Development, Education, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Typically 6-8+ years of experience across learning design, curriculum development, leadership development, talent development, instructional design, or related capability-building roles.
• Strong learning design and curriculum development capability (needs analysis learning objectives content/curriculum build pilot iteration scale).
• High bias for experimentation and iteration; comfortable testing content quickly, incorporating VOC, and improving continuously.
• Resourceful builder mindset: able to curate, adapt, and integrate off-the-shelf learning efficiently (vs. creating everything from scratch).
• Fluency with modern learning delivery approaches and tools (blended learning, cohorts, leader toolkits, micro-learning, virtual/in-person facilitation guidance, AI) to scale adoption across OpCos.
• Ability to build and manage an internal & external expertise network (SMEs, facilitators, vendors, content providers) and to apply benchmarks/leading practices appropriately.
• Comfort partnering across a decentralized, multi-OpCo model-balancing local context with shared content, consistency, and reuse.
• Familiarity with change management frameworks and the ability to design change capability content that integrates with FBS and operating cadence.
• Learning technology orientation: able to shape content strategy that fits LMS capabilities and supports simple access, search, and reuse.

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Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. 

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential-your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. 

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. 

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.