Learning Technology Manager Jobs in Illinois (NOW HIRING)

Are you passionate about learning technology and the opportunity to create modern, scalable learning experiences that help Financial Representatives, field leaders, and business partners perform at their best? Do you enjoy bringing structure to learning systems, digital content, data, and adoption strategies while collaborating across teams to solve business needs? If so, the Financial Representative Learning & Development Team is seeking a Field Learning Technology Leader who will support our efforts to execute and evolve the field learning strategy across Life, Disability, Wealth Management, and related business priorities.

• An experienced, proactive, consultative learning technology professional who enjoys identifying needs, solving problems, and improving overall learning experience.

• A strong communicator who can translate technical concepts into clear, practical guidance for business partners, field leaders, and learning colleagues.

• Someone who effectively manages multiple initiatives while balancing strategy, operations, stakeholder engagement, and day-to-day execution.

• A big-picture thinker who values data, user experience, governance, and continuous improvement when making decisions.

• A collaborative team player who can work effectively in a virtual environment and build trusted relationships across functions.

• Lead and support the administration, maintenance, governance, and continuous improvement of learning technology platforms and digital learning experiences used by the field learning audience.

• Partner with FR Learning & Development team members, subject matter experts, business partners, field leaders, and technology stakeholders to identify learning needs and translate them into effective digital learning solutions.

• Build, test, launch, maintain, and improve learning content, curricula, learning paths, assignments, campaigns, and related resources in the Learning Management System and other approved learning platforms.

• Develop and maintain learning technology standards, processes, templates, intake practices, documentation, and quality control routines to support consistency, scalability, accessibility, and compliance.

• Use learning data, system reporting, learner feedback, and stakeholder insights to evaluate usage, identify trends, prioritize enhancements, and recommend actions that improve learner experience and business impact.

• Provide consultative support and guidance to learning colleagues and business partners on digital learning design, platform capabilities, learning deployment, reporting, and adoption strategies.

• Support the design and implementation of online, virtual, blended, and technology-enabled learning experiences aligned to the overall Distribution learning strategy.

• Coordinate with internal technology, compliance, operations, and business partners to support new learning platform features, integrations, governance requirements, and issue resolution.

• Manage ongoing content review and maintenance processes for new and existing training curricula to ensure accuracy, relevance, usability, and alignment to business priorities.

• Explore and recommend innovative learning technologies, AI-enabled learning practices, interactive tools, and scalable approaches that enhance engagement and support modern ways of learning.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of learning & development experience with a deep understanding of managing a Learning Management System (LMS), including the administration, assignment, tracking, and reporting of digital learning & compliance training for the field.

• Strong understanding of digital learning content, including eLearning modules, virtual learning, blended learning, learning paths, assessments, and learning campaigns.

• Experience with instructional design and content development tools such as Articulate 360, Rise, Storyline, Adobe, Camtasia, or comparable platforms.

• Ability to manage learning technology operations, governance, intake, testing, implementation, content maintenance, reporting, and user support processes.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret learning data, usage metrics, completion reporting, learner feedback, and adoption trends to inform recommendations.

• Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders and engage them collaboratively to accomplish objectives.

• Strong program and project management skills, including the ability to lead multiple initiatives, manage timelines, and drive execution.

• Strong interpersonal, written, verbal, facilitation, and organizational skills.

• High energy and enthusiasm for the work you do.

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience working and/or an understanding of the financial services industry preferred.

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you'll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian's Purpose - to inspire well-being - we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits.Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.

Visa Sponsorship

Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.

Notice Regarding Guardian's Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

As part of Guardian's job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools ("AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian's jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.

Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian's use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian's document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.

Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here.

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.