Manager Learning Development Jobs in Joplin, MO (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary:
The Manager, Learning and Development, is responsible for leading the strategy, design, planning, and execution of curriculum and training content initiatives that support Facilities Services associates and skilled trade roles. This position manages complex curriculum projects from intake through implementation, ensuring learning solutions are aligned to business priorities, field requirements, technical standards, compliance expectations, and operational needs. The role requires strong project management capability, curriculum design expertise, stakeholder leadership, and the ability to translate complex technical information into structured, scalable, and effective learning experiences.
About the team:
The Learning Solutions team designs and delivers comprehensive training programs to enhance technician skills and operational safety. Collaborating with stakeholders, the team develops learning strategies, instructional content, and performance tools aligned with business objectives. They manage curriculum development, leverage educational technologies, and uphold quality standards to support continuous workforce improvement. By fostering adaptability and ongoing learning, the team drives process enhancements and productivity gains. Their efforts contribute significantly to operational excellence and the organization’s success through effective change management, cross-functional leadership, and stakeholder engagement.
What you'll do:

• Define curriculum strategy and content priorities by assessing capability gaps, business requirements, learner needs, technical standards, compliance expectations, and operational priorities.
• Design role-based curriculum architectures, course maps, learning journeys, objectives, assessments, facilitator materials, job aids, microlearning, blended learning solutions, and practice-based learning activities.
• Establish and maintain curriculum governance standards, including content quality expectations, review cycles, version control, approval processes, and ongoing maintenance practices.
• Lead end-to-end curriculum and content development projects, from intake to launch, and post-implementation optimization.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, deliverables, approval checkpoints, and stakeholder communications to ensure curriculum initiatives are delivered on time and with quality.

What you'll bring:

• Experience building scalable curriculum frameworks, learning roadmaps, content governance models, or standardized training systems in a large or matrixed organization.
• Project management, instructional design, learning and development, or related certification preferred.
• Experience using project management tools, learning technologies, authoring tools, and reporting data to manage delivery and improve learning outcomes.
• Experience supporting Facilities Services, skilled trades, maintenance operations, technical training, safety-related content, or field-based learning delivery.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $155,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Communications, Education, or related field and 2 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in adult learning, training content development, or related area. Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Instructional Design Software, Leading cross-functional teams, Master’s degree in Learning and Development, Human Resources, or related field, Project Management Certification, Project management experience, Six Sigma certification Primary Location... 814 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.