SEI is looking for an individual to lead SEI’s global People Development function and build a modern learning ecosystem that advances enterprise capability, leadership effectiveness, career growth, and workforce readiness in an AI-enabled future.

What you will do:

• Set and execute the global People Development strategy, aligned to business priorities, talent strategy, leadership needs, and critical enterprise capabilities.
• Modernize learning through adult learning principles, learning experience design, digital enablement, experiential development, and learning in the flow of work.
• Use AI-aware approaches to personalize learning, accelerate skill building, enhance content design, and improve measurement without losing the human-centered purpose of development.
• Lead, coach, and scale a global learning and development team with strong standards for design quality, execution, stakeholder partnership, and measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build global capability strategies, leadership development programs, career development pathways, academies, and scalable learning journeys.
• Partner consultatively with business leaders, HR Business Partners, and COEs to diagnose capability gaps and translate needs into practical development solutions.
• Apply strong instructional design and learning design principles, including needs analysis, audience segmentation, outcome-based design, learning transfer, reinforcement, and measurement.
• Establish a consistent operating model for program intake, prioritization, design standards, vendor management, governance, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Advance learning technology, data, and AI-enabled tools to improve learner experience, content relevance, skills visibility, adoption, and business impact.
• Define and report meaningful metrics, including effectiveness, adoption, learning transfer, employee growth, leadership readiness, and capability progress.
• Create a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, coaching, and accountability across the enterprise.

What we need from you:

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in learning and development, people development, organizational development, or talent development.
• Demonstrated success leading an L&D or People Development team at a global level, including strategy, execution, team leadership, and stakeholder management.
• Deep knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, leadership development, learning experience design, and modern workforce capability building.
• Experience building enterprise learning strategies, corporate academies, leadership programs, skills-based learning pathways, or global learning ecosystems.
• AI aware and confident evaluating how emerging technologies can improve learning design, access, personalization, productivity, and measurement.
• Strong executive presence, consultative mindset, business acumen, and ability to influence leaders through credibility, insight, and practical solutions.

SEI’s competitive advantage:

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about. 

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays/year, 21 days PTO/year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)—for our clients, our communities, and ourselves.  Come build your brave future at SEI.  

The position title reflected in this job description is aligned with SEI's current internal job architecture. As part of SEI's role and career framework, internal job titles may not directly correspond to external market titles and may differ from titles previously assigned during an employee's tenure or at the time of hire.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more…

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we’re (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks. 

SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

AI Acceptable Use in the application and interview process:

SEI acknowledges the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into individuals’ personal and professional lives.  If you intend to incorporate the use of any AI tools at any stage of the application and/or interview process, please ensure you have reviewed and adhere to our AI use guidelines.