Job Description
BAE Systems is seeking a thoughtful, collaborative P&S Functional Learning Business Partner to support the P&S Training Team’s mission of delivering impactful learning solutions aligned to business needs. This role reports to P&S Director of Training and combines learning partnership with project management responsibilities, ensuring training initiatives move from discovery through delivery, to support functional areas like HR, Finance, Supply Chain and other specialty functional areas.
You’ll serve as an internal consultant to departments across the organization, partnering with stakeholders to identify learning opportunities through focused discovery and analysis. Working at the front end of the ADDIE model, you’ll help determine whether training is the right solution and, if so, define the scope and desired outcomes. Beyond consulting, you’ll also take on project management of training initiatives, including tracking progress, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring deliverables meet expectations.
While you may occasionally support facilitation or light development, your focus will be on aligning business needs to learning solutions, guiding stakeholders, and shepherding projects through their lifecycle. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, agile-learning environment where priorities shift and adaptability is key.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct structured discovery sessions to clarify performance challenges, business objectives, and whether training is the right fit.
- Gather and analyze resources, documentation, and feedback to inform the Analysis phase of ADDIE.
- Translate findings into actionable recommendations that guide design and development efforts.
- Collaborate with teammates to prioritize requests, ensuring alignment with strategy and capacity.
- Serve as a thought partner for business leaders and SMEs, helping shape performance and development solutions.
- Build trust with departments across the business, encouraging proactive engagement with the training team.
- Lead training projects using practical project management approaches, applying agile principles where appropriate (e.g., iterative check-ins, backlog tracking, transparent communication).
- Manage project timelines, stakeholder roles, and deliverables across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Facilitate regular progress reviews, flag risks or dependencies early, and adapt plans to keep work moving forward.
- Coordinate the flow of information between SMEs, designers, and facilitators to ensure smooth handoffs and aligned outputs.
- Support or co-facilitate sessions when subject expertise and team capacity align.
- Provide light development support such as editing outlines, reviewing slides, or suggesting session structure.
Required
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in education, Business, Learning & Development, Instructional Design, Organizational Development, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in learning and development, talent development, or performance consulting
- Demonstrated experience managing projects or initiatives, including planning, coordinating stakeholders, tracking milestones, and delivering outcomes on time.
- Strong consulting, communication, and relationship-building skills with non-training audiences
- Experience with instructional design models such as ADDIE and SAM
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain momentum across concurrent projects
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with SharePoint, Teams, and LMS platforms
Preferred
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or equivalent project management training/credentials, is a plus
- Instructional Design experience using Articulate Storyline or Rise or Instructor-led materials.
- Experience supporting technical or operations teams in a complex environment
- Knowledge of project management approaches (Agile, Scrum, or hybrid) applied to training initiatives
- Familiarity with learning measurement, evaluation models, or analytics
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $101398 - $172377
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and ship repair…just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.
