The Director Global Learning and Development (m/f/d) is a leadership role, responsible for the implementation of learning and development programs across NTT Global Data Centers and oversees all activities of the department and identifies the businesss developmental needs ensuring that there is consistency with core competencies and goals. This involves designing, implementing, and managing initiatives that nurture and elevate talent within the organization. Your main tasks: Support the overall business and/or HR strategic goals and help continuous business growth through learning and development initiatives that foster competence and high performance Oversees the development and implementation of strategicinitiatives that are linked to employee and leadership learning and development needs Develops specific learning and development programs to fill identified competency, knowledge and talent gaps Manages and identifies external vendors and partners Effectively manages and mentors the team, their resources, capacity and overall performance Supports the implementation and design of the new global LMS Workday Assists with the departmental/functional training budgets, forecast costs and delegate numbers as required by organizational planning and budget systems. Monitors and reports on activities, costs and performance as required. Introduces the latest and most applicable trends in training and development for inclusion in the overall strategy, constantly maintaining and updating training programs within the business Acts as a change agent, driving transformation that leads to business profitability Your profile: Masters degree or equivalent in Human Resources or Industrial Psychology or related field are beneficial Proven track record managing an international Learning & Development team across regions (ideally in Americas, APAC, EMEA and India) and driving L&D strategies globally in fast-pacing environments Excellent leadership skills to mentor and motivate the team to achieve excellent results aligned with the business goals Proven experience in setting up global L&D strategies, processes and operations Significant understanding of learning theories, instructional design methodologies, and training best practices Ability to utilize KPIs and metrics to track and measure L&D effectiveness Significant understanding of budgeting and resource allocation for L&D initiatives Extended knowledge of Workday and other related L&D technology Willingness to manage a team across different regions, cultures and time zones and willingness to travel globally Outstanding relationship-builder and communicator, both internally and externally Problem solver with a can do attitude Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written We look forward to hearing from you About the Global Data Centers division of NTT DATA Global Data Centers is a division of NTT DATA. Our global platform is one of the largest in the world. NTT is ranked as one of the top three leaders worldwide by IDC in their Colocation and Interconnection Services MarketScape, spanning more than 20 countries and regions including North America, Europe, Africa, India and APAC. As a neutral operator, we offer access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of Internet Exchanges and telecommunication network providers including our own IPv6 compliant, tier 1 global IP network. Our clients benefit from tailored infrastructure and experience consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our reliable, scalable and customizable data centers. Working for Global Data Centers EMEA We are one of the leading and largest data center provider and for more than 20 years we have been supporting our clients from a wide variety of industries with our talented team of nearly 900 people (m/f/d). Today, we are designing and operating 18 data center locations across 160,000 sqm in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, in the Netherlands and in Great Britain and expanding into further markets. Our people come from a variety of industries and work together to find the best solution for every challenge. Due to the diversity of backgrounds our people (m/f/d) come from, the ability to work in teams and good communication skills are very important to us. As a performance-oriented company, we value expert knowledge and people who want to shape the future. We are growing internationally and offer our people (m/f/d) the opportunity to work worldwide within the NTT Group if they are suitably qualified and interested. ADZN1_UKTJ