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Sr. Learning Specialist | Prudential Financial | Newark, NJ Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit http://www.prudential.com. The Manager of curriculum development is responsible for the design and development of innovative training solutions for our field sales associates and field managers. You will be responsible for conducting needs analysis, determining practical design solutions, leading implementation strategies, writing concise training documents, (participant guides, job aids, leaders guides, resource guides, PowerPoints, eLearning story boards, etc.) and supporting the training of the field-based training managers. You will work with internal business partners as well as subject matter experts to ensure consistent and practical designs that adhere to adult learning design principles. Training solutions are developed in a fast paced home office environment. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated, has strong intellectual and analytic skills, is organized and a detail-oriented team player capable of working independently or collaborating on instructional designs. Responsibilities also include: Design and develop blended learning solutions from inception to completion for delivery in-person and virtually by the Managers of Agency Training in the Agency Distribution field model. Includes: eLearning self-study courses, distance learning Sametimes, training materials needed for business related projects, participant materials, leader's guides, and supporting materials (handouts, job aids, resources etc.) necessary for the implementation of local, virtual, cluster, and centralized training experiences. General Project Management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a task and target oriented environment with an emphasis on speed to market. Monitoring the impact of the training programs by assessing measurement results of learning initiatives, implementing enhancements as needed. Partner with Agency Distribution Communications area to develop communication strategy to effectively promote and announce training programs and resources. Partner with members of other departments (product partners, technology partners, field support business units, etc.) to ensure quality, practicality and consistency of training materials developed and communicated. To ensure field validation on designs, coordinate and collaborate with field review teams to obtain feedback on overall design as well as on materials in development. Field reviewers include Directors of Agency Training, Managers of Agency Training, subject matter experts and Centralized Training staff. Partner with the Implementation Team on supporting the delivery of programs (e.g., distribution of materials for local implementation, virtual train-the-trainer sessions, teleconferences, etc.). Partner with and occasionally direct the work of other instructional designers, ensuring synchronicity of material, content and concepts being developed. Perform other duties as assigned. Other responsibilities: Coaching and counseling staff as needed Contribute to Performance Reviews for staff Light travel may be required as needed JOB REQUIREMENTS: 5+ years experience in instructional design with exposure to sales training development, management training development, eLearning and experience leading others. College (4 year) degree required. Experience designing and developing web-based eLearning and virtual training solutions. Demonstrated understanding of Agency Distribution's field force and ability to work with field management and field producers. Ability to work in a fast paced environment; task and target date oriented with emphasis on speed to market. Ability to identify and determine instructional design strategies including the use of technology. Knowledge of instructional design fundamentals especially adult learning and accelerated learning techniques. Demonstrated strong verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills as well as effective presentation skills. Ability to manage multiple projects using standard project management concepts and tools. Ability to manage expectations and business relationships with staff, superiors, vendors, business partners, and others. Ability to coordinate the work of others; demonstrated leadership skills. Ability to 'think out of the box' - as a creative, innovative, designer/training developer. Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, Lectora or other eLearning authoring tools, Lotus Sametime or another virtual delivery medium. Experience in the insurance or financial services industry preferred. Position is located in Newark, NJ. The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals. To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link into your browser address bar: http://prudential.contacthr.com/13236121 or submit your resume and salary requirements through our homepage at https://jobs.prudential.com/apply_online_1.asp?jobid=1562762