The Role
Lead Avalere Health's global learning strategy, design scalable leadership and development programs, build capability pathways, evolve digital learning ecosystem (LEAH), partner with senior leaders, measure learning impact using data, and manage a high-performing learning team to embed continuous learning and drive business outcomes.
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About Avalere Health
United by one profound purpose: to reach EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.
Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere.
Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources.
Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs.
We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves.
We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.
About the Role
The VP, Learning & Development is positioned as a global leadership role responsible for shaping and leading Avalere Health’s global learning strategy, enabling colleagues to grow, thrive, and build the capabilities the business needs now and in the future.
In this role, you’ll bring Avalere Health’s People Strategy and Every Person Possible mission to life by creating learning experiences that are engaging, accessible, measurable, and embedded into everyday work. You’ll partner closely with senior People and business leaders to strengthen leadership capability, accelerate organisational performance, and build a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, and growth.
- Shape and deliver a global learning strategy aligned to Avalere Health’s business priorities, People Strategy, and future capability needs.
- Champion a culture of continuous learning where every colleague has the opportunity to develop, progress, and thrive.
- Partner with senior leaders, People Leaders, and business teams to identify capability gaps and turn organisational priorities into scalable learning solutions.
- Lead the evolution of Avalere Health’s learning ecosystem, including LEAH, ensuring learning is accessible, engaging, data-led, and embedded into the employee experience.
- Define and lead global leadership development programmes for managers, senior leaders, and executive audiences.
- Build development pathways that strengthen leadership capability, internal talent pipelines, and readiness for critical roles.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Learning team, fostering collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Measure the impact of learning solutions, using data and insight to demonstrate value and continually improve programmes.
- You have significant experience leading Learning & Development in a complex, global organisation.
- You have successfully developed and delivered enterprise-wide learning strategies that support business outcomes.
- You bring deep expertise in leadership development, adult learning, organisational capability, and change management.
- You are a confident facilitator and communicator, comfortable partnering with executive and global leadership teams.
- You combine strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach to designing impactful learning experiences.
- You are curious about modern learning approaches, including blended, digital, social, and AI-enabled learning.
- You use data and insight to evaluate learning effectiveness and connect development activity to measurable business value.
- You build trusted relationships, lead with empathy, and create inclusive learning environments where people can do their best work.
What you’ll do
About you
What we can offer
You'll receive up to a 7% pension contribution, life insurance, income protection, and private medical insurance for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including flexible hybrid working, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 25 days of annual leave plus two personal well-being days, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
Access free counselling through our employee assistance program, as well as personalized health support. Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey, as well as on-demand support from our partner Peppy. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.
We encourage all applicants to read our candidate privacy notice before applying to Avalere Health.
Skills Required
- Significant experience leading Learning & Development in a complex, global organization
- Proven track record developing and delivering enterprise-wide learning strategies tied to business outcomes
- Deep expertise in leadership development, adult learning, organisational capability, and change management
- Experience designing and delivering global leadership development programs for managers, senior leaders, and executives
- Strong facilitation and executive communication skills; comfortable partnering with senior and global leadership
- Experience using data and insights to measure learning effectiveness and demonstrate business impact
- Familiarity with modern learning approaches, including blended, digital, social, and AI-enabled learning
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing Learning team
Avalere Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avalere Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Avalere Health.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned as generous, including vacation, sick leave, and a year‑end holiday shutdown. Remote work flexibility is frequently highlighted as a strong complement to PTO.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Work-from-home flexibility is emphasized through a “magnet not a mandate” approach with collaboration hubs. Wellbeing resources are visible, including mental-health support networks.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-forming support and external fertility-friendly accreditation are promoted. This signals investment in parenthood pathways alongside broader inclusion initiatives.
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The Company
What We Do
Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries. Our team of 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines—Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology—to create the connections that make better health happen. We partner with our clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.
