Leadership Development Senior Specialist
Better is redefining homeownership and making it simpler, faster—and most importantly—more accessible for everyone. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the homebuying journey more approachable and understandable. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- Right now we’re funding over $3 billion in home loans per month
- We’ve funded over $14 billion in loans and $3.5 billion in insurance
- We ranked #1 in the U.S. on LinkedIn's Top Startups 2020
- We ranked #11 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work in Financial Services 2020
- Our Founder and CEO was named in Comparably's Top 25 CEOs for Diversity
- We were listed to Forbes’ FinTech 50 2020
- And #15 on the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50
- We’ve secured over $254 million from our investors to date
Our company is made up of driven, passionate people who bring their unique backgrounds and perspectives to everything we do. We are committed to fostering diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. We encourage individual potential rather than years of experience. We see the value in each person’s perspective, and recognize their talents, regardless of what the market says. We believe it’s important to nurture a company culture that encourages curiosity and passion—from employee resource groups and learning opportunities to team outings and community outreach.
The Leadership Development Sr. Specialist will deliver manager foundational courses, design interactive core leadership programs, and occasionally provide individual or group coaching to people managers and leaders. We are a hyper-growth, continuously evolving organization - meaning flexibility and helping leaders lead through change is essential to success. The ideal candidate for this role will have a blend of experience and education in designing and facilitating high-impact learning programs - either in house or as a consultant - and a passion for inclusive leadership and people management practices.
Core Responsibilities:
- Support the design and lead the facilitation of our internal leadership development programming
- Identify learning needs for managers and teams outside of core leadership development programs and propose appropriate learning solutions using a variety of instructional formats (e-learning courses, personalized learning, videos, workshops, etc.)
- Define success metrics, measure results, and report back to Program Lead on impact of learning experiences to continually increase effectiveness
- Support the follow-up of learning experiences through just-in-time supports including job aids, interactive reminders, coaching, and continued education experiences
- Manage behind-the-scenes logistics of leadership programs including enrollment and learner communications to create a seamless development experience for participants
- Partner effectively with internal teams and external vendors as needed to deliver leadership and coaching programs.
- Leveraging technology to drive automation, personalization, and evaluation of programs - including Learning Management Systems, eLearning authoring software, and content tools. (We primarily use Workday Learning and Articulate Rise)
- Leveraging technology to drive automation, personalization, and evaluation of programs - including Learning Management Systems, eLearning authoring software, and content tools. (We primarily use Workday Learning and Articulate Rise)
About You:
- You have 5+ years of professional experience - ideally in a high-growth organization - and have managed the performance and development of individuals and/or a team.
- You have exceptional live/virtual facilitation skills with at least 3 years of facilitating leadership development programs and coaching individuals and/or people leaders.
- You stay knowledgeable about adult learning, management and leadership development, facilitation, presentation, coaching, and assessment tools.
- You build strong cross-functional partnerships and trust with stakeholders through communication, reliability, and listening before offering helpful suggestions.
- You are able to facilitate multiple programs and coach several leaders.
- You believe that learning should be time well spent and its impact can be measured.
The Better mission is rooted in values that drive us.
- We do what’s in the best interest of the consumer, not ourselves
- We have growth mindsets, not fixed ones
- We believe that success lies in execution, not credentials
- We act like owners, not just employees
- We work to find answers on our own, not wait for them to be given to us
- We optimize for mission, not ego
Our mission speaks for itself—we continue to outpace the industry at every turn. We’ve joined forces in partnership with Ally Bank, and our backers have helped build some of the most transformative tech and finance companies in history. Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Citigroup, Activant Capital, Ally Bank, and others have invested in our vision for what homeownership can be.
Better Benefits & Compensation
Our total rewards package consists of base salary, equity, benefits, and opportunity for yearly cash bonus. Some of our benefits include:
- Comprehensive healthcare, retirement, and voluntary benefits. Think medical, dental, vision, savings accounts, 401k, and more.
- Personalized care and tools for realizing your mental health and wellness goals
- Robust wellbeing offerings that allow you unlimited access to virtual fitness, meditation, yoga, cooking classes, homeschooling preparedness, physical therapy, and more.
- Unlimited time off (with manager approval)
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 90 days of employment, and 20 weeks after 24 months of service.
- Inclusive fertility benefits for you or your eligible dependents, regardless of participation in a Better medical plan.
Better is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. If you require further accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility of our roles, please reach out to [email protected]. All employment decisions at Better are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements.