Head of Learning & Development

Avalere Health

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.

Butternut Box

FRESH FOOD, HAPPY DOGS. We believe dogs deserve the healthiest, most natural and tastiest meals - with none of the nasties. That’s why we make FRESHly prepared food, cooked just like you would at home and delivered direct to our customers in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company, you’re joining a sustainable business that genuinely cares about our people, our products and our impact on the planet. Our goal is simple: to help dogs live healthier, happier, and longer lives, while leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave), hand delivered the very first Butternut Box. Today, we feed hundreds of thousands of hungry dogs across the UK and Europe - but we won’t stop until we’re feeding dogs everywhere. To get there, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work for us.  🐾 THE JOB We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the Acquisition Product Team at Butternut Box, the group responsible for bringing new customers into our world and setting them up for a long, happy relationship with us. You'll own the top of the funnel experience, from content and marketing channel integrations through to the sign-up wizard and checkout, driving measurable impact on conversion rate, acquisition quality, and lifetime value (LTV). This is a high-impact, cross-functional role within our Growth Product group, reporting to the Head of Product. You'll shape strategy, prioritise initiatives, and work hands-on with design and engineering to ship meaningful work quickly. Key Responsibilities * Own all digital product work focused on acquisition, including: * Top of funnel content and CMS (Storyblok) experiences * Integrations with marketing channels * The sign-up wizard through to checkout * Plan offering on the way in to maximise LTV * Localisation of the acquisition flow * SEO and GEO * Lead a cross-functional squad (1 designer, 5 engineers) through the full product lifecycle, from discovery to sprint delivery, QA and release, with potential to expand remit over time. * Partner closely with Marketing, Data Science, and other Growth functions to create a cohesive acquisition strategy. * Own outcomes, not just output. Treat every release as a hypothesis to validate, measure post-launch impact, and feed learnings into the next iteration. * Develop and maintain a clear 6 to 12 month roadmap that connects customer needs to business outcomes. * Use data and experimentation (A/B tests, analytics, insight) to identify opportunities and drive improvement in conversion rate and acquisition quality. * Balance short-term experiments with long-term strategic thinking, sequencing work for maximum impact. * Champion a culture of learning, iteration, and accountability within the team. Required Skills & Experience * Proven experience owning acquisition, growth, or top of funnel product areas within a subscription or growth-driven B2C/D2C product. * Strong understanding of funnels, on-site conversion, and marketing. * Strong analytical and commercial acumen, understands CAC, LTV, conversion rate, and how product performance ladders up to P&L impact. * Highly experienced in A/B testing and structured experimentation; this is a core requirement of the role. * Comfortable working directly with design and engineering, writing tickets, and managing delivery. * Confident using (or learning) tools like Statsig, Looker, or equivalent experimentation and analytics platforms. * Exceptional communicator who builds clear, compelling narratives around their product area. Able to communicate complex decisions simply to senior stakeholders, and to create genuine energy and direction within the squad. Communicates with conviction, not just clarity. * Evidence of working effectively in fast-paced, high-ownership environments (scale-ups or entrepreneurial teams). * Evidence of making sharp prioritisation calls, including the harder ones about what not to do, and defending those choices to stakeholders. * Evidence of mentoring or informally leading other PMs and is actively developing that capability. 👀 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:  * Are customer-obsessed, you instinctively dig into why customers sign up, drop off, or hesitate. * Bring strategic clarity, can connect vision to actionable roadmaps. * Are commercially sharp and data-driven, comfortable making trade-offs between pace and impact. * Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, unblocking yourself and others quickly. * Have high EQ, communicate with empathy, influence effectively, and build trust across teams. * Are able to challenge stakeholders and push back on priorities you disagree with, as well as knowing how to disagree and commit when the decision is made. * Have a natural bias for action and a desire to make tangible impact. ⏳ THE INTERVIEW PROCESS: 1. Initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely.  2. Introduction call with Line Manager, carried out remotely. (30mins) 3. Live task with two team members, carried out remotely. (60 mins) 4. Behaviours, Leadership and Stakeholder interview, usually carried out in person. (75 mins) We usually expect our interview process to take 3-5 weeks, end to end.  🙌 OUR BENEFITS: * 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service up to 5 years * 5 additional, paid 'paws' days off per year dedicated to your learning, development or personal wellbeing. Hit pause when you need it most * £500 personal learning & development budget to sharpen your skills * Share options grant - everyone owns a piece of Butternut's success. * A significant discount on our Fresh food, to keep your own dogs as healthy as our customers * Enhanced parental leave * Flexible core working hours * Cycle to work scheme * Pension with NEST * Private Medical Insurance with Vitality * Private Dental Insurance with Bupa * Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss * Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years service at Butternut * Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts * Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Peggy, Chief, Louis, Hansen, Winnie and many more….) 💡 IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE: * We recommend getting your application in as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close the role early.  * Our team thrives on collaboration. We spend 3 days a week in our West London office (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and 2 days working from wherever you’re most productive. Because being together is a big part of our culture, we’re looking for someone within a comfortable commutable distance to London. * We’re a small (but mighty!) recruitment team. We aim to respond to everyone personally, but if we’re flooded with brilliant applications, we may need to close the role early. We appreciate your patience while we review applications.  * For this specific role, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship, so you’ll need the right to work in the UK. ❗️WE BELIEVE IN A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR EVERYONE.  Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. We’re not perfect, but we are dedicated to the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place where you can do the best work of your career.

HRtechX

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about people? If so, you might be our next Head of Learning and Development. About us HRtechX is a world leading HRtech community, connecting industry executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. We are a start-up on a growth journey who help leaders evolve and create stronger businesses through people and technology. We aim to address the challenges and opportunities for HR and HR Tech. We bring together the most influential executives, investors, and entrepreneurs to share their insights on how technology will shape the future of HR, as well as forge long lasting partnerships and client relationships. HRtechX is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc.  What we offer you As our Head of Learning and Development you get the unique opportunity of being a key driver of our exponential growth curve.  You’ll be working in-person in your HQ in London where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with: * Opportunity of having a real impact - You’ll be getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business. * Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company. * Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally. * Travel opportunity: You would be joining our conferences overseas. * Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organisation, outreach and project management skills through experience and training. Your Responsibilities Responsibilities in this job will vary as a reflection of the evolving business needs however, they will be mostly centred around: * Building the most progressive learning and development opportunity for team members across levels of experience. * Thinking progressively about how we can achieve our ambitious company goals through equipping our amazing employees with the right tools to achieve their goals. * Developing and implementing strategic plans for learning and development, including identifying training needs and developing training programs to address them. * Creating development programs that empower the team to continuously overdeliver and deliver 7-star experiences across business areas.  * Identifying and driving synergies across business functions. * To dream big and pursue it relentlessly! What we expect from you We are looking for experienced business managers to help us reach our objectives. Industry experience is not a requirement, but you do need to be highly ambitious, forward-thinking and driven to inspire and lead our team. Furthermore, having a UK work permit is also a requirement.  Furthermore, we are looking for candidates who: * Have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what they do; * Possess and unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency; * Take ownership of everything they do, are proactive and follow through on commitments; * Are curious about people and love to speak, build and nurture relations; * Are an excellent communicator (especially) verbally and in writing; * Are well-organised and display the ability to structure and prioritise their work. Startdate Flexible Monday - Friday we work from our office (next to Victoria Station) and do not offer remote work.