Comcast

Vice President, Learning & Development

Comcast • $150K — $200K *
Philadelphia, PA 19120In-Person
Education, Government & Non-Profit
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 15+ years of experience in Learning & Development or related roles in large organizations.
  • Success in executing enterprise-wide learning strategies tied to business outcomes.
  • Experience with digital and modern learning ecosystems, including data-driven decision-making.
  • Proven leadership skills in managing senior teams and influencing executives.

Responsibilities

  • Align learning strategy with business priorities to enable growth and organizational capability.
  • Design a skills-based learning ecosystem anticipating future capability needs.
  • Ensure learning programs target critical skills for today and tomorrow, facilitating measurable capability advancement.
  • Lead creation of learning programs that enhance business impact for varied workforce levels.
  • Establish measures of learning effectiveness, linking outcomes to business results and making data-informed decisions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive support options for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
  • Personalized guidance and tools for various life milestones.
  • Inclusive culture fostering collaboration and results-driven teamwork.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Vice President of Learning & Development aligns the enterprise-wide Learning & Development strategy with business priorities and talent and skills initiatives to provide a cohesive, future-oriented learning agenda that enables transformation, strengthens leadership capacity, and supports long-term growth. This role architects and executes scalable, forward-looking learning frameworks that anticipate evolving skill demands, accelerates workforce readiness, and builds organizational agility across a complex, multi-business environment. This role leads and inspires multiple, high-performing learning teams to design and deliver innovative, data-informed learning solutions that drive measurable performance impact and enhance the employee experience.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:
  • Aligns the enterprise Learning & Development strategy to business priorities and talent and skills initiatives, and translates into a cohesive, executable learning agenda that directly supports growth, productivity, and long-term organizational capability.
  • Architects and delivers a skills-based, future-oriented learning ecosystem, grounded in enterprise skills intelligence, that anticipates evolving capability needs and accelerates time-to-readiness across critical roles and workforce segments.
  • Anchors learning investments to enterprise skills priorities, ensuring programs explicitly target the skills required for current performance and future differentiation, and enables measurable movement in workforce capability over time.
  • Leads the design, execution, and evolution of enterprise learning programs that drive business impact, spanning critical capability domains and core enterprise learning requirements, while serving diverse workforce populations, from frontline employees to professionals to senior leaders, with a focus on closing capability gaps, strengthening leadership performance, and enabling delivery against strategic goals.
  • Establishes clear measures of learning effectiveness and ROI, linking learning outcomes to business results such as productivity, quality, customer outcomes, leadership readiness, and execution speed; uses insights to guide investment decisions, actively monitors outcomes, and intervenes where impact is not being realized.
  • Leads the evolution of AI-enabled and technology-driven learning models, embedding AI literacy, digital fluency, and modern learning platforms to increase personalization and relevance. Ensures these capabilities are embedded into day-to-day workflows and learning experiences, driving adoption and measurable improvements in impact of learning.
  • Simplifies and rationalizes the enterprise learning portfolio, systematically identifying what to scale, improve, or sunset to ensure focus on high-value learning that delivers sustained capability lift. Drives enterprise-wide alignment on priorities, eliminating low-value activity and ensuring focus on initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.
  • Strengthens leadership capability and accountability, embedding enterprise leader behaviors, ways of working, and cultural expectations into leadership development and enterprise learning experiences, and driving observable, measurable behavior change through performance outcomes, talent decisions, and ways of working.
  • Leads, inspires, and develops multiple high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, inclusion, accountability, and performance while operating effectively at enterprise scale.
  • Partners with senior business and HR leaders, diagnosing capability needs, shaping learning strategies tied to business outcomes, and ensuring leaders are equipped to translate learning into action on the job.
  • Exercises independent enterprise judgment in stewarding significant learning investments, making disciplined, data-driven decisions that balance near-term performance demands with long-term capability building.
  • Serves as a strategic advisor to enterprise leadership, translating learning and capability insights into clear recommendations that inform workforce decisions, transformation priorities, and organizational readiness. Partners with leaders to drive execution, remove barriers, and ensure delivery of learning-driven capability outcomes.


Qualifications & Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, talent, or organizational capability roles within large, complex organizations.
  • Demonstrated success leading and executing enterprise-scale learning strategies tied to business transformation and performance outcomes.
  • Experience driving digital and modern learning ecosystems, including data-driven decision-making and measurement.
  • Proven ability to lead senior teams, influence executives, and partner effectively across HR and business functions.
  • Executive presence with the ability to influence across a highly matrixed organization and exercise independent judgment in matters of enterprise significance.

Employees at all levels are expected to:
  • Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
  • Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
  • Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
  • Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
  • Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
  • Drive results and growth.
  • Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
  • Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.


Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills
Business, Leadership, Learning and Development (L&D)

We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality-to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Please visit the benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education
Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience
15 Years +

About Comcast

FreeWheel manages the economics of content for the enterprise class of entertainment, offering technical infrastructure for revenue rights management and business operations, wrapped in advisory services. They offer advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services, business operations, programmatic advertising, advertising marketplace, and linear, and online advertising.

Comcast Careers

Joining Comcast means becoming part of a dynamic team committed to shaping the future of media and technology. As a leading company in entertainment, communications, and technology, Comcast offers unparalleled job opportunities designed to foster professional growth and innovation. Work You’ll Do At Comcast, you’ll be part of a culture that cherishes diversity, leadership, and innovation. Our team is at the forefront of the industry, leading changes that redefine how people connect and experience content across the globe. Transform your career with a company that is committed to your professional development. Comcast offers a variety of positions across multiple fields, where your skills will be honed for leadership roles and your career aspirations supported by comprehensive training programs. Join Our Leading Team Be part of a team that values creativity and diversity. Comcast’s commitment to inclusive culture and diversity training ensures that every team member’s voice is heard and valued. This approach not only enhances our work environment but also drives our leadership in the competitive tech industry. Innovate with Us Engage in work that matters with a team of over 100,000 employees worldwide. At Comcast, innovation isn’t just another buzzword—it's at the core of everything we do. From developing groundbreaking technology to reimagining how our customers experience entertainment and communication, your work will influence millions. Internship and Employment Opportunities Start your career with a Comcast internship, where you’ll gain invaluable industry experience, network with professionals, and develop skills that will benefit you throughout your career. For those seeking full-time positions, Comcast’s hiring process is designed to find not just the right skills but the right fit for our culture of growth and innovation. Benefits and Growth Comcast is dedicated to the well-being and advancement of our team members. Enjoy a wealth of benefits that support both your professional and personal life, including health, wellness, and retirement plans. Our employees are encouraged to pursue continuous growth through professional development opportunities and leadership training. Stay Connected Join the Comcast Team Explore job opportunities that match your skills and interests. We are always looking for passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players. Search Comcast jobs today and find out where your career could take you. Keep Up to Date Stay ahead with career tips, insider perspectives, and industry-leading insights you can put to use today—all from the people who work here. Read Careers Blog Job Alert Emails Customize your subscription to receive job alerts, latest news, and insider tips tailored to your preferences. Discover the exciting and rewarding career opportunities that await at Comcast. By joining Comcast, you’re not just finding a job—you’re joining a community of innovators who are passionate about creating extraordinary experiences for our customers and for each other.
Learn more about Comcast
Size
31,000 employees
Market Cap
$149.9 billion
Industry
Hospitality & Recreation
Net Income
$10.5 billion
Founded
1963
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$103.5 billion
NASDAQ
CMCSA
* Ladders Estimates

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