Learning & Development Manager
About Helion
We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.
Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised over $600 million from investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10,000 high-power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV).
Now we are working toward Polaris, which will be the first machine to demonstrate electricity from fusion, making this a great time to join Helion! Bring your skills, experiences, and determination to make a difference in the world. Together, we can make a future with unlimited clean electricity from fusion a reality.
What You Will Be Doing:
As Helion's Learning & Development Program Manager, you will develop comprehensive learning programs that help grow our organization and its employees. You will identify, plan, and facilitate robust learning solutions for employees at all levels. Your experience helping others grow plays a critical role in ensuring our employees have the knowledge and develop skills they need for individual success and to achieve our goals. You will report directly to our People Operations Manager at our headquarters in Everett, WA.
You Will:
- Design & Develop our Learning Programs: Design and implement engaging training programs that align with our goals and values, curate learning management system (LMS) content, develop training materials and collateral to facilitate training sessions, and maintain internal documentation and databases to organize and advertise employee learning resources.
- Facilitate Training Logistics and Execution: Oversee learning assignments, course logistics, certification documentation, and employee engagement with programs. Solicit constant feedback and measure the effectiveness of our learning programs on an on-going basis to make data-driven improvements for ensuring their ongoing success.
- Collaborate Cross-functionally: Consult with business leaders on assessing team training needs and objectives, coordinate with a wide variety of subject matter experts to build impactful and accurate content, manage partnerships with external vendors supporting our learning programs, and maintain close and constant communication with teammates in a fast-moving environment.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of proven experience in designing and delivering training programs at a growing business
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or similar discipline, or related working experience
- Experience building technical training content and learning programs for a wide range of subject matters
- Proficiency implementing and maintaining Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Experience working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment with a collaborative approach to working with colleagues spanning many company levels
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Compensation and Benefits
At Helion, we are committed to fostering a fair and equitable environment in every aspect of our operations, including compensation. We ensure all our roles are competitively benchmarked and our total compensation package includes a base salary, comprehensive benefits, and equity grants, giving you a true stake in Helion's success. Final compensation is determined through a holistic evaluation of your experience, qualifications, and our commitment to maintaining internal equity, ensuring fairness and transparency across our teams.
This is an exempt salaried role.
Annual Base Pay
$118,000 - $153,000 USD
Benefits
Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
- 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
- 13 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
- Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
- Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
- Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
- Annual wellness stipend
NOTE: Underrepresented people are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the job's requirements. We believe in hiring people, not checklists, and encourage you to apply even if you do not check all of the boxes. If this job isn't the one, we have many other openings that may be a fit.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. If we reach out to you to begin an interview process, we will also ask if you require any reasonable accommodation at that time.
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