James Harrod

Learning Consultant @Visa

Creator of \'Storytelling at Visa\'- a programme designed to upskill global colleagues in business storytelling - Strategic thinking, decisive action to drive L&D initiatives that support company goals - Management of Senior Manager learning programmes from end-to-end including vendor & SME management - Ensuring precise alignment with Talent & Function leads to drive goals - Building trusted partnerships and manage relationships with regional leadership team, function leaders, and HRBPs to understand learning goals and needs - Conducting rigorous Training Needs Analysis and consulting on learning initiatives end to end - Gaining buy in to proposed initiatives and driving impact - Serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Visa University’s programs and learning solutions that have already been developed for global implementation and scale into region - Providing Change Management & Consulting support to regional partners in support of specific learning initiatives - Leveraging data to assess overall program impact and ROI - Developing and scaling up regionally developed learning solutions and identifying local strategic external vendors and partners to support these programs - Deploying and implementing new learning strategies and programs that meet business and organisational needs - Supporting with projects related to annual planning, creating program calendars, and building strategic models for delivery - Driving regional marketing and communication campaigns to create awareness towards VU services and offerings to drive open programs enrollments