Senior Manager, Learning & Development

Who We Are 

Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life by delaying disease progression, shifting care to the home, and accelerating kidney transplants. 

We help nephrologists focus on the right patients at the right time across the full care spectrum. We do this by providing them with the best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insight and tools, and services to patients. We listen to the needs of our patients, our employees, and our client partners, continually working to push beyond the status quo in which the care system manages patients today. 

Who You Are 

You are a pragmatic, hands-on learning leader who believes learning should directly enable business performance - not exist as a standalone function. You thrive in lean environments where you are responsible for both defining direction and delivering outcomes. You are comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor, partnering closely with leaders across the organization, and building solutions from the ground up.  

You are energized by translating ambiguity into practical, scalable approaches that help teams perform at a high level, especially in operational and clinical settings. 

Your Role 

As Senior Manager, Learning & Development, you will serve as Evergreen’s primary learning leader and builder, owning the design and delivery of our most business-critical learning priorities. Reporting to the SVP of People, this role is focused on enabling execution: ensuring our teams can perform effectively in their roles, with a primary emphasis on partnering with Clinical Operations and Technology, delivering onboarding, building the leadership skills of Evergreen’s managers, and outlining clear career and learning opportunities for all Evergreen employees.  

This is a highly hands-on and cross-functional role. You will personally design, build, and deliver Evergreen’s highest-impact learning programs, leveraging cross-functional partners and lightweight tools to scale your work. This role is best suited for a builder who is comfortable owning strategy and execution end-to-end, without reliance on a direct team. You should have past experience training clinical teams, as well as working in startup environments. Evergreen has 200 employees today, and you should be comfortable in this size and stage of organization. 

While this position is fully remote, candidates should be able to work core business hours of 9am-5pm in the Central time zone.Evergreen’s current learning technology and tool stack includes: WorkRamp (LMS), Articulate, 7Taps, Tango, and LinkedIn Learning. Evergreen utilizes the Microsoft suite of products, including Copilot.  

Role Responsibilities 

Responsibilities will vary based on business priorities, but this role’s primary duties include the following: 

Learning Strategy & High-Impact Program Delivery  

• Define and execute a focused learning strategy aligned to Evergreen’s highest-priority business needs  
• Personally design, build, and deliver high-impact programs with instructional design principles in mind, including:   
  • End-to-end employee and leader onboarding, with a specific focus on clinical onboarding 
  • Clinically focused training efforts, in partnership with our Clinical Educator and IT Technical Trainer
  • Manager and leadership development programs
  • Employee career growth paths and development programs
  • Learning support for major company initiatives (e.g., company all-hands events, external provider and nephrology practice education)  
  • Execution of mandatory compliance training in partnership with Legal/Compliance
• Build practical, scalable learning experiences using blended and asynchronous formats for a distributed workforce  
• Leverage AI-enabled tools in day-to-day design, content creation, and knowledge access to improve speed, quality, and scalability  

Clinical Training and Cross-Functional Partnership  

While this role does not require a clinical background or clinical subject matter expertise, you should expect to:

• Act as a key learning partner to Clinical Operations leadership, aligning learning directly to clinical care delivery workflows, performance expectations, and operational priorities  
• Prioritize learning investments based on Clinical Operations needs, recognizing this as the organization’s highest-impact capability area  
• Partner with our Clinical Educator and IT Technical Trainer to both build and integrate their training needs, materials and subject matter expertise into our training programs 
• Partner with Clinical leaders to identify capability gaps and define practical solutions  
• Translate business and clinical requirements into clear, effective learning experiences that drive performance  
• Influence stakeholders without formal authority by grounding recommendations in business outcomes  

Program Execution & Measurement  

• Define and track success using a combination of:   
  • Learning adoption and engagement  
  • Business outcomes (e.g., time-to-productivity, manager effectiveness, employee satisfaction scores, retention rates, operational performance signals)  
• Continuously iterate and improve programs based on results and feedback  
• Ensure learning efforts are well-prioritized, clearly communicated, and aligned to Evergreen’s operating cadence  

Learning Technology & Vendor Management  

• Own and optimize Evergreen’s learning tools and technology ecosystem, including our LMS, instructional design tools and SCORM file management
• Manage external partners and vendors with a focus on efficiency and measurable value  
• Evaluate opportunities to simplify and streamline tools, content, and processes  

Learning Infrastructure & Enablement  

• Establish lightweight standards, templates, and tools that enable scalable, high-quality learning without unnecessary complexity  
• Oversee content governance and the end-to-end learner experience  
• Partner with subject-matter experts across the organization to design and deliver learning, rather than owning all specialized content directly  
• Leverage limited support resources (e.g., contractors, tools) as needed to extend impact  

What Success Looks Like (12-18 Months)  

• Learning is tightly integrated into Evergreen’s operating rhythm (onboarding, manager expectations, and key initiatives)  
• Clinical learning is embedded into workflows and viewed as essential to execution 
• A streamlined onboarding experience reduces time-to-productivity for new hires, and especially clinical hires
• Managers consistently apply core leadership practices, improving team effectiveness and retention 
• Employees understand the career paths and growth opportunities available to them at Evergreen 
• Learning programs meaningfully support major company initiatives and drive adoption 
• AI-enabled learning practices improve efficiency, access to knowledge, and scalability while maintaining quality and compliance
• A lean, high-impact learning approach delivers measurable business value without unnecessary complexity  
• L&D is viewed by leaders as a practical, trusted enabler of business performance 

 Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• 7+ years designing and delivering learning programs in startup environments
• Past experience working with and designing training for clinically focused teams
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior individual contributor while influencing at the leadership level  
• Proven experience building manager and leadership capabilities  
• Strong hands-on experience with instructional design and delivering learning programs
• Ability to translate operational and clinical needs into practical, performance-focused learning solutions  
• Strong understanding of adult learning and instructional design principles, applied pragmatically  
• High comfort level with learning technologies and AI-enabled tools  
• Experience building learning in early-stage or scaling environments 
• Ability to manage Evergreen's learning tools, including our LMS, instructional design tools, SCORM files, etc.
• Able to work effectively in a primarily remote environment:  
  • Home internet must support a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps. Cable, Fiber, or DSL connections hardwired to the internet device are recommended  
  • Evergreen will provide remote employees with telephony applications and equipment to meet the business requirements for their role  
  • Employees must work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information 

 Preferred Qualifications  

• An educational background in health or life sciences
• Experience supporting distributed, remote teams  

Compensation 

The base salary pay range for this role is $130,000 to $150,000 annually. Exact pay is determined based on experience, education, and other role-specific factors. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus. 

Benefits 

Evergreen Nephrology’s total rewards program is designed to support you in and outside of work. You can expect: 

• Paid time off starting at four weeks for full‑time employees 
• 12 paid holidays per year 
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance 
• A 401(k) program with employer match after 6 months of tenure 
• Paid parental leave and flexible work arrangements 
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities throughout your career 

Evergreen Nephrology is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any other protected category under local, state or federal laws. 

If you are an applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please contact us for assistance at [email protected].