Consultant, Learning Business Partner

Summary

Cardinal Health is a healthcare company seeking a Consultant, Learning Business Partner to advise business and program leaders on performance needs and learning strategy. The role designs, deploys, evaluates, and sustains learning solutions; provides instructor-led training; and manages training processes and content creation using digital and AI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as a learning and performance consultant to assigned programs by diagnosing business needs, clarifying desired outcomes, and recommending appropriate learning or performance solutions
• Partner with program and operational leaders to influence learning strategy, scope, prioritization, and timing based on business goals and program maturity
• Exercise professional judgment to challenge assumptions, clarify tradeoffs, and guide decision‑making rather than simply executing requests
• Navigate ambiguity and evolving program conditions while maintaining focus on agreed‑upon outcomes
• Provide consistent, aligned messaging across stakeholders while allowing flexibility in execution
• Own end-to-end planning, design and deploy learning strategies that address identified performance gaps using a variety of modalities, including instructor‑led training, CRM, digital learning, performance support, and reinforcement
• Leverage facilitation, instructional design, and content adaptation as tools within a broader consultative approach
• Ensure learning solutions are aligned with adult learning principles, business requirements, compliance considerations, and learner readiness
• Evaluate learning effectiveness and business impact, adjusting solutions as needed to improve outcomes
• Partner in change enablement by supporting adoption, messaging, and feedback loops related to new digital and AI‑driven learning solutions
• Knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, and learning evaluation practices
• Experience facilitating virtual and/or in‑person learning experiences, positioned as one component of a broader learning strategy
• Ability to partner with instructional design and facilitation resources as needed

Skills

• Strong consulting skills
• Project management experience
• Experience in virtual and in-person facilitation including facilitation via Zoom or Teams
• Microsoft Office Proficiency
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and deliver quality results within aggressive timeframes
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 4+ years of experience in adult learning design preferred
• Experience in instructional design preferred
• Healthcare, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences Industry background preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Strong consulting skills
• Project management experience
• Experience in virtual and in-person facilitation including facilitation via Zoom or Teams
• Microsoft Office Proficiency
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and deliver quality results within aggressive timeframes

Nice to Haves

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 4+ years of experience in adult learning design preferred
• Experience in instructional design preferred
• Healthcare, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences Industry background preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs