Sr. Program Manager, Employee Development

About the Role:

The PitchBook Learning & Development team is a global team, with teammates in Seattle, New York & London, and serves all of PitchBook’s learning, leadership development, career development and talent management needs in a way that grows individuals and the business. Our team is a focused, effective, and fun group of professionals with a passion for continuous learning, developing others, and making a positive impact on our organization. This role contributes significantly to the learning and development of PitchBook employees. 

The Sr. Program Manager, Employee Development is a strategic, enterprise‑focused role responsible for building the capabilities PitchBook employees need to succeed today and adapt for the future. This includes driving PitchBook’s enterprise AI learning and skill‑building strategy, while continuing to own and manage core employee development programs that reinforce our values, competencies, and skills‑based approach to growth. 

In the near term, this role plays a central role in designing and delivering enterprise‑wide AI learning and enablement, ensuring employees, managers, and departments have the confidence, capability, and practical skills to use AI responsibly and effectively in their work. In parallel, this role owns and evolves foundational learning experiences that onboard employees to the PitchBook Values and support development against our core competencies and skills. Through this work, the Sr. Program Manager helps advance PitchBook’s long‑term goal of becoming a skills‑based organization, where development is clear, practical, and aligned to real work and business outcomes. 

This role partners closely with Learning & Development teammates, Talent Management, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to align capability‑building with PitchBook’s strategy, workforce needs, and people priorities. The Sr. Program Manager applies their expertise in learning and talent development to assess needs, propose and build solutions, and measure the effectiveness of L&D initiatives that help employees grow their skills and experience, build networks, and further their career aspirations. 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and execution of PitchBook’s enterprise AI enablement strategy, building employee, manager, and department capability through a clear AI skills framework, persona-based learning paths, and applied, use‑case‑based learning experiences aligned to real work outcomes
• Own, sustain, and evolve foundational employee development programs, including solutions to ensure employees are onboarded to the PitchBook Values and equipped to own and drive their development in line with our core competencies and skills
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate learning solutions that support employee development which may include workshop facilitation, self-directed courses or resources, mentoring programming, or peer learning forums
• Support PitchBook’s shift toward a skills-based organization through owning and evolving PtichBook core competencies and enterprise skills frameworks and contributing to the learning solutions that support building core and emerging capabilities, such as AI, are thoughtfully integrated into existing development models
• Partner with Leadership Development and Talent Management colleagues to enable manager support for employee development by equipping managers with learning, tools, and guidance to coach skill growth, reinforce effective AI use, and lead teams through ongoing change
• Partner with business leaders and departments to align capability building with team priorities, support AI adoption planning, and ensure learning investments translate into measurable productivity and impact
• Define and track success metrics across AI enablement and employee development initiatives, using data, feedback, and sentiment insights to continuously improve learning strategy and demonstrate impact
• Stay current on trends in learning, employee development, AI enablement, and best practices in building skills-based organizations
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors 
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of professional experience managing programs in learning and leadership development, talent development or other relevant HR program management experience
• Proven experience building and owning innovative and effective L&D programs, tools and resources supporting employee development
• Successfully designs, develops and manages complex programs
• AI fluency (not technical expertise) that includes understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible use, with the curiosity and adaptability to stay current on emerging tools and translate that learning into practical, role relevant enablement
• Strong project management skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities and complete work with a high level of quality and attention to detail
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Creative thinker, self-starter with a proactive approach to resolving problems and issues
• Ability to analyze data and use insights to drive program proposals and continuous improvement
• Works well independently and as part of a team
• Eager to learn, grow, and build skills, while working in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily
• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table
• Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material
• Duties require periodically working outside normal working hours (evenings, early mornings) to support a global employee population
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:

Physical Health            

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Additional medical wellness incentives 
• STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance

Emotional Health 

• Paid sabbatical program after four years
• Paid family and paternity leave 
• Annual educational stipend
• Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
• CFA exam stipend 
• Robust training programs on industry and soft skills 
• Employee assistance program
• Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days

Social Health 

• Matching gifts program
• Employee resource groups
• Subsidized emergency childcare  
• Dependent Care FSA
• Company-wide events
• Employee referral bonus program  
• Quarterly team building events

Financial Health 

• 401k match
• Shared ownership employee stock program 
• Monthly transportation stipend

*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment. 

Compensation

• Annual base salary: $135,000-$150,000
• Target annual bonus percentage: 10%

Working Conditions:

At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. Being together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. Our culture is built on spontaneous moments—those hallway conversations, whiteboard brainstorms, and shared celebrations in each of our global offices—that simply can’t be replicated remotely. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week.

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.

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