United Kingdom · Knowledge management · Director/VP (16-20 years)

Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems

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  • Experience bandDirector/VP (16-20 years)
  • Direct reports3-8 reports
  • Reports toChief Knowledge Officer (CKO)
  • UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as VP, Knowledge Strategy · Head of Enterprise Learning · Director of Organisational Capability · Chief Learning Architect

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1From this job to a course

The qualifications matched to this job

NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Playwork (Wales) NCFE · Level 5 · covers 2 of 10 standards
CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership Chartered Management Institute · Level 5 · covers 1 of 10 standards
GQA PAA\VQ-SET Level 3 Certificate in Learning and Development GQA Qualifications Limited · Level 3 · covers 2 of 10 standards
City & Guilds Level 4 Diploma in Learning and Development City & Guilds Limited · Level 4 · covers 2 of 10 standards
Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma in Playwork (RQF) Focus Awards Limited · Level 3 · covers 2 of 10 standards
TQUK Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF) Training Qualifications UK Ltd · Level 3 · covers 1 of 10 standards

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The units you would start with

Provide learning opportunities for colleagues NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Playwork (Wales)
Manage knowledge in an organisation CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership
Identify individual learning and development needs GQA PAA\VQ-SET Level 3 Certificate in Learning and Development
Identify the learning needs of organisations City & Guilds Level 4 Diploma in Learning and Development
Support learning and development within own area of responsibility TQUK Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools (RQF)

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  1. Provide learning opportunities for colleagues NCFE · covers 2 of 10 standards Level 5
  2. Manage knowledge in an organisation Chartered Management Institute · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
  3. Identify individual learning and development needs GQA Qualifications Limited · covers 2 of 10 standards Level 3
  4. Identify the learning needs of organisations City & Guilds Limited · covers 2 of 10 standards Level 4
  5. Support learning and development within own area of responsibility Training Qualifications UK Ltd · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 3
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2AI and this work

Will AI change your work as a Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems?

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The new skills this role is being asked for

  • AI Ethics & Governance for Learning & Knowledge
  • Adaptive Learning Pathway Orchestration
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3What this role really is

This role builds the learning and knowledge infrastructure for a business unit, covering how people learn, share and apply knowledge across a significant part of an organisation. It calls for long-term thinking about how learning ties back to business results.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Learning Experience Platform (LXP) / LMS (e.g., Degreed, EdCast, Cornerstone) Strategic/Architect

Leads platform selection, defines enterprise learning data strategy, governs the entire learning tech ecosystem for the business unit, ensuring integration with other critical systems and optimal user experience.

Knowledge Management & Collaboration (e.g., Confluence, Guru, SharePoint Online) Strategic/Architect

Defines the business unit's knowledge governance model, makes build vs. buy decisions for KM tools, champions knowledge-sharing culture, and ensures KM systems support strategic objectives.

Data Analytics & Visualization (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Domo) Advanced

Defines the key learning & performance metrics for the entire business unit, integrates learning data into executive dashboards (e.g., in Domo), and presents data-driven insights to C-suite and Board members.

HRIS & Performance Management (e.g., Workday HCM, SAP SuccessFactors) Advanced

Partners with HR leadership to architect the business unit's skills taxonomy, uses HRIS data for strategic workforce planning, skill gap analysis, and to measure the impact of learning on talent outcomes.

Financial Planning & GRC (e.g., Anaplan, Collibra) Intermediate

Owns the L&D budget for the business unit in Anaplan, develops robust business cases for major investments, and ensures learning content and knowledge assets comply with GRC policies via Collibra.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Strategic Direction for Business Unit Learning N/A N/A N/A
Learning Technology Selection (BU Specific) N/A N/A N/A
Learning & Knowledge Budget Allocation (BU) N/A N/A N/A
Team Hiring & Performance Management N/A N/A N/A

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Business Unit Skill Gap Closure
Percentage reduction in identified critical skill gaps across the business unit.
Target · Close top 3 critical enterprise skill gaps by 20% within 18 months.

If the business unit has a 40% gap in 'AI Ethics for Product Development', your programmes should reduce that to 32% or less in 18 months, as measured by our skills assessment framework.

Internal Mobility & Talent Retention
Increase in internal promotions and reduction in voluntary turnover within the business unit, linked to career development programmes.
Target · Improve internal mobility rates by 10% and reduce critical talent turnover by 5% YoY.

If 15% of roles were filled internally last year, we'd expect 16.5% this year. For a 12% turnover rate, we'd aim for 11.4%.

Learning & Knowledge ROI
Quantifiable return on investment for major learning technology or content investments, measured through productivity gains or cost avoidance.
Target · Achieve a 3:1 ROI on new learning technology or significant content investments.

A £100,000 investment in a new LXP should demonstrate £300,000 in measurable benefits, perhaps through reduced onboarding time, faster product launches, or fewer compliance errors.

Knowledge Asset Utilisation
Increase in the active usage and contribution to our knowledge management platforms and curated knowledge assets.
Target · Achieve 80% active user engagement (monthly logins/contributions) in core KM platforms and a 15% increase in knowledge article creation per quarter.

If we have 1,000 users, 800 should be logging in monthly. If we had 100 new articles last quarter, we'd aim for 115 this quarter.

Strategic Alignment & Influence
Proactively shapes the business unit's talent and operational strategy through learning and knowledge insights.
  • Regularly invited to business unit leadership meetings
  • proposals for strategic initiatives (e.g., new market entry, M&A integration) include a clear learning and knowledge component
  • recognised by peers as a strategic thought partner, not just an L&D provider.
Organisational Learning Culture
Fosters a strong culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and psychological safety for experimentation.
  • High participation rates in Communities of Practice
  • positive feedback in employee engagement surveys regarding learning opportunities and knowledge access
  • leaders actively championing and modelling learning behaviours
  • a noticeable reduction in 'reinventing the wheel' across teams.
Team Leadership & Development
Builds and develops a high-performing team of learning and knowledge professionals.
  • Low team turnover
  • direct reports consistently meet or exceed performance expectations
  • active mentorship and career development plans in place for team members
  • team members are recognised internally and externally for their expertise.
Innovation & Future Readiness
Identifies and integrates emerging learning technologies and methodologies to keep the business unit ahead of the curve.
  • Successful pilot programmes for new AI-powered learning tools
  • early adoption of new instructional design approaches (e.g., adaptive learning)
  • regular presentations to leadership on future trends and their implications for our talent strategy
  • proactive identification of future skill needs before they become critical gaps.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Building Organisational Capability

You get a real kick out of seeing a business unit become smarter, more agile, and better equipped for the future because of the systems and programmes you've put in place. It's about creating a lasting legacy, not just ticking boxes.

Leading the successful integration of a new skills taxonomy that genuinely helps employees identify career paths and managers build stronger teams.

Strategic Impact & Influence

You thrive on being at the table with senior leaders, shaping the long-term direction of a business unit. You want your work to directly influence major business decisions and see your vision come to life at scale.

Presenting a 3-year learning and knowledge strategy to the business unit's VP and seeing it fully funded and adopted.

Leading & Developing Teams

You genuinely enjoy mentoring and empowering your team, helping them grow their skills and take on bigger challenges. You're passionate about creating a high-performing, collaborative environment where everyone can thrive.

Seeing a direct report step up to lead a critical, high-visibility project successfully because of your guidance and support.

What frustrates people
  • The 'flavour of the month' leadership fad that forces a strategic pivot you know won't last.
  • The struggle to quantify ROI on 'soft' skills development programmes to a skeptical CFO.
  • Inheriting a sprawling, outdated knowledge base that your team then has to untangle and modernise.
  • SME 'wrangling' at scale – trying to get critical knowledge from dozens of busy, high-level experts.
  • Dealing with the 'training panacea' requests – being asked to fix systemic problems with a quick course.
  • The constant battle for budget and resources against other 'more urgent' business priorities.
What this role does not give you
  • A purely hands-on content creation role – you'll be leading, not building every module yourself.
  • A quiet, predictable environment with minimal political navigation.
  • Immediate, short-term project cycles with quick wins every week.
  • A role where all your decisions are immediately implemented without needing to build consensus.

8Who you work with

This role directly impacts the operational efficiency, innovation capacity, and talent retention within a major business unit. Your decisions shape the skills and knowledge base of hundreds, if not thousands, of employees, directly influencing revenue generation, cost reduction, and market competitiveness. You're essentially building the intellectual capital of a significant part of the company.

Inside the business
  • Business Unit VP/SVP
  • HR Business Partners (HRBPs)
  • Product & Engineering Leadership
  • Sales & Marketing Directors
  • Finance Leadership (especially for budget reviews)
  • Legal & Compliance
Outside the business
  • Learning Technology Vendors
  • Content Development Partners
  • Industry Associations
  • Consultants (occasionally for specialist projects)

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven experience leading large-scale learning or knowledge management programmes (not just projects) for at least 8-10 years.
  • Demonstrable experience managing a team of learning or knowledge professionals, including hiring and performance management.
  • A track record of successfully influencing senior stakeholders (VP level and above) and driving strategic initiatives without direct authority.
  • Strong financial acumen, including experience managing significant budgets (£500K+) and building robust business cases for investment.
  • Deep expertise in at least two major learning technologies (LMS/LXP) and two major knowledge management platforms, including strategic selection and implementation.
  • A solid understanding of organisational development principles and change management methodologies.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Learning Data Architecture & Governance

With more diverse learning platforms and knowledge sources, integrating and making sense of learning data is becoming incredibly complex. You'll need to define the blueprint for how all learning and knowledge data is collected, stored, analysed, and governed across your business unit to provide meaningful insights.

Learning Record Store (LRS) and xAPI implementatio · Data lakes for learning analytics · Data harmonisation and normalisation across divers · Data security and privacy protocols for learning d · Defining data dictionaries and taxonomies for lear

  • This week: Review your current learning data landscape – what systems hold what data, and how do they connect (or not)?
  • This month: Meet with your IT and data engineering teams to understand their enterprise data strategy and how learning data can integrate.
  • Month 2: Draft a 'Learning Data Strategy' document for your business unit, outlining desired integrations, data governance principles, and key metrics.
  • Month 3: Identify a specific data integration challenge (e.g., linking LMS completion data to HRIS performance data) and scope a pilot project.

Quick win: Start by simply mapping out all your current learning data sources on a whiteboard. Identify the biggest gaps and inconsistencies. This visual exercise often highlights immediate areas for improvement.

Knowledge Graph Construction & Semantic Search

Traditional keyword search in knowledge bases is often insufficient. Knowledge graphs, powered by AI, allow for more intelligent, contextualised knowledge discovery, connecting disparate pieces of information based on their relationships, not just keywords. This is crucial for complex, interconnected knowledge domains.

Ontology and taxonomy development for knowledge do · Graph database principles (e.g., Neo4j) · Natural Language Processing (NLP) for entity extra · Semantic search algorithms and relevance ranking · Federated search across multiple knowledge sources

  • This week: Research the concept of knowledge graphs and their application in enterprise KM.
  • This month: Identify a specific, complex knowledge domain within your business unit that could benefit from a knowledge graph approach (e.g., product features, client solutions).
  • Month 2: Work with a technical expert (e.g., data scientist, KM architect) to prototype a small knowledge graph for that domain.
  • Month 3: Present the potential benefits and a roadmap for implementing knowledge graph capabilities to relevant stakeholders.

Quick win: Begin by standardising metadata and tagging conventions across your existing knowledge assets. This foundational work is essential for any future semantic search or knowledge graph initiative.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Active participation in industry conferences (e.g., Learning Technologies, KMWorld) and professional networks (e.g., LinkedIn groups for L&D/KM leaders).
  • Regularly reading academic journals, industry reports, and thought leadership pieces on future of work, AI in learning, and organisational psychology.
  • Mentoring junior professionals in the field, which often solidifies your own understanding and leadership skills.
  • Pursuing executive education programmes in areas like strategic leadership, digital transformation, or business analytics.
  • Engaging in peer-to-peer learning with other Directors or VPs in similar roles across different organisations.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI Ethics & Governance for Learning & Knowledge

Essential for future readiness in this role.

  • Algorithmic bias detection and mitigation in learn
  • Data privacy and security implications of using LL
  • Intellectual property rights for AI-generated cont
  • Transparency and explainability of AI-driven insig
  • Establishing 'human in the loop' protocols for AI

Adaptive Learning Pathway Orchestration

Essential for future readiness in this role.

  • Competency-based progression models
  • Bayesian knowledge tracing for skill mastery
  • Recommendation engine design principles
  • Integration of learning data with performance data
  • Micro-credentialing and skill verification

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Instructional Design & Learning Models (Strategic Application)
  • Performance Consulting & Needs Analysis (Enterprise Scale)
  • Knowledge Management Frameworks (Ecosystem Design)
  • Competency Mapping & Skills Taxonomy (Strategic Workforce Planning)
  • Agile Project & Programme Management (for Learning Initiatives)

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Head of Learning & Development (from another large organisation)

    16-20 years total experience

    Skills to master

    • Strategic alignment with business objectives, budget ownership (£2M+), leading diverse L&D teams, influencing executive stakeholders, and driving measurable business impact through learning initiatives.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully led a significant L&D function for 3-5 years.
    • Managed a team of 5+ professionals.
    • Demonstrated ability to link learning outcomes to business KPIs.
    • Experience with enterprise-level learning technology selection and implementation.
  2. 2

    Manager, Learning & Knowledge Strategy (internal progression - Level 5)

    12-16 years total experience, with 3-5 years as a Manager

    Skills to master

    • Expanding scope from functional management to business unit strategy, deeper financial acumen (P&L ownership), cross-functional influence at the VP level, and architecting multi-year learning ecosystems.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently exceeded performance expectations as an L5 Manager.
    • Successfully led multiple complex programmes with significant business impact.
    • Mentored and developed high-potential team members.
    • Proactively identified and proposed strategic initiatives beyond current remit.
  3. 3

    Senior Consultant / Principal (from a major consulting firm)

    15-20 years total experience, with 5+ years in senior consulting

    Skills to master

    • Translating strategic recommendations into actionable internal execution plans, navigating corporate politics, building internal consensus, and adapting consulting frameworks to an in-house environment.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Led large-scale organisational change or talent transformation projects for clients.
    • Managed project teams and client relationships at the executive level.
    • Developed and presented strategic recommendations to C-suite clients.
    • Demonstrated deep expertise in learning, knowledge, or talent strategy.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to roles such as Chief Knowledge Officer or Chief Learning Officer, shaping how organisations learn and adapt at the highest level.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems is actually changing.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Provide learning opportunities for colleagues, worked against Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems.

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Applied to your work in Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems

This unit aims to equip learners with the skills to encourage learning and development in colleagues. Learners will be able to help colleagues identify learning needs, plan and implement learning opportunities, and review and update their development plans.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time.

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Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems
  • Instructional Design & Learning Models (Strategic Application)
  • Performance Consulting & Needs Analysis (Enterprise Scale)
  • Knowledge Management Frameworks (Ecosystem Design)
  • Competency Mapping & Skills Taxonomy (Strategic Workforce Planning)
  • Agile Project & Programme Management (for Learning Initiatives)
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16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) or Chief Learning Officer (CLO)

    5-8 years in a Director role

    Level 7 (C-Suite)

    • Enterprise knowledge architecture and governance for the entire company.
    • Strategic partnerships with external bodies, academia, and industry consortia.
    • Defining and owning the company's intellectual property strategy.
    • Leading major digital transformation initiatives across the entire organisation.
  2. VP, Organisational Development or VP, Talent Management

    4-7 years in a Director role

    Level 6/7 (Executive Leadership)

    • Designing and implementing enterprise-wide performance management systems.
    • Developing global talent acquisition and retention strategies.
    • Leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
    • Strategic workforce planning at a global or enterprise level.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, you're already juggling a million things. Imagine if you could reclaim a significant chunk of your week, not by working faster, but by working smarter. AI isn't here to replace you; it's here to give you superpowers, especially in a strategic role like this.

As a Director, your time is best spent on high-level strategy, influencing, and team leadership. The good news is that AI can take a huge bite out of the more time-consuming, analytical, and content-related tasks, freeing you up to focus on what truly matters: driving business unit capability and impact. We're talking about transforming how you identify needs, create content, and even manage your knowledge ecosystem.

AI-Powered Content Curation & Creation

Use AI tools to analyse vast amounts of internal documents (like project debriefs, sales call recordings, technical specs) and external industry trends. The AI can then automatically generate first drafts of knowledge base articles, microlearning modules, strategic summaries, and even quiz questions. This means transforming raw information into structured, digestible learning assets at lightning speed, allowing your team to focus on refinement and strategic alignment, not just drafting. Imagine getting a first draft of a complex 'lessons learned' document in minutes, not days.

Knowledge Gap Analysis Engine

Leverage AI to continuously monitor and analyse search queries within your KM system (especially 'searches with no results'), questions asked in Slack/Teams channels, and even support tickets from your business unit. The AI clusters these into themes, proactively identifying the most critical, unaddressed knowledge gaps. This means you'll have a real-time, data-driven understanding of what your people don't know, allowing you to prioritise strategic learning and knowledge initiatives before they become major business problems. No more guessing what training is needed – the AI tells you.

Personalised Learning Path Architect

Use an AI engine to recommend highly personalised sequences of learning content – articles, courses, videos, even suggested mentors – based on an employee's specific role, their current skill levels (pulled from HRIS and performance reviews), their stated career goals, and even the projects they're currently working on. For a Director, this means you can architect dynamic, adaptive learning journeys at scale across your business unit, ensuring everyone gets the right knowledge at the right time, without your team manually curating thousands of individual paths. It's about true 'learning in the flow of work' at an organisational level.

SME Interview & Transcription Assistant

When your team conducts crucial knowledge-harvesting interviews with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), use an AI meeting assistant (like Fathom or Otter.ai) to record, transcribe, and summarise the conversations. The AI can even identify key concepts, action items, and potential knowledge gaps, creating an instant outline for a new course or guide. For a Director, this means your team spends less time on tedious transcription and more time on high-value analysis and content design, significantly speeding up the 'SME wrangling' process and ensuring critical tacit knowledge is captured efficiently.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems?

Common routes in include Head of Learning & Development (from another large organisation) (16-20 years total experience), Manager, Learning & Knowledge Strategy (internal progression - Level 5) (12-16 years total experience, with 3-5 years as a Manager) and Senior Consultant / Principal (from a major consulting firm) (15-20 years total experience, with 5+ years in senior consulting). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems progress to?

This role can lead on to Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) or Chief Learning Officer (CLO) (5-8 years in a Director role) and VP, Organisational Development or VP, Talent Management (4-7 years in a Director role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Director, Learning & Knowledge Ecosystems?

Increasingly, AI Ethics & Governance for Learning & Knowledge and Adaptive Learning Pathway Orchestration. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 7

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

More jobs in knowledge management

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If you leave this industry

The skills built in this role, strategic thinking, organisational design, influence and building learning ecosystems, transfer well across industries. They can lead to similar director or VP roles in sectors such as FinTech, healthcare or manufacturing, or into management consulting focused on human capital or digital transformation.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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