Primary Details
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee- Location: Sydney or Melbourne
- Type: Fixed Term Contract
- Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working
- Click here to discover what it's like to be a part of QBE Group
The opportunity
Step into a pivotal role where your expertise in leadership development and learning design will help shape the future of leadership across our enterprise. Working within our design team, you’ll collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and trusted external partners to co-create learning experiences that are bold, human-centred, and strategically aligned with the evolving needs of our leadership community. This is your chance to influence how leaders grow, adapt, and thrive—making a lasting impact through innovative, purpose-driven development.
Your new role
As a Leadership Development Lead, you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering impactful learning experiences for leaders across the organisation. You’ll design and develop programs that are innovative, inclusive, and grounded in human-centred design principles. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you’ll ensure our leadership development offerings are strategically aligned with business priorities and responsive to the evolving needs of our people. This role offers the opportunity to influence leadership capability at scale and contribute to a culture of continuous growth and development.
- Design and develop scalable, enterprise-wide leadership modules and experiences that harness the power of digital learning and emerging technologies.
- Translate complex business and leadership challenges into targeted, high-impact development solutions.
- Curate and co-create compelling content that resonates with leaders and drives measurable outcomes in real-world contexts.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to uncover needs and tailor learning approaches to diverse teams and environments.
- Shape immersive learning journeys, leadership events, and peer-to-peer experiences that foster connection, growth, and insight.
- Leverage feedback, data, and insights to continuously evolve and enhance the effectiveness and relevance of leadership programs.
About you
To be successful you will be a creative and strategic learning designer with a passion for developing leadership capability—particularly for early to mid-career leaders. You excel at turning complex capability needs into engaging, scalable learning experiences that drive meaningful impact. With a strong grasp of leadership development principles and a human-centred mindset, you bring fresh thinking and practical solutions that help leaders grow, adapt, and thrive.
- Demonstrated expertise in leadership development, organisational learning, or talent development, with a strong foundation in designing impactful learning solutions.
- Proven experience partnering with leaders and stakeholders in dynamic, complex environments to deliver relevant and responsive development initiatives.
- Deep understanding of leadership theory, adult development, and experience design, with the ability to translate insights into practical application.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust and navigate diverse stakeholder relationships effectively.
- A curious mindset with a keen interest in systems thinking, behavioural change, and how emerging learning technologies can transform learning and leadership practice.
About QBE
We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.
We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
- ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
- Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- Voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services
Rewards & Recognition
We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
- 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program
- 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards
- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
- Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
- Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates
- Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021
Apply now
APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!
Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.
QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at
recruitment@qbe.com
Skills:
Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Value Management, Financial Products, Influencing Others, Instructional Design, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Program Evaluations, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Management, Team Management, Time Management
Application Close Date: 04/09/2025 11:59 PM
How to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.