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Learning & Performance Consultant

Springfield, Massachusetts
Job Category Human Resources ID R21326
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Overview

A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.

We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.

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“Since our founding in 1851, mutuality has put our policyowners at the center of everything we do. At our core, we’re a company of people helping people in their time of need, and that spirit extends to the culture we’ve built at our company. Our employees support and rely on each other each day, collaborating to deliver the best solutions for our customers and help millions more secure their future and protect the ones they love.”

Job Description

Learning & Performance Consultant

Skills Development & Learning Technology / Full-Time, Hybrid

Springfield MA

The Opportunity

MassMutual’s Program Skills Development & Learning Technology (SDLT) team is seeking a Learning & Performance Consultant with Instructional Design skills to design and build clear, practical learning solutions for Operations employees and leaders. In this role, you will translate business needs, role expectations, and performance gaps into learner-friendly content that helps people build skills and perform more effectively in their roles.

You will develop learning content in Articulate Rise and similar learning development tools, support workshop design and facilitation, and create job aids, guides, facilitator materials, participant materials, and quick-reference resources. This role designed for a hands-on builder who can independently manage defined learning design work, coordinate with subject matter experts, and deliver practical materials that are ready for use by learners, facilitators, and business partners.

This work sits at the center of the team’s move toward a more integrated skills-based learning ecosystem. You will help connect content to skills libraries, skills matrices, role-based capabilities, and learning paths so learning is not just well-designed, but clearly tied to what employees need to know and do in their roles.

The Team

You will join the Skills Development & Learning Technology (SDLT) team, part of Operations Shared Services & Enablement. The team builds skills, learning experiences, tools, and performance support that help Operations teams work more effectively. We partner with business leaders, subject matter experts, program owners, learning technology partners, and learning systems and metrics roles to design, deploy, track, and improve learning solutions. The team is collaborative, practical, and focused on building useful learning that supports operational capability and business priorities.

The Impact

  • Designand develop practical learning solutions by creating structured, learner-friendly content in Articulate Rise and similar development tools that help Operations build skills and apply learning on the job.

  • Support workshop and skill-building experiences by developing facilitation structures, activities, participant materials, facilitator guides, and other resources that make working sessions and workshops clear and actionable including solving for potential facilitation needs.

  • Translate business needs into learning objectives and content by working with business partners and subject matter experts to identify performance gaps and turn inputs into usable learning materials.

  • Build performance support and digital learning assets including job aids, quick-reference tools, guides, templates, participant materials, and LMS-ready content that support skill-based learning.

  • Support skills-based learning design by assisting in mapping content to business, customer, leadership, and professional skills, capabilities and role expectations.

  • Improve and maintain learning materials over time by using feedback, learner data, evaluation results, and deployment insights to keep content accurate, consistent, and aligned to team design standards.

The Minimum Qualifications

  • High School Diploma

  • 2+ years of experience in instructional design, marketing, communications and or a related facilitator experience.

The Ideal Qualifications

  • Experience working with subject matter experts to gather content, clarify requirements, validate materials, or simplify complex information for learners.

  • Exposure to skills libraries, skills matrices, capability frameworks, or role-based learning paths.

  • Experience supporting Operations, customer service, financial services, insurance, enterprise learning, or regulated business environments.

  • Familiarity with a Learning Management System and how content is deployed, tracked or maintained.

  • Experience using course evaluation, learner feedback, or learning data to improve effectiveness.

  • Curiosity about AI-enabled learning design and modern content development approaches.

What You Can Expect at MassMutual

MassMutual offers the opportunity to do meaningful work within a purpose-driven organization that values long-term impact over short-term outcomes. In this role, you can expect:

  • Clear areas of ownership and accountability, with work that connects directly to company and customer outcomes

  • A collaborative environment where perspectives are welcomed

  • Access to learning, development, and internal networks that support continuous growth and skill-building over time

  • Employee-led communities and forums that foster connection, learning, and inclusion across the organization

  • A culture grounded in integrity, responsibility, and stewardship; supported by a company with a strong legacy and a future-focused mindset

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Salary Range: $65,800-$86,300
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By the numbers*

  • 85% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
  • 90
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    of employee respondents say the work they do at MassMutual is meaningful
  • 85% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things

*Source: 2025 MassMutual employee engagement survey

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Award-Winning Culture

MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.

We strive to build a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.

At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.

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How We Work

MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.

Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)

There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.

Explore some of our offerings below. Benefit details can be found here.

Paid Time Off

  • In addition to generous vacation time, paid holidays, and flexible holidays, MassMutual offers 'take care' time to care for yourself or someone you love—whether for physical illness or mental health.
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Health & Well-Being

In addition to top-line medical and dental coverage, personalized mental health solutions, on-site and virtual health coaching, and much more, MassMutual reimburses employees up to $1,250 per year for eligible expenses supporting mental, physical, and financial well-being.

Financial Well-Being

In addition to competitive salaries and bonuses, educational assistance programs, and much more, MassMutual offers up to a 10% total 401(k) benefit, consisting of a 5% company match and a 5% annual contribution.

Taking Care

MassMutual offers generous maternity and parental leaves, as well as bereavement leave to mourn the loss of a loved one (and the employee defines 'loved one'). In addition, we offer up to 320 hours of caregiver leave to help employees support loved ones in times of need.

Giving Back

MassMutual offers three paid days for employees to volunteer with eligible nonprofits of their choice, and the MassMutual Foundation matches employee donation dollars to eligible nonprofit organizations up to $5,000 annually.

Commuter Benefits

MassMutual offers a Qualified Commuter Program through which eligible employees can pay qualified workplace commuting expenses with before-tax dollars, as well as a commuter wallet option for employees based at Boston and NYC campuses.

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