Advisor Development Lead – Functional Skills

Position Summary

The Senior Instructor, Functional Skills, leads the curriculum development and training delivery for Functional Skills spanning Mariner’s diverse financial services business units. This key role ensures associates gain the practical functional knowledge and capabilities necessary for strong job performance across the organization. Partnering closely with business-unit leaders and subject matter experts, the Senior Instructor defines role-specific skill requirements, sets clear and consistent capability standards, and delivers scalable, engaging training that fosters a uniform, high-quality learning experience for all associates.

 

Acting as a bridge between theoretical knowledge and real-world application, the Senior Instructor empowers financial professionals with practical skills, best practices, and sound professional judgment—all rooted in proven adult learning principles. Leveraging deep expertise in at least one business area, this individual is driven to document, develop, and deliver training for functional skills required throughout Mariner’s business units.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the Functional Skills learning domain within Mariner Academy, including curriculum strategy, design, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement for all financial services business units.

• Collaborate with business-unit leaders and subject matter experts to identify the functional knowledge, skills, behaviors, judgment, and best practices associates need for effective performance.

• Transform complex technical and functional expertise into engaging, practical learning that bridges theory with on-the-job effectiveness.

• Establish consistent functional skill standards and learning objectives across business units while tailoring content for domain-specific needs.

• Design and deliver training utilizing adult learning principles, experiential methods, real-world scenarios, practice, and feedback opportunities.

• Develop scalable training solutions that maintain consistency in associate capability while capitalizing on subject matter expertise within business units.

• Document and update functional skills, processes, and best practices in collaboration with subject matter experts, ensuring resources reflect evolving business practices, regulations, and evidence.

• Facilitate Functional Skills Capstone courses, both in person and virtually, to enable associates to demonstrate practical application of learned skills.