SYD - 2026 - Learning and Development Project Manager

Learning and Development Project Manager, Sydney (Contract Role) 

The Learning & Development (L&D) Project Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of all Learning and Development programs across APAC. Working in close partnership with HR Business Partners (HRBPs), this role ensures our people are equipped with the skills and capabilities required to succeed in a fast-paced, collaborative, and entrepreneurial environment.

You will manage a portfolio of training programs, ensuring development initiatives are impactful, scalable, and sustainable. With responsibility for the APAC region (currently ~350 employees across Sydney and Korea, with a growing presence in Hong Kong), this role offers the opportunity to shape learning at scale while maintaining strong connection to the business and its evolving needs.

The role:

• Lead the end-to-end management of L&D projects, from delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement. There may be needs analysis and design work from time to time.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritising workload and ensuring alignment with organisational priorities.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, and subject matter experts to identify capability gaps and translate business needs into effective learning solutions.
• Work with managers and HR Business Partners to drive engagement, adoption, and accountability for learning outcomes.
• Manage external vendors and facilitators, including scoping, contracting, and quality assurance of deliverables.
• Maintain L&D governance frameworks, processes, and documentation to ensure consistency and quality across learning initiatives.

Requirements:

• Proven experience managing learning or capability development projects in a complex organisational environment.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivery to deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience measuring learning impact and using data to inform decisions.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers.

Founded in 1989, we are an ambitious, innovative company and identified early on the importance technology would play in the fast-paced evolution of trading. This entrepreneurial spirit still drives us today and can be found in all of our offices around the world.

OUR TEAM

We now operate globally from offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Our employees work closely together in multidisciplinary teams, making our success possible.

Technology - At IMC, technology is not a department, it is at the heart of everything we do. Our technologists push the limits of possibility, and then look beyond. In our fast-paced environment, short feedback loops mean projects worked on in the morning can enter production the next day.

Trading – Although our traders come from many backgrounds they all have one thing in common: they are at their best solving complex problems. Their insight into global events, market shifts and pricing ensure we are trading in the right place, at the right time.

Business Support - Around the world, IMC’s business support teams are essential for sustaining our success. In our dynamic environment, we have many exciting challenges and multidisciplinary opportunities to shape our operations and make a real impact.

OUR CULTURE

Our employees are our greatest asset so we give them lots of responsibility and the support they need to make a difference. Our flat structure fosters a culture of openness and collaboration, encouraging the sharing of ideas and knowledge. It makes no difference if you have been with us for three days or three years, the best idea wins.

While we work hard, we also have a lot of fun; whether solving complex challenges or in team building, leisure and sporting activities. IMC also enables its employees to contribute towards a better society through our foundation.