Learning and Development Partner

About Karbon

Karbon is the global leader in practice management software for growth-minded accounting firms. We provide an award-winning, highly collaborative cloud platform that streamlines work and communication, enabling the average accounting firm using Karbon to save 18.5 hours per week, per employee.

We have customers in 34 countries and have grown into a globally distributed team, with our people based throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, have a fantastic team culture built on our values, are growing rapidly, and making a global impact.

We’re looking for a builder, someone who thrives on creating structure and clarity from the ground up. As our Learning & Development Specialist, you will design and deliver scalable learning systems that accelerate onboarding, deepen leadership capability, and strengthen the culture that drives Karbon’s success.

While this is a systems-builder role, we’re also looking for someone who enjoys facilitation and delivery. At its core, this role is about designing frameworks, programs, and rhythms that make learning a business driver, measured by outcomes like productivity, retention, and leadership readiness.

This is a part-time role (approximately 3 days per week)

• Build a unified “Learning at Karbon” framework that connects onboarding, leadership development, and ongoing capability building
• Design programs to improve manager effectiveness and accelerate time to productivity for new hires
• Launch Karbon Manager Core, focused on coaching, feedback, and accountability
• Refresh the Emerging Leaders Program into a globally scalable, blended model with AI-enabled learning experiences

• Own and enhance Karbon’s Onboarding Academy, ensuring consistent, role-specific 30-60-90 day ramps
• Partner with HRBPs and functional leads to identify skill gaps and link learning to business outcomes
• Act as the learning partner to HRBPs, collaborating closely to embed development into team rhythms, talent processes, and key career moments
• Embed learning in the flow of work—searchable, self-serve, and globally accessible

• Use AI tools to personalize learning paths, automate delivery, and scale learning touchpoints across the employee lifecycle
• Experiment with AI-powered content generation and adaptive learning technologies to drive efficiency and engagement
• Stay up to date with L&D innovations in generative AI, and translate emerging capabilities into practical use cases at Karbon

• Define clear success metrics tied to productivity, internal mobility, and retention
• Track and report on learning ROI and capability uplift in partnership with Ops and Finance
• Use data and feedback loops to continuously improve program quality and adoption

• Curate experiences that reinforce Karbon’s values and ways of working
• Equip leaders with the tools, resources, and rituals to drive connection, accountability, and team performance
• Recognize internal facilitators and grow a community of learning champions

• Learning at Karbon is a unified identity across all programs within 3 months
• Managers consistently use shared frameworks for feedback, coaching, and development
• Onboarding ramp times are reduced, with measurable productivity improvements
• The Emerging Leaders Program is globally scaled and showing high engagement
• Learning outcomes are linked to retention, internal mobility, and performance metrics
• Everything we do is measurable

• 6+ years of experience in L&D, talent development, or org development, ideally in SaaS or fast-scaling tech
• Data obsessed - knowing how to apply measurements to every part of the learning journey to track success beyond just surveying employees
• Proven track record designing and scaling learning programs such as leadership, onboarding, or capability frameworks
• Strong instructional design and program management skills
• Proficient with modern L&D tools, including LMS/LXP, AI-driven…