Careers

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As a family-owned company, we strongly value work/life balance and we’re proud to offer our employees a competitive suite of benefits. Our programs come with the resources to help employees balance professional success with their priorities outside of the office.

Career Opportunities

We’re looking to grow our Birkman team! Can you see yourself fitting in?

Birkman International provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

Send resume to careers@birkman.com if you are interested in applying for a position below. 

Learning & Development Manager

The ideal candidate for this position will be passionate about continuous learning, providing solutions that help Birkman implement innovative ways to enhance the learner experience. This is a key position that focuses on supporting the development of our Birkman Certified Professionals and Authorized Trainers through classroom, virtual and online Professional Development programs. This role is directly responsible for managing our Learning Management System, the Training calendar, and maintaining relationships with contracted facilitators for programs.

The Learning and Development Manager is a full-time, salaried managerial position at our headquarters in Houston, Texas. This position may qualify for a hybrid work schedule after initial onboarding. Limited travel may be required. Birkman offers world-class benefits, profit-sharing programs, and equitable pay structures to all our employees. Our goal is to recruit high-performers that fit our culture, have a people-first mindset, and believe in building relationships with our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and design comprehensive, unique learning solutions from start to completion; manage the creation of specific training content aligned with training best practices
• Drive solutions that focus on increasing core skills, capabilities, and proficiency in alignment with International Coaching Federation for coaches and ATD core competencies for facilitators
• Enhance the learner experience by looking for new ways to integrate learning into the flow of work, increase learning consumption and satisfy learning needs
• Increase overall bench strength and capabilities by implementing innovative solutions to support our existing Authorized Trainers, evaluate criteria, monitor performance, and provide feedback
• Maintain relationships with our external network of subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Apply adult learning theories and solutions to improve learning engagement, retention, and behavior change in learners
• Formalize processes to gather learning data, analyze and communicate training effectiveness and impact
• Review and evaluate learning and development programs for compliance with regulation, government standards, and industry best practices
• Develop testing and evaluation procedures, including reporting on key metrics/KPIs
• Responsible for Learning policy, learning governance, and LMS improvements
• Work cross-functionally with the Research & Innovation team to effectively identify key business challenges and develop the appropriate approach to improve learning effectiveness, support key roles and address business needs
• Be a source of advanced knowledge in the practical application of The Birkman Method scales and reports, and provide interpretive support on an ad hoc basis

Qualifications:

• Current status as a Birkman Certified Professional is strongly preferred. Experience with other psychometric tools/assessments is acceptable
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Education, Communications, Psychology, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of experience working in a Learning and Development, Training, HR, Organizational Development, or related role with a focus on design and development required
• 2+ years of experience developing training and business solutions from the ground up (including but not limited to research, solution analysis, selection, solution design and development and implementation) in a business environment required
• Technical aptitude and demonstrated experience with learning authoring tools (Articulate, Storyline, Captivate) preferred
• Firsthand experience with implementation and continuous improvement of Learning Management Systems (LMS), preferably LearnUpon preferred
• Experience demonstrating the effectiveness of learning solutions through measurement, analysis and reporting required
• Must be flexible to deliver training in a variety of formats: classroom, virtual, on-the-job, synchronous, asynchronous, etc.
• Accreditation or credentialling in specific aspects of the role by ATD, AIHR, SHRM, ICF, etc. is highly preferred

Business Development Representative

Are you on the hunt for exciting new challenges that will boost your professional growth? You are a curious person by nature and a BDR/SDR by trade; we would love to hear from you! We are looking for engaging individuals who are comfortable partnering with Fortune 1000 Executive Leaders, Business Owners, CEOs’, and Human Resource and Training Professionals to help them run successful organizations and teams.

You will be handling existing clients along with inbound and outbound leads, following a sales cycle and marketing cadence. To be successful, you will prospect with new and existing clients, convert leads to clients, and must be willing to work as part of a team. Our sales team is small, but mighty, and we require all members to support the team to achieve our goals. If you are not willing to do whatever it takes or are a lone wolf, this may not be the position for you.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with existing and new organizations to convert opportunities using a proven process while capturing your activities and successes using a comprehensive stack with Salesforce as the backbone. It would be best if you worked well with moderate to low supervision. You are okay with direct coaching and holding yourself accountable to the agreed-upon goals—experience with assessments, training, HR, or talent development is helpful.

This will be a full-time position at our headquarters in Houston, Texas. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule of three days in the office and two days working from home. Birkman offers world-class benefits, profit-sharing programs, and equitable pay structures to all our employees. Our goal is to recruit high-performers that fit our culture, have a people-first mindset, and believe in building relationships with our clients.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Supportive person who will be a trusted advisor to both clients and prospects
• Maintains an adequate pipeline and achieves set objectives
• Completes customer account plans that meet company standards
• Maintains high customer satisfaction ratings that meet company standards
• Completes required training and development objectives within the assigned time frame

Education & Work Experience:

• Minimum of 2-5 years of account management or sales experience
• MS Office proficiency
• Salesforce or other CRM experience preferred
• Experience in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology or Training preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Previous Sales Training a plus

Compensation:

• Annual salary: Commensurate with experience
• Quarterly bonus
• Includes participation in Birkman’s full-time employee benefits programs

Brand Manager

Birkman International is seeking a Brand Manager to help us shape our reputation as the assessment industry’s “best kept secret” and increase our share in a growing market. Birkman has 70 years of solid, scientific data that results in reporting that can be life-changing for people. We have a very strong core of loyal consultants and clients who use the instrument year over year, and carry the Birkman with them as they transition from company to company. We need someone to help us leverage that brand loyalty into a reputation that leads to increased exposure in the marketplace and the attraction of new clients who may have a short attention span with a product that has a long, slow burn of a sales process.

The Brand Manager will report directly to company leadership, and be a key member of the Customer Success leadership team. This is a new position to the company and will inherit experienced staff members while also having the opportunity to recruit for open staff positions.

This will be a full-time, salaried managerial position at our headquarters in Houston, Texas. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule of three days in the office and two days working from home. Birkman offers world-class benefits, profit-sharing programs, and equitable pay structures to all our employees. Our goal is to recruit high-performers that fit our culture, have a people-first mindset, and believe in building relationships with our clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Is the brand champion and expert, ensuring brand integrity across all functions
• Plans, implements, and executes successful consumer and trade marketing programs (including brand strategic planning, market positioning, pricing, promotion, advertising)
• Leads the development of strategies and objectives for building and executing year-round brand engagement through partnerships, websites, social media, and other marketing vehicles
• Utilizes category and consumer insights to identify growth opportunities and drive innovation in product development as well as marketing initiatives
• Uses lead generation tools to attract new contacts through accurate and targeted campaigns
• Collaborates with the Relationship Management team for specific strategies for clients
• Represents the company and provides support as needed at various trade shows and conventions
• Provides reporting to allow proper measurement of marketing activities and strategic recommendations based on analysis of ongoing trade and consumer promotion programs
• Monitors product catalog compliance and testing reports
• Performs other duties as necessary to support the objectives of division and company

Qualifications/Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute key strategies
• Clearly differentiates B2B and B2C communication strategies, planning and execution
• Previous experience in managing and leading creative or marketing teams
• Highly organized and able to perform well under pressure
• Strong digital marketing experience including paid media such as PPC Search and social platforms
• Business and talent management
• Strategic thinking
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Cross-functional project leadership
• Business analysis
• Consumer insights
• Financial acumen
• Creative development

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field
• 8-10 years of experience in marketing of services or non-tangible products
• General brand management experience in a global marketplace
• Experienced in using HubSpot, WordPress, Salesforce, and Google Analytics
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint/Word