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LifeLabs Learning

Science-backed management training and coaching programs

Facilitator - Learning Development

Part-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Boston, MA, USA
HybridMust live in Boston; regional travel up to 50%.
TrainingCorporate & Technical Training

About the job

Requirements
  • A current coaching certification is preferred.
  • A bachelor's degree is required; a graduate degree is preferred.
  • Two years of experience in a client-facing role.
  • Two years of professional experience facilitating or teaching adult learners.
  • Real-world organizational or business experience in a people-management or leadership capacity.
  • Understanding of empirical research methods and the ability to teach research-backed concepts clearly and practically.
  • Comfort facilitating standardized material that the facilitator did not create.
  • Technology fluency with Zoom, Google Workspace, and emerging artificial intelligence tools.
  • Proficiency in English.
Responsibilities
  • Deliver engaging learning experiences that uphold LifeLabs research-backed content and support engagement, discussion, practice, processing, and application.
  • Create psychologically safe, inclusive learning environments.
  • Facilitate LifeLabs Learning workshops across in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats and through training, group coaching, and group dialogue.
  • Participate in and lead panels, speaking engagements, Skills Spotlights, and lead-generation events.
  • Adapt experiences for audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leaders, accounting for organizational and learner needs.
  • Prepare for each workshop using client-specific context from other client-facing teams.
  • Ensure materials and tools, including slides, a laptop, handouts, and adapters, are ready for each session.
  • Use technology in a distraction-free environment with strong audio and video quality to deliver sessions effectively.
  • Provide planned and emergency coverage, including same-day facilitation when necessary and schedule permitting.
  • Flex to support last-minute client or internal needs while maintaining professionalism and preparedness.
  • Collaborate with internal client teams on client engagement, product innovation, and internal company culture initiatives.
  • Serve as a learning experience partner alongside product and client-facing teams, bringing facilitation skills and subject-matter expertise to business initiatives.
  • Seek, synthesize, and apply client and learner feedback to improve experiences, solutions, and outcomes.
  • Establish and sustain trust-based relationships with clients and internal stakeholders through consistent communication, reliability, and mutual respect.
  • Prioritize client needs, goals, and experiences when preparing and delivering solutions, aligning them with client context and values.
  • Monitor and interpret industry trends, innovations, and external forces to inform decisions and client alignment.
  • Use business terminology accurately to build credibility with clients and stakeholders.
  • Surface risks to client engagements and work with internal partners to address emerging concerns.
  • Manage timelines, milestones, and deliverables using project management tools, and communicate progress and outcomes to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Drive positive client outcomes and continually improve learning experiences.
  • Maintain ongoing practice through observations, mock sessions, and self-study.
  • Maintain accurate and timely reading, communication, and documentation across internal systems.
  • Maintain facilitation standards in content knowledge and delivery through skill development, observation, training, and certification pathways.
  • Contribute to the facilitation team's ongoing educational development and engagement through research and presentations.
  • Communicate schedule constraints, risks, and needs proactively with schedulers and managers.
  • Create and maintain an active personal learning and development plan.
  • Pursue growth in facilitation, content mastery, and internal contributions.
  • Complete LifeLabs Learning certified facilitator onboarding and its intensive eight-week development plan.
  • Complete learning plans to master LifeLabs Learning content.
  • Pass practice and client-facing workshop observations.
  • Maintain facilitation standards for content delivery and feedback collection.
  • Maintain reliability and operational excellence.
  • Maintain four or more open workshop slots weekly, deliver approximately ten workshops per month when demand allows, and maintain recurring availability during high-demand time blocks.
  • Increase availability temporarily during onboarding when needed.
  • Submit a resume, application-question responses, and a facilitation video as part of the application.
  • Submit a video of facilitating the Habit Skills workshop, no more than two minutes long, following the provided structure.
  • Participate in a 60-minute behavioral and research interview, a 45-minute live facilitation demonstration, and a 45-minute hiring manager conversation.
Desired Qualifications
  • A current coaching certification.
  • A graduate degree.

About the company

LifeLabs Learning provides science-backed training programs for managers, executives, and teams through live virtual and in-person workshops, private organizational trainings, and a membership model with unlimited access to workshops, on-demand courses, and coaching on a single platform. Its core curriculum, Tipping Point Skills, teaches small, concrete behaviors in areas like coaching, feedback, productivity, prioritization, and inclusive leadership to boost performance, engagement, and retention. It differentiates itself by grounding programs in research about how top managers operate and offering a mix of live, online, and coaching experiences on a unified platform with customized organizational programs. Its goal is to turn workplaces into labs for practicing essential life skills to improve teamwork and outcomes.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$13.6M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2008

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What believers are saying

  • Atairos has backed LifeLabs since March 2023, providing patient capital and distribution support.
  • The company says it has upskilled 500,000 people across 3,000 companies by June 2024.
  • AI adoption creates fresh demand for manager training that turns tools into workflow change.

What critics are saying

  • A 2022 layoff reportedly cut 40% of staff after rapid expansion.
  • LifeLabs depends on discretionary L&D budgets that froze during downturns and layoffs.
  • A generic leadership-training market invites commoditization from Udemy, Korn Ferry, and internal HR teams.

What makes LifeLabs Learning unique

  • Nathan Blain arrived May 28, 2026, bringing Udemy and Korn Ferry experience.
  • LifeLabs launched AI Transformation Program September 23, 2026, focused on manager-led AI adoption.
  • LeaderLab 2026 and Membership emphasize live, facilitator-led practice, not passive video courses.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Company Equity
  • Performance Bonus
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

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1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-1%
PR Newswire
Sep 28th, 2026
LifeLabs Learning launches AI transformation programme to help managers drive adoption

LifeLabs Learning has launched its AI Transformation Program, a science-backed leadership training designed to help managers drive meaningful AI adoption within their teams. The program addresses a critical gap: while strong manager support makes employees twice as likely to use AI frequently and nine times more likely to report quality improvements, only 28% of employees currently receive adequate manager backing. The programme comprises three facilitator-led workshops and a Skills Lab, teaching managers to discern when AI should be used, delegate effectively between people and AI tools, and lead teams through workflow changes. Key methods include "FLOW" for task evaluation and "MOP the Slop" for preventing polished but problematic AI-generated work. The initiative responds to challenges organisations face as they move beyond initial AI experimentation, including inconsistent adoption and individual time savings failing to translate into team performance gains. The program launches on 5 October 2026.

Chief Learning Officer
May 28th, 2026
LifeLabs Learning appoints Nathan Blain as Chief Executive Officer to lead next era of human-centered leadership development.

LifeLabs Learning appoints Nathan Blain as Chief Executive Officer to lead next era of human-centered leadership development. Leadership development and organizational effectiveness expert joins LifeLabs Learning to deepen client impact and scale world-class learning experiences that drive measurable behavior change and meaningful business outcomes. Published: May 28, 2026 New York, NY, May 28, 2026 - LifeLabs Learning, the source for instantly useful, delightfully unusual, science-backed programs, today announced the appointment of Nathan Blain as Chief Executive Officer, marking a major milestone in the company's next phase of growth and impact. Blain brings more than 25 years of experience across leadership development, learning innovation, and organizational strategy. Throughout his career, he has helped organizations navigate workforce change, strengthen leadership capability, and improve organizational performance through research-backed learning experiences and behavior change. His appointment reflects LifeLabs Learning's continued investment in delivering high-impact, human-centered learning experiences that help organizations build adaptable, resilient, and effective leaders in a rapidly changing workplace. "Organizations are looking for practical, human-centered ways to help managers and teams grow, communicate, and lead more effectively," said David Smith, chair of the board of LifeLabs Learning. "Nathan deeply understands the power of learning experiences grounded in science, dialogue, and real behavior change. He also recognizes that what makes LifeLabs special is an exceptional learner experience that helps people grow in ways that stick." Most recently, Blain served as General Manager of the Leadership Academy at Udemy, where he led the company's cohort-learning business and helped organizations combine live learning, technology-enabled experiences, and ongoing application support to drive measurable leadership growth. Prior to Udemy, he was a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, where he advised organizations on leadership, organizational strategy, and workforce transformation. Earlier in his career, Blain spent more than a decade at CEB (now Gartner), where he built leadership development, sales effectiveness, and learning analytics solutions grounded in research on what helps leaders and organizations perform at their best. He also served for nearly a decade as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, teaching strategy and exploring emerging approaches to leadership and organizational performance. "What drew me to LifeLabs is that the company delivers some of the most highly rated leadership development experiences in the industry, and the learner response to the programs is exceptional," said Blain. "I've been especially impressed by the clarity of the science that drives the offerings. The Tipping Point Skills(TM) are exactly where leaders at all levels need to focus to unlock the potential of their teams and organizations." Under Blain's leadership, LifeLabs Learning will continue to prioritize science-backed, facilitator-led learning experiences while adapting to the changing realities of modern work and seizing new opportunities to support leaders. He will focus on expanding LifeLabs Learning's reach while maintaining the quality, human connection, and highly-engaging learner experience that define the brand. "At a time when many companies are asking employees to learn on their own, LifeLabs brings people together. The learning experience is grounded in well-established adult learning science, and behavior change happens through multi-modal support for learner awareness, dialogue, practice, and application," said Blain. "There's an incredibly high bar for learner experience here, and I'm excited to help more organizations benefit from that approach." Founded in 2012, LifeLabs Learning helps organizations develop high-performing leaders and teams through live learning experiences grounded in behavioral science. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies, technology firms, healthcare organizations, and mission-driven teams seeking practical leadership tools that create measurable workplace behavior change. About LifeLabs Learning LifeLabs Learning is the source for instantly useful and delightfully unusual learning and development that sticks. LifeLabs Learning offers facilitator-led live and on-demand programs to create engaged and high-performing workplaces, faster. Programs teach managers Tipping Point Skills(TM) like coaching, feedback, and inclusion, focusing only on the behaviors that lead to the biggest impact in the shortest time. LifeLabs Learning has upskilled over half a million people at more than 3,000 innovative companies, including Etsy, BlackRock, Lyft, and Kaiser Permanente. Media Contact Mackenzie Hesler, [email protected] About LifeLabs Learning. LifeLabs Learning is the source for instantly useful and delightfully unusual learning and development that sticks. LifeLabs Learning offers facilitator-led live and on-demand programs to create engaged and high-performing workplaces, faster. Programs teach managers Tipping Point Skills(TM) like coaching, feedback and inclusion, focusing only on the behaviors that lead to the biggest impact in the shortest time. LifeLabs Learning has upskilled over half a million people at more than 3,000 innovative companies, including Etsy, BlackRock, Lyft and Kaiser Permanente.

PR Newswire
Jun 9th, 2024
Lifelabs Learning Celebrates 500,000 Learners, Building Leadership Skills For The Evolving Workplace

NEW YORK, June 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeLabs Learning, the leading source for instantly useful and delightfully unusual learning and development solutions, announced a significant milestone: 500,000 learners worldwide have developed their leadership skills through its unique live learning programs. Since its inception in 2015, LifeLabs Learning has experienced remarkable growth, with 350,000 learners joining since 2020 alone. This surge reflects the increasing demand for people-centered leadership skills in today's ever-changing work environment."We're passionate about giving managers and teams the skills they need to build workplaces where people feel connected, valued, and empowered to do their best work," said Mike O'Brien, CRO of LifeLabs Learning. "Manager training skills like feedback, coaching, and productivity are the foundation of resilient, innovative, and, frankly, more human-friendly workplaces. We're on a mission to reach one million people-skilled leaders by 2025, and this milestone is a huge step forward."LifeLabs Learning hits milestone: 500,000 learners worldwide building leadership skills for the evolving workplace. Post thisLifeLabs Learning provides both Private Training Programs and a flexible Membership option, making leadership development accessible and scalable for organizations of all sizes

PR Newswire
May 31st, 2024
Scalable Manager Training Solutions For Any Size Company In The Spotlight At Lifelabs Learning Virtual Event On June 11, 2024

NEW YORK, May 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeLabs Learning, the leading source for instantly useful and delightfully unusual learning and development solutions, today announced a special virtual event, " How to Scale Manager Training at your Organization ," on June 11, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The event is for people operations professionals, HR leaders, and learning and development program managers seeking practical solutions for delivering impactful manager training at scale."Manager training can be a real headache for companies, especially enterprise organizations and those with people working remotely. It's tough to make sure everyone gets the same high-quality training, no matter what department or time zone they're in," said Priscila Bala, CEO of LifeLabs Learning. "And then you consider the unique learning needs of a high volume of managers, with some people learning best in one way while others need something totally different. Not only do training programs need to be engaging, interactive and quickly put into practice, they also need to be flexible, easy to access, and cut out any unnecessary steps."How to Scale Manager Training for Maximum Impact at Your Organization Post thisLifeLabs Learning leverages its experience in helping thousands of companies address these challenges by offering scalable live and on-demand learning and development programs led by expert facilitators

PR Newswire
Sep 7th, 2023
Empower Your Workforce With Lifelabs Learning'S New Membership Featuring Live Workshops

Limitless access to live virtual workshops, not video recordings, sets the new LifeLabs Learning Membership apart from other on-demand learning products on the market.NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeLabs Learning, the source for instantly useful manager and team upskilling programs, today announced LifeLabs Learning Membership , bringing the essential features of LifeLabs Learning's popular skills workshops to an easier-to-access, annual membership program with new live learning experiences. Amidst skills shortages and economic uncertainty, providing new and better skills for employees and teams is a top priority among learning and development (L&D) professionals. In fact, 89% agree that proactively building employee skills for today and tomorrow will help navigate the evolving future of work, the LinkedIn 2023 Workplace Learning Report states.Meet LifeLabs Learning Membership, the annual learning & development membership that grants unlimited access to live virtual workshops, group practice & coaching sessions, and learning resources for life’s most useful skills. Check out how to make accelerating employee development easier than ever!The new flexible and accessible LifeLabs Learning Membership allows business leaders and L&D pros to build skills training programs specifically for their employees with unrestricted access to science-backed workshops and new group practice and coaching sessions.With LifeLabs Learning Membership, members benefit from:Unlimited access to daily live workshops that bring together learners from multiple companiesVirtual workshops that allow learners to attend at their own pace and on their own scheduleLive, interactive group practice and feedback sessions that immerse learners in real-life scenarios to practice and apply leadership and coaching skillsShorter versions of popular, foundational workshops designed to accommodate busy schedulesStreamlined booking, dedicated client onboarding, results tracking, and more in one user-friendly platform"At LifeLabs, one of our values is to Always Be Learning," said LifeLabs CEO Priscila Bala. "We've taken this value to heart and created the new LifeLabs Membership based on feedback from our clients and community