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Learning & Development Manager

Business

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.

Human ResourcesEducation

Picture the job

Where you'd usually workA meeting room or a client's office

  • Mostly indoors
  • Sitting for most of the day
  • Rarely dealing with the public
  • Regular working hours

An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.

In Malaysia

In Malaysia many L&D teams also manage the company's HRD Corp levy and training-grant claims, which is a local feature not in the US description. Larger employers, GLCs and MNC shared-services centres have dedicated L&D managers; in SMEs the job usually sits within general HR.

How people get into it here
SPM → Diploma/Degree in HR, education, psychology or business → training/L&D executive → L&D specialist → L&D manager after about 7-10 years. HRD Corp trainer certification (TTT) is common locally.
Demand
Randstad reports new job opportunities arising in organisational design, talent management and learning & development for 2025. Randstad Malaysia 2025 Job Market Outlook

Sources:randstad.com.my

Pay in Malaysia

Starting in the role

RM4,500 – RM7,000

per month

Experienced

RM12,000 – RM18,000

per month

From a published Malaysian salary guide. Actual offers vary by employer, city and experience.

Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide (Human resources) · 2025

How far is this from you?

Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.

  1. 1

    Entry straight after SPM

  2. 2

    SPM + sijil / short TVET course

  3. 3

    Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)

  4. Typical entry

    Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)

  5. 5

    Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route

Typical educationBachelor's degree
The full route to this careerThe steps from school, UPU programmes and sourced costs, read against your answers.

How to get here

Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.

IPG (Teacher Training)

Explore KPM's teacher-training route. Check current funding and apply through KPM's PISMP portal, not UPUOnline.

~5 years
Compare routes against your results and interests

Check what you may qualify for

Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.

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Quick answers

How do you become a Learning & Development Manager in Malaysia?

SPM → Diploma/Degree in HR, education, psychology or business → training/L&D executive → L&D specialist → L&D manager after about 7-10 years. HRD Corp trainer certification (TTT) is common locally.

What should I study to become a Learning & Development Manager?

Related fields of study: Human Resources and Education. SPM subjects that help most: English, Business, Economics and Bahasa Melayu.

How much does a Learning & Development Manager earn in Malaysia?

Published figures put starting pay at RM4,500 – RM7,000 a month, and RM12,000 – RM18,000 with experience (source: Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide (Human resources), 2025).

What you'd do all day

The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.

  1. 1Analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
  2. 2Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing recommendations for improvement.
  3. 3Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.
  4. 4Confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
  5. 5Conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires.
  6. 6Train instructors and supervisors in techniques and skills for training and dealing with employees.
  7. 7Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
  8. 8Prepare training budget for department or organization.
  9. 9Develop testing and evaluation procedures.
  10. 10Conduct or arrange for ongoing technical training and personal development classes for staff members.
  11. 11Review and evaluate training and apprenticeship programs for compliance with government standards.
  12. 12Coordinate established courses with technical and professional courses provided by community schools, and designate training procedures.

Also known as

What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.

  • HR Trainer
  • OD Manager
  • T and D Manager
  • L and D Director
  • Learning Manager
  • Learning Officer
  • T and D Director
  • Training Manager
  • Knowledge Manager
  • Learning Director

Subjects that matter here

The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.

EnglishDraws directly on English Language — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
BusinessDraws directly on Administration and Management — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
EconomicsDraws directly on Administration and Management — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Bahasa MelayuDraws directly on Communications and Media — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Computer Science / ICTDraws directly on Computers and Electronics — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).

What you'd need to know

The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.

  • Education and Training99%
  • English Language87%

    English

  • Administration and Management83%

    BusinessEconomics

  • Personnel and Human Resources79%

    Business

  • Customer and Personal Service77%
  • Communications and Media66%

    EnglishBahasa Melayu

Tools you'd use

Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.

Where to learn these, free

Scholarships & funding

What the work feels like

Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.

  • Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
  • Contact with other peopleConstant contact
  • Dealing with customers or the publicNot at all
  • Leading or coordinating othersVery high
  • Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
  • Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
  • Noisy environmentAlmost never
  • Time spent sittingMost of the time

Where this job is heading

Newer tasks O*NET has flagged for this occupation, a hint at how the role is changing.

  • Confer with management or stakeholders and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
  • Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing data and recommendations for improvement.
  • Train instructors, supervisors, and other leaders in techniques and skills for training and interacting with employees.

AI and demand for this job

A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.

5%

Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)

This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.

0.16%

Of Malaysian Claude conversations, about this kind of work

Measures how much people use Claude for this work, not how many Malaysians do this job, and more AI use can mean people relying on it, not that it's replacing them.

Growing role in the US

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.

What beginner adverts asked for

We read 5 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.

5 of 5 were internships

Languages named

Bahasa Malaysia

An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.

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About this information

This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.

O*NET occupation: Training and Development Managers

Source: Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide (Human resources) · as of Jan 2025

Check the salary figures yourself:Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide (Human resources)

Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org