Learning Experience Designer

About the company

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Learning Experience Designer based in India.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end learning design process, from discovery and requirements gathering through development, quality assurance, and delivery.
• Define learning objectives, learner personas, project scopes, timelines, resource requirements, and development plans aligned with client needs and business goals.
• Collaborate with sales, product, client success, solutions, and delivery teams to identify learning needs and recommend appropriate programs and learning pathways.
• Support client discovery and pre-sales conversations by assessing audience readiness, skill gaps, program objectives, and relevant workplace use cases.
• Design and develop instructor-led learning experiences for technical and non-technical audiences across AI, emerging technologies, digital transformation, leadership, professional skills, and workplace productivity.
• Create engaging instructional materials, including presentations, facilitator guides, learner workbooks, hands-on labs, case studies, simulations, assessments, and practical workplace exercises.
• Incorporate relevant AI tools and workplace technologies, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, NotebookLM, and Midjourney, into learning activities where appropriate.
• Develop interactive exercises covering prompt refinement, workflow mapping, use case development, technical labs, coding challenges, ethical decision-making, and real-world business simulations.
• Translate complex technical concepts into accessible, structured learning experiences in collaboration with subject matter experts.
• Apply adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, accessibility standards, and learning science to support measurable outcomes and practical workplace application.
• Keep learning content current by monitoring industry trends, evolving technology capabilities, emerging best practices, and responsible technology use.
• Manage development schedules, deliverables, quality standards, and the resources required for successful program delivery, including subject matter experts, instructional designers, assessment specialists, instructors, vendors, and contractors.
• Prepare instructors to deliver high-quality training through facilitator resources, delivery guidance, tool setup instructions, troubleshooting materials, and activity facilitation notes.
• Partner with instructors and client teams to adapt programs for enterprise organizations, startups, government institutions, technical teams, business leaders, and cross-functional employee groups.
• Collect and analyze learning impact data to improve content, strengthen learner outcomes, and guide ongoing program development.
• Coordinate with translation and localization partners when adapting programs for international audiences.
• Work with product management and learning systems design teams to standardize reusable learning components, templates, assessments, activities, and program structures.
• Identify opportunities to turn customized learning materials into scalable products, repeatable delivery models, and reusable instructional resources.
• Contribute to the evolution of the learning portfolio by identifying emerging client requirements, market trends, and opportunities for new or improved learning solutions.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional experience in instructional design, learning experience design, curriculum development, or a related field, with substantial experience creating instructor-led training content.
• Demonstrated ability to design high-quality learning experiences for enterprise, professional, technical, and workplace audiences.
• Strong experience developing practical learning materials, including presentations, facilitator guides, activities, assessments, case studies, hands-on labs, simulations, and learner resources.
• Proven experience managing clients, stakeholders, subject matter experts, instructors, vendors, or cross-functional partners throughout a content development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of instructional design methodologies and frameworks, including Bloom’s Taxonomy, ADDIE, experiential learning, practice-based learning, and adult learning principles.
• Ability to design engaging learning experiences for both technical and non-technical audiences, including business teams, functional specialists, leaders, and technical practitioners.
• Hands-on fluency with current AI tools and the ability to use them to design, prototype, evaluate, and improve learning experiences.
• Experience developing learning programs related to AI, emerging technologies, data, digital transformation, technical skills, or workplace technology adoption.
• Strong working knowledge of instructional design tools and methodologies.