• Collaborate cross-functionally to create and maintain company-wide instructional standards and best practices for the design and development of scalable, multimedia-rich learning solutions. 
• Use design thinking principles to provide ideation leadership, facilitation, and consultation on educational projects. Imbed the design thinking process within the Learning Engineering and Design team to enable breakthrough ideas; innovation and high-quality learning design that meet learner, data, and business requirements. 
• Expertly apply learner-centered design approaches to frame problems and explore solutions that clearly define a vision of what the product or program learning experience is, what it does, and how it looks and works from the student’s perspective. 
• Own the integrity of the end-to-end learning experience and high standards of quality for design by leading quality reviews across our production portfolio, facilitating lessons-learned discussions after completion of projects, coaching, and helping the team integrate changes as needed. 
• Establish roles, responsibilities, and expectations for the Learning Engineer Design team, stakeholders, and SMEs in initiatives. Ensure continuous communication with stakeholders throughout the educational development process. 
• Build, lead, and communicate the vision to a high-performing team of learning engineers and designers, content developers and curators, and assessment developers. 
• Manage consistent performance of Learning Engineer and Design Team, set team-level KPIs to ensure exceptional quality learning products and production performance. 
• Analyze and monitor Instructional Design & Technology trends and strategies, seeking out new innovations to continually enhance and improve our educational delivery.
• Responsible for integrating new learning design and production software, and determining if the solution is cost effective and scalable.

• Master’s degree or higher in education, Instructional Design, education leadership, or related field
• 7+ years of experience directly related to Instructional Design; competency-based program design; complex, multi-media-rich eLearning experience design; hands-on digital and experience design and instructional technology and Learning Management Systems 
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role directly overseeing, building, developing, coaching, and mentoring a team of Instructional Design and course development professionals 
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role managing learning design, production, and delivery, including program-level curriculum development; Instructional Design; Content development and curation; and instructional technology to support the personalized learning experience 
• Experience with full-scale competency-based design and production, including competency-based scaffolding and standards mapping; and targeted assessment design 
• Deep understanding of current and emerging experience design principles, and human-centered design methodologies. Demonstrated application of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of experience design practitioners.  
• Experience building a culture of collaboration, innovation, and execution. Be an agent of change in a rapidly changing environment.  
• Demonstrated capability to build trust and establish credibility with faculty, peers, direct reports, and senior leaders.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Superior consulting, influence management, and networking skills 
• Ability to apply concepts to drive market-leading innovation in blended learning environments 
• Problem-solving, diplomacy, and persuasive selling skills

Wisewire is a learning design company dedicated to engineering revolutionary materials to achieve your school's vision.

Our DNA at Wisewire is learner-centered design and development. Our learning materials have been adopted by 48% of institutions in the United States and are used by 2.2 million students.