Skill required
Talent Development- Instruction Design - Learning Delivery Instruction
Designation
Learning Exp Design & Dev Assoc Manager
Qualifications
Any Graduation
Years of Experience
10 to 14 years
What would you do?
The Learning Experience Design & Dev. Associate Manager manages day-to-day planning and execution of multiple training development efforts. They ensure that projects are executed according to defined process, quality, budget, and timelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify training needs and develop instructional materials. Design and implement instructional strategies, curricula, and learning materials that align to business needs. Develop and maintain e-learning courses, instructor-led training materials, job aids, and other learning resources. Demonstrated knowledge of innovative learning tools and products, ensuring the use of the latest technologies to deliver instructional information for an audience based on learning activities approaches to help an organization achieve their learning goals.
What are we looking for?
- Education: BA/BS - Prefer degree in Instructional Design, Cognitive Psychology, English, Technical Writing, Communications, related field or equivalent experience.
- Work Experience: Minimum 7-8 years of working experience in training design and development.
- Practical training/learning industry experience.
- Experience in managing a team of 2-3 people.
- Basic project management experience.
- Preferred Basic knowledge of project management tools including work planning and resource scheduling.
- Experience in working with global clients utilizing a consultative approach.
- Experience with developing training solutions for global audience; adjusting materials based on cultural needs, regional constraints, and localization or translation considerations.
- Solid knowledge of instructional design techniques, adult learning theory, and web-based development tools.
- Ability to create high level and detailed designs.
- Extensive experience in at least two or more instructional approaches (web-based, instructor-led, or virtual instructor-led training).
- Experience in designing digital learning approaches (videos, micro learning, simulations, gamified learning).
- Strong written communication skills including working knowledge of editorial requirements, language and grammar, attention to detail to ensure quality.
- Strong oral communication skills.
- Ability to facilitate client SMEs and sponsor discussions to set expectations and ensure appropriate involvement.
- Extensive experience with several instructional approaches (web-based, instructor-led, or virtual instructor-led training).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Project).
- Experience in managing a team size of 2-3 people.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Prepare design documents that meet business requirements.
- Conduct audience and needs analyses to confirm appropriateness of learning objectives.
- Present course/curriculum designs to stakeholders and/or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to gather inputs and finalize.
- Facilitate content gathering from SMEs to create course designs.
- Identify learning objectives based on business drivers and performance goals; map course content to appropriate learning objectives.
- Create mockups/prototypes to support design, ideation (as needed).
- Create detailed workplan based on budget and resource plan.
- Set expectations with the team regarding budget and course schedule.
- Manage development of course content and facilitate media requirements according to project workplan and schedule.
- Review training deliverables for completeness, structure, instructional approach, and visualization, writing style, compliance to standards, language and grammar, functionality and usability (eLearning builds).
- Manage work effort of team members to maintain scope.
- Coordinate project activities between all disciplines including media, technology, project management, client onsite or business interlock and delivery teams.
- Manage communication with client and other stakeholders through the duration of development life cycle.
- Provide coaching to team members on process, quality metrics and individual development areas.
- Report status, identify potential risks and recommendations for mitigation.
- Provide regular feedback on team performance, suggest action items.