Director of AI-Driven Learning Design

Pearson; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development by leveraging AI agents and orchestration. You will lead a cross-functional team from content developers to learning designers, shaping standards, tooling, and governance for AI-assisted curriculum production.

The role collaborates with product and curriculum leadership to ensure standards alignment, accessibility, and rigor while managing organizational change and reskilling initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership in K-12 or virtual education
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools for content creation, including prompt engineering, agent orchestration platforms, or AI-assisted production workflows
• Proven experience leading managers through major operating-model changes such as reorganization or process transformation
• Working knowledge of K-12 content compliance, including state standards, accessibility requirements, and copyright and rights-clearance basics
• Sound judgment to say no to weak AI-generated output and defend that call to leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality curriculum that supports an effective, engaging virtual learning experience and student outcomes
• Lead continuous improvement of curriculum and development processes informed by efficacy data
• Lead the transition of content developers and managers into learning designers and learning design managers, including role redefinition, competency frameworks, and training
• Assess readiness for the shift and coordinate reskilling, redeployment, and external hiring with HR
• Define the standard for effective human-agent collaboration in curriculum production, including brief standards and escalation paths
• Own selection and evaluation of AI content-generation tools and platforms
• Build and maintain a QA framework for AI-generated instructional content
• Redesign team structure and establish agent-orchestration workflow with quality gates
• Track throughput and cost-per-learning-unit within a rigorous measurement framework
• Partner with product, curriculum leadership, and compliance to ensure standards and accessibility
• Represent the team to senior leadership with productivity, quality and risk metrics

Skills

Curriculum leadership

Instructional design

Generative AI for content

Change management

Strategic partnerships

Tools

Agent orchestration platforms

AI content-generation tools

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development by leveraging AI agents and orchestration. You will lead a cross-functional team from content developers to learning designers, shaping standards, tooling, and governance for AI-assisted curriculum production.

The role collaborates with product and curriculum leadership to ensure standards alignment, accessibility, and rigor while managing organizational change and reskilling initiatives.