Director of AI‑Driven Learning Design

Pearson; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is hiring for a Director of Learning Design to lead curriculum transformation in a virtual learning environment. The role combines deep K‑12 instructional design with hands-on generative AI and agent orchestration, shaping operating standards and talent redeployment across a large team.

You will partner with product and curriculum leadership to ensure compliance with state standards and accessibility, while guiding tool selections and quality assurance for AI-generated content.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership in K-12 or virtual/online education.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools for content creation and agent orchestration.
• Proven experience leading managers through major operating-model change.
• Knowledge of K-12 content compliance, accessibility, copyright and rights clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality curriculum that supports engaging virtual learning experiences and student outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement of curriculum and development processes using efficacy data and outcome metrics.
• Oversee transformation of content developers into learning designers and establish competency frameworks and training.
• Set tone and pace for large-scale change, address skill gaps, and retain top performers.
• Define standard for effective human-agent collaboration in curriculum production and establish review checkpoints and escalation paths.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Instructional design

K-12 education

AI literacy

Tools

AI orchestration platforms

Prompt engineering

Job description

Pearson is hiring for a Director of Learning Design to lead curriculum transformation in a virtual learning environment. The role combines deep K‑12 instructional design with hands-on generative AI and agent orchestration, shaping operating standards and talent redeployment across a large team.

You will partner with product and curriculum leadership to ensure compliance with state standards and accessibility, while guiding tool selections and quality assurance for AI-generated content.