Director of AI‑Driven Learning Design

Pearson; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to lead AI-enabled curriculum development and orchestration for virtual learning. You will guide a team through a major operating-model shift, partnering with HR, product, and compliance to ensure high-quality, standards-aligned content.

You will define quality gates for AI content, implement agent orchestration protocols, and drive data-informed improvements across the curriculum portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading curriculum or content development in K-12/virtual education.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI for content creation and orchestration.
• Experience leading managers through large operating-model changes.
• Knowledge of state standards, accessibility, and rights-clearance basics.
• Judgment to avoid low-quality AI outputs and defend decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of high-quality virtual curriculum and improve processes through data.
• Transform team from content developers to learning designers and managers.
• Plan reskilling, redeployment, and hiring in partnership with HR.
• Define human–AI collaboration standards and escalation paths for errors.
• Develop expertise with Pearson’s toolset and AI platforms.
• Build a QA framework for AI-generated content covering pedagogy and accessibility.
• Redesign team structure and establish repeatable agent orchestration workflows.
• Track throughput and cost-per-learning-unit with a rigorous measurement framework.
• Partner with product, curriculum leadership, and compliance on standards.
• Represent the transformation to senior leadership with metrics.

Skills

Generative AI tools

Agent orchestration platforms

K-12 content compliance

Manage managers

Quality assurance for AI content

Leadership in change management

Tools

Pearson authoring toolset

AI content-generation tools

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to lead AI-enabled curriculum development and orchestration for virtual learning. You will guide a team through a major operating-model shift, partnering with HR, product, and compliance to ensure high-quality, standards-aligned content.

You will define quality gates for AI content, implement agent orchestration protocols, and drive data-informed improvements across the curriculum portfolio.