Director of AI‑Driven Learning Design

Pearson; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development into AI‑orchestrated learning design. You will lead a team transitioning from manual drafting to orchestration, set standards for AI content, and work with product leadership to align with state standards and accessibility requirements.

You will manage a portfolio of proprietary and licensed courses, influence buy vs. build decisions, and drive cost and quality metrics across a large team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership in K-12/virtual education
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools for content creation and orchestration
• Experience leading managers through operating-model change
• Working knowledge of state standards, accessibility, and rights-clearance basics

Responsibilities

• Lead development of high-quality curriculum for virtual learning and student outcomes
• Lead continuous improvement of curriculum and development processes using efficacy data
• Oversee transition of content developers to learning designers and managers
• Assess team readiness and coordinate reskilling, redeployment, and hiring
• Define standards for human–agent collaboration and AI content quality assurance
• 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 to meet standards and rigor
• Represent transformation to senior leadership with productivity, quality, and risk metrics

Skills

Hands-on AI tools

Prompt engineering

Agent orchestration

K-12 instructional design

Leadership of managers

Tools

Generative AI toolset

AI content platforms

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development into AI‑orchestrated learning design. You will lead a team transitioning from manual drafting to orchestration, set standards for AI content, and work with product leadership to align with state standards and accessibility requirements.

You will manage a portfolio of proprietary and licensed courses, influence buy vs. build decisions, and drive cost and quality metrics across a large team.