Director of AI-Enabled Learning Design

Pearson; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development through AI orchestration. You will lead content designers into learning designers, partner with HR on skills shifts, and govern standards for AI-assisted curriculum production.

You will collaborate with product and curriculum leadership to ensure compliance, accessibility, and academic rigor while delivering scalable, high-quality virtual learning experiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership, including K-12 or virtual/online education.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools for content creation, including prompt engineering and agent orchestration.
• Proven experience leading managers through major operating-model change (reorgs, process transformations).
• Working knowledge of K-12 content compliance, accessibility, and rights clearances.
• Ability to enforce quality guardrails and defend AI-generated content decisions.
• Experience standing up or scaling AI operations/tools.
• Experience spanning both content development and management of content developers.
• Familiarity with legal/ethical considerations of AI content in education.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of high-quality curriculum for effective virtual learning and student outcomes.
• Drive ongoing improvement of curriculum and development processes using efficacy data.

Skills

Curriculum leadership

Generative AI tools

People leadership

K-12 compliance

Quality guardrails

AI operations

Content management

AI ethics in education

Tools

Agent orchestration platforms

Proprietary authoring toolset

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to transform curriculum development through AI orchestration. You will lead content designers into learning designers, partner with HR on skills shifts, and govern standards for AI-assisted curriculum production.

You will collaborate with product and curriculum leadership to ensure compliance, accessibility, and academic rigor while delivering scalable, high-quality virtual learning experiences.