Director of AI‑Orchestrated Learning Design

Pearson; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to lead the transformation of content developers into learning designers who orchestrate AI-enabled curriculum production. You will work with curriculum leadership to align AI tooling with student outcomes and budget constraints, influencing buy vs.

build decisions. This role requires deep K-12 instructional design expertise, hands-on experience with generative AI, and proven change leadership to redefine team structure, governance, and review

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 and orchestration.
• Experience leading managers through major operating-model changes.
• Working knowledge of K-12 standards, accessibility, and rights-clearance basics.
• Judgment to challenge weak AI outputs and defend decisions to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead learning design and curriculum development for engaging virtual learning experiences.
• Drive continuous improvement using efficacy data and student outcomes.
• Transform teams into learning designers and redefine roles and competencies.
• Define AI collaboration standards, review checkpoints, and escalation paths.
• Oversee tool selection, AI content generation, and QA frameworks.
• Redesign org structure and implement repeatable AI orchestration workflows.
• Partner with product, curriculum, and compliance to meet standards and rigor.

Skills

Learning design leadership

Generative AI proficiency

AI orchestration

Curriculum development

Instructional design

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Prompt engineering

Agent orchestration platforms

AI content-generation tools

Quality assurance for AI content

Model evaluation

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to lead the transformation of content developers into learning designers who orchestrate AI-enabled curriculum production. You will work with curriculum leadership to align AI tooling with student outcomes and budget constraints, influencing buy vs.

build decisions. This role requires deep K-12 instructional design expertise, hands-on experience with generative AI, and proven change leadership to redefine team structure, governance, and review