Director of Learning Design & AI-Driven Curriculum

Pearson; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Pearson Virtual Schools is transforming curriculum development by shifting from hand-crafted content to AI-assisted design. The role directs AI agents and orchestrates learning design across a portfolio of proprietary and licensed courses, influencing buy vs. build decisions.

The Director of Learning Design collaborates with product management to ensure alignment with state standards, accessibility, and academic rigor while guiding a large change initiative across the team.

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 agent orchestration.
• Proven experience leading managers through major operating-model change.
• Working knowledge of K-12 content compliance, standards, accessibility, and rights-clearance basics.
• Judgment to say no to weak AI-generated output and defend that call to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality curriculum for effective virtual learning and student outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement of curriculum and development processes using efficacy data.
• Oversee transition of content developers to learning designers and managers.
• Coordinate reskilling, redeployment, and hiring in partnership with HR.
• Set tone and pace for organizational change while retaining top performers.
• Partner with product, curriculum leadership, and compliance to meet standards and rigor.

Skills

Curriculum leadership

Generative AI

People leadership

K-12 compliance

Tools

Agent orchestration

Content generation tools

Job description

Pearson Virtual Schools is transforming curriculum development by shifting from hand-crafted content to AI-assisted design. The role directs AI agents and orchestrates learning design across a portfolio of proprietary and licensed courses, influencing buy vs. build decisions.

The Director of Learning Design collaborates with product management to ensure alignment with state standards, accessibility, and academic rigor while guiding a large change initiative across the team.