Director of Learning Design & AI‑Orchestrated Curriculum

Pearson; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to spearhead the AI‑driven transformation of our curriculum organization. You will orchestrate content development with AI, set quality standards, and redesign teams for scalable learning design leadership.

You will partner with product and compliance to ensure state standards, accessibility and rigorous pedagogy while driving efficiency and measurable outcomes across the curriculum portfolio. This is a full‑time role based in the U.S.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership, including experience in K‑12 or virtual/online education
• Hands‑on experience with generative AI tools for content creation, including prompt engineering, agent orchestration platforms, or AI‑assisted workflows
• Proven experience leading managers through significant operating‑model change (reorganization or process transformation)
• Working knowledge of K‑12 content compliance, including state standards, accessibility, and rights-clearance basics
• Sound judgment to say no to weak AI-generated output and defend it to leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality curriculum for engaging virtual learning and strong student outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement of curriculum and development processes using efficacy data
• Transform content developers into learning designers and learning design managers with clear role definitions and training
• Assess readiness for transition, guiding reskilling and redeployment in partnership with HR
• Define standards for human‑agent collaboration in curriculum production and establish review checkpoints
• Redesign team structure and establish a repeatable agent‑orchestration workflow with quality gates
• Track throughput and cost-per-learning-unit with a rigorous measurement framework
• Partner with product, curriculum leadership, and compliance to meet state standards and accessibility requirements
• Represent the transformation to senior leadership with productivity, quality, and risk metrics

Skills

Curriculum leadership

Instructional design

K-12 education

Generative AI tools

Agent orchestration

Tools

AI tooling

Agent orchestration platforms

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Director of Learning Design to spearhead the AI‑driven transformation of our curriculum organization. You will orchestrate content development with AI, set quality standards, and redesign teams for scalable learning design leadership.

You will partner with product and compliance to ensure state standards, accessibility and rigorous pedagogy while driving efficiency and measurable outcomes across the curriculum portfolio. This is a full‑time role based in the U.S.