Director of Learning Design & AI Orchestration

Pearson; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson Virtual Schools is transforming how learners experience education online. This Director of Learning Design will lead AI‑driven curriculum development, orchestrating AI agents to convert a team of content developers into learning designers and governance for repeatable processes.

Responsibilities include defining AI standards, building QA, and partnering with product, compliance, and HR to reskill staff while aligning with state standards and academic rigor.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in curriculum, instructional design, or content development leadership in K-12 or virtual/online education.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI tools for content creation and orchestration.
• Experience leading managers through large operating-model changes.
• Knowledge of K-12 content compliance, standards, accessibility, and rights clearance.
• Judgment to moderate AI-generated content and defend decisions to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality virtual curriculum that supports effective student outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement of curriculum processes using efficacy data and outcomes.
• Transform content teams into learning designers and learning design managers.
• Partner with HR to reskill, redeploy, or hire for the new operating model.
• Define AI collaboration standards and review checkpoints with QA framework.
• Establish a repeatable agent-orchestration workflow with quality gates.
• Ensure content meets state standards, accessibility, and academic rigor.

Skills

AI content creation

People leadership

Curriculum design

K-12 compliance

AI tool orchestration

Tools

Generative AI tools

Prompt engineering

Agent orchestration platforms

AI content-generation tools

Job description

Pearson Virtual Schools is transforming how learners experience education online. This Director of Learning Design will lead AI‑driven curriculum development, orchestrating AI agents to convert a team of content developers into learning designers and governance for repeatable processes.

Responsibilities include defining AI standards, building QA, and partnering with product, compliance, and HR to reskill staff while aligning with state standards and academic rigor.