Senior Learning Design Lead

Cengage Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking a Learning Manager to guide higher-education content strategy and learning design. You will collaborate with editorial, marketing, and production teams to improve courses, pedagogy, and accessibility.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of full-time experience in instructional learning design or related fields, with a focus on inclusive content and learner success. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential in a remote-to-hybrid setting.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of full-time work experience, preferably with experience in a corporate environment.
• Educational or professional background in instructional design, learning design, or related field.
• Experience in designing inclusive content for diverse audiences.
• Teaching experience in higher education.
• Experience in Advanced Computing and/or Math course areas.

Responsibilities

• Inform and/or update author content and pedagogy with universal and portfolio-specific perspective based in learning theory, currency, and career readiness.
• Serve as the student journey and discipline-level learning design expert, collaborating with colleagues in editorial, business strategy, marketing, authoring and content creation, and production.
• Review new and existing content and update plans against the editorial team strategy, Cengage’s quality learning standards, research-based insights, and established protocols. Ensure alignment, consistency, and appropriateness across the field.
• Design digital content to fill gaps and seize opportunities for improving learning, based on insights into platform functionalities, user experience and satisfaction, and content usage statistics.
• Design and advocate for improvements in accessibility, equity, and inclusivity in all aspects of content and authoring.
• Collaborate with authors/subject matter experts/industry partners and team members throughout the curriculum development process, seeking out varied perspectives and expertise.
• Establish and maintain field tools and guidelines for field content creation/creators.
• Support freelance and vendor content creators as necessary to ensure content quality and timely delivery. Develop new authoring talent for the field and learning needs and understanding of digital product and use of authoring tools.
• Apply emerging learning trends and discipline-specific guidelines to continuously innovate and improve learning designs. Stay current with EdTech and subject area trends, key competitive developments, learning science research, and content design standards.

Skills

Innovation

Learning design

Communication

Collaboration

Project management

Problem solving

Adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking a Learning Manager to guide higher-education content strategy and learning design. You will collaborate with editorial, marketing, and production teams to improve courses, pedagogy, and accessibility.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of full-time experience in instructional learning design or related fields, with a focus on inclusive content and learner success. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential in a remote-to-hybrid setting.