Senior Learning Experience Designer: Lead Learning

Illumina; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Genomics sequencing access

Health/dental/vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Illumina is seeking a Senior Learning Experience Designer to design, develop, and improve learning experiences that strengthen employee capability and performance. You will translate priorities into engaging content for leaders, managers, and staff, applying established learning standards across instructor-led, digital, self-directed, experiential, and tech-enabled formats.

Collaborate with Talent Management, HR partners, SMEs, and external vendors to deliver learning solutions, using feedback

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of experience in learning experience design, instructional design, talent development, leadership development, organizational development, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience. A degree in Learning and Development, Organizational Development, Education, Human Resources, Instructional Design, Communications, Business, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience developing blended learning experiences that incorporate instructor-led, digital, experiential, and self-directed approaches.
• Experience supporting leadership development, manager development, employee learning, or capability-building programs.
• Ability to translate defined business and learning needs into engaging content and practical performance-support resources.
• Working knowledge of adult learning principles, learning experience design, facilitation, and behavior-change practices.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts, internal stakeholders, and external providers to deliver learning solutions.
• Strong project coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to creating accessible, learner-centered experiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve learning experiences and content that support leadership capability, manager effectiveness, employee development, and priority workforce skills.
• Contribute to blended learning journeys by developing instructor-led, digital, experiential, and self-directed learning components based on defined objectives and audience needs.
• Create practical learning and performance-support resources, including facilitator guides, participant materials, job aids, toolkits, manager resources, FAQs, templates, example libraries, and microlearning.
• Collaborate with Talent Management colleagues, subject matter experts and external partners to develop, test, and deliver learning solutions within established program strategies and standards.
• Curate and adapt internal and external learning content for specific audiences, using learning technologies and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
• Incorporate practice, reflection, coaching, peer learning, manager involvement, and reinforcement into learning experiences to support skill development and application.
• Develop learning, communication, and enablement materials that support employee and leader adoption of new processes, technologies, and ways of working.
• Coordinate learning deliverables, timelines, stakeholder input, and vendor activities for assigned initiatives.
• Maintain learning content and knowledge resources to ensure accuracy, relevance, accessibility, and consistency.
• Gather and analyze learner feedback, participation data, and available performance indicators to identify and implement improvements to content and delivery.

Skills

Learning design

Instructional design

Leadership development

Talent development

Organizational development

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Adult learning

Facilitation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD (without experience)

Tools

Workday Learning

LinkedIn Learning

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Illumina is seeking a Senior Learning Experience Designer to design, develop, and improve learning experiences that strengthen employee capability and performance. You will translate priorities into engaging content for leaders, managers, and staff, applying established learning standards across instructor-led, digital, self-directed, experiential, and tech-enabled formats.

Collaborate with Talent Management, HR partners, SMEs, and external vendors to deliver learning solutions, using feedback