Head of Learning Design (Johannesburg)

HyperionDev is one of the largest providers of accelerated tech education in EMEA and one of the oldest providers of 'coding bootcamps' in the world.

We work with top universities such as Imperial College London, The London School of Economics, The University of Edinburgh, and Stellenbosch University to deliver structured technical courses and bootcamps that accelerate people into fulfilling tech careers.

We have been recognised as one of the top education technology scaleups in the world and gained the financial backing of Meta (previously Facebook), which recognised us as the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa, where we initially started our work. We are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap, and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review, powered by a workforce in Southern Africa, which lowers the cost of an accessible education in technology.

This model has been successful, allowing us to reach millions of learners a year from over 60 countries.

We have also partnered with government bodies such as the UK's Department for Education, who provide scholarships for students to study on our bootcamps and gain employment at companies such as AstraZeneca and the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). We're backed by nearly investors, having raised the largest crowdfunding round of funding for an edtech company in history.

As a primarily bootstrapped, profitable, and scale-up tech business, join us as we play our part in making the world a more stable, safer, and fair place.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As our full-time Head of Learning Design at HyperionDev, you will lead the critical functions of course design, development, and evaluation. This is a new role that exists within the Learning Experience part of the organisation.

The Head of Learning Design will oversee all aspects of HyperionDev's course strategy, development, and maintenance to ensure that our learners have the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to embark on a career in tech. Reporting directly to the Director of Learning Experience, the Head of Learning Design will also be responsible for line managing a number of HyperionDev learning designers, course evaluators, and other specialists, setting key goals and expectations as it relates to new course development and existing portfolio maintenance. To excel in this role, you need to be able to think strategically and prioritise effectively in order to deliver on ambitious targets related to course quality, student satisfaction, retention, and engagement.

It will require someone who can manage multiple tasks and priorities as well as people, while keeping sight of bigger picture goals and targets.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Oversee new course development and existing portfolio maintenance to ensure learner success, improved bootcamp completion rates, learner retention & satisfaction.
2. Streamline and scale course building and course maintenance strategies to drive efficiency, contain scope, and improve course quality.
3. Translate department and business goals into regular team operations.
4. Manage and develop team members by establishing quarterly performance goals, allocating resources, assessing performance, conducting coaching conversations, providing feedback and proposing individual merit, and/or promotional increases.
5. Plan and oversee course production and maintenance in collaboration with HyperionDev's Director of Learning Experience and Operations Manager.
6. Review, update and oversee departmental success metrics related to course quality, student satisfaction, progression and graduation.
7. Work cross-functionally with all relevant teams to research, propose, and implement scalable, effective and efficient approaches to teaching and learning at HyperionDev.

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum

1. 7+ years experience in learning/instruction design, ideally within EdTech
2. 5+ years direct team management experience, having directly line managed a team of 5+ individuals
3. A deep understanding of learning design and educational technology best practices in the context of online/blended higher education
4. Experience working with high-ranking university partners or other prestigious institutions
5. Experience vetting and onboarding scalable methodologies, tools and platforms to enable and support the course design, development and evaluation processes
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
7. Excellent relationship management skills
8. Good business acumen

Preferred

1. A degree in Learning Design, Instructional Design, Learning & Development, or other relevant qualification
2. A proven track record of scaling teams and support structures within a startup environment, ideally in EdTech
3. Experience with Project Management tools such as Jira, Basecamp, Notion, ClickUp, Asana, etc.
4. Experience aligning content to accredited material and running the administration process of accreditation
5. Experience with the production and maintenance of STEM/Coding content

BENEFITS

Hybrid work: We are a hybrid work organisation offering flexibility on your schedule. Remote working options are available for candidates not in proximity of a HyperionDev Campus.

Generous annual leave and medical benefits: We provide up to 20 annual leave days as part of our leave policy, as well as health insurance or medical aid benefits for our staff.

Learn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps.

Join the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments.

Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from top tech companies.

Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.

OUR VALUES

We're a people-forward company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement.