DDi

Lead a multidisciplinary team to create innovative, accessible learning content that drives leadership behavior change and organizational growth while managing projects, budgets, and vendor relationships. | Proven leadership in learning content design and delivery, strong knowledge of learning technologies and standards, excellent communication and stakeholder skills, and familiarity with emerging learning tools and agile methodologies. | Description: • Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team (instructional designers, graphic artists, and video producers) to produce cutting-edge learning content that influences leadership behaviours and accelerates organizational growth. • Champion and embed evidence-based learning design principles across all initiatives, promoting best practices and continuous innovation in instructional design within the team and organization. • Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement, encouraging the development of innovative ideas and approaches in content creation; may include design sprint facilitation. • Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to identify learning needs and translate them into creative, effective solutions. • Provide creative direction and maintain brand and aesthetic consistency across customer-facing content. • Establish best practices for content development, incorporating emerging technologies and innovative formats to enhance learner engagement and impact. • Manage and optimize content infrastructure, including documentation of processes and systems that support scalability and quality. • Champion accessibility in learning content, ensuring all experiences are inclusive and compliant with relevant standards. • Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to deliver high-quality content on schedule. • Stay informed of trends and advancements in learning and development, applying insights to guide team innovation. • Support professional growth within the team through coaching, mentorship, and development opportunities. • Oversee and manage relationships with external vendors to ensure the timely, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery of instructional design projects and learning solutions; define scopes of work and negotiate contracts. • Represent the organization as a thought leader by speaking at conferences, webinars, and industry forums. • Evaluate and implement new tools, platforms, and technologies to enhance learning outcomes and engagement; identify opportunities and drive improvements in workflows, tooling and AI automation/augmentation. • Lead change management initiatives to drive adoption of new tools, workflows, and operational models. • Define and track success metrics and continuously measure the effectiveness of programs and content; work with technology teams to streamline digital integration and content delivery. Requirements: • Proven experience leading teams responsible for designing and delivering innovative learning solutions within a learning and development environment. • Strong understanding of soft skills development and leadership training, with a focus on impactful behavioural change. • Demonstrated ability to foster creativity and innovation in content creation, leveraging new technologies and methodologies. • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Familiarity with SCORM and XAPI delivery as well as wider learning eco-system (LMS, HCM, etc). • Familiarity with emerging standards and technologies in learning (LTI, AI, LXP platforms, etc.). • Ability to inspire a team to think creatively and challenge conventional approaches to learning. • Experience managing projects and resources effectively to meet strategic goals. • Preferred: Background in digital learning, multimedia content, or related fields. • Preferred: Experience working within agile environments applying agile methodologies to content development. • Preferred: Familiarity with emerging technologies such as AR/VR, gamification, and AI in learning. • Preferred: Hands-on approach (seek out the problems), while also empowering the team. Benefits: • Variable Pay: 20% • Click here for an overview of the benefits DDI offers.