Associate Director, Learning Solutions – Design
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Associate Director shaping enterprise learning strategy, design governance, and RTX University at aerospace and defense company RTX. Leading instructional and digital design teams and modern learning technology adoption.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop instructional and digital designers creating instructor-led, digital, blended, simulation-based, and performance-support solutions
- Set enterprise learning solution strategy and architecture aligned with business, talent, leadership, and capability priorities
- Lead RTX University learning experience and content strategy, including architecture, pathways, curation, discovery, and platform evolution
- Establish and apply build, buy, curate, reuse, and retire strategies for learning solutions
- Serve as performance consultant and strategic advisor to diagnose business, performance, and capability needs
- Establish learning design governance covering standards, templates, accessibility, brand alignment, quality assurance, and content lifecycle
- Advance responsible use of AI and emerging learning technologies
- Evolve instructional design capabilities and ways of working
- Build partnerships across business, HR, Talent, Learning, technology, communications, and other functions
- Advise senior stakeholders on learning strategies, recommendations, tradeoffs, and investments
- Partner with Learning Operations and technology teams to integrate solutions across the LMS, RTX University, and learning technology ecosystem
- Evaluate effectiveness using learner insights, adoption data, performance measures, and business outcomes
- Prioritize work and allocate team and vendor resources across enterprise initiatives
- Manage external vendors, production partners, and associated budgets
- Serve as enterprise thought leader for learning experience design, learning architecture, and modern learning practices
Requirements:
- University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience
- Experience in learning strategy, instructional design, learning experience design, digital learning, talent development, or related disciplines
- Experience leading and developing instructional design, learning experience design, or digital learning teams
- Experience developing learning strategies, architectures, standards, and scalable solutions within a complex organization
- Strong knowledge of instructional design, adult learning, learning science, performance consulting, and modern learning technologies
- Ability to diagnose business and performance needs and translate them into effective learning strategies and solutions
- Experience establishing learning design governance, including standards, accessibility, quality assurance, and content lifecycle practices
- Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive alignment without direct authority
- Strong executive communication, consultation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
- Experience using data, learner insights, and performance measures to evaluate effectiveness and inform decisions
- Ability to lead multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- U.S. citizenship required; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
- Experience leading enterprise learning strategy or solution architecture within a large, complex, global organization (preferred)
- Experience developing or evolving an enterprise learning hub, LXP, or digital learning ecosystem (preferred)
- Experience establishing build, buy, curate, reuse, and retire approaches for learning portfolios (preferred)
- Experience connecting learning solutions to broader talent strategies (preferred)
- Experience implementing AI-enabled learning practices and emerging technologies (preferred)
- Experience driving self-directed, skills-based, or personalized learning experiences (preferred)
- Experience influencing senior business and HR leaders (preferred)
- Familiarity with Workday Learning or comparable enterprise learning platforms (preferred)
- Deep management and leadership knowledge for leading cross-department project teams or managing across related departments (preferred)
- Knowledge of accessibility standards including WCAG and learning measurement and evaluation practices (preferred)
Benefits:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on position and collective-bargaining coverage)
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