Curriculum Development Manager

Sabre Systems LLC•Patuxent River, MD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sabre Systems is seeking an experienced Curriculum Development Manager to establish and manage technical curriculum roadmaps and content within the NAVAIR Digital Acquisition Center of Expertise (DACE). DACE is transforming best practices into scalable, digitally enabled acquisition training to build a resource pipeline for leading-edge acquisition programs. The Curriculum Development Manager will analyze DACE subject matter, evaluate learning personas, assess open-source material, and identify knowledge gaps for modern acquisition programs to develop a phased curriculum and published training using micro-learning techniques and a future cloud-based AI-enabled learning environment. The goal is to teach acquisition professionals a modern, digitally enabled acquisition approach that can produce program outcomes at the speed of relevance. This position requires on-site work at NAVAIR South Engineering building, with telework availability. The selected candidate will be responsible for understanding learning personas, hierarchal concepts, training content, and metadata relationships; roadmapping and phasing training content; utilizing micro-learning techniques; planning and communicating learning paths; technical writing, script development, video editing, and content management for educational videos; and evaluating training material from academia and industry for integration. Experience with large complex systems development, digital engineering ecosystems, and dynamic data-driven decision-making is also crucial.

Requirements

Management, Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university.
ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: Business, Management, Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in training content and curriculum development with strong familiarity with defense acquisition systems.
Experience across engineering domains, cross-discipline intersectional knowledge graphs, academia, and modern engineering practices.
Experience in various digital innovation or disruptive technology areas (e.g., internet of things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics process automation).
Proven experience to support strategic initiatives, workforce development and organizational tasks.
Proven technical knowledge of curriculum development, training content and expert level knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation.
Strong understanding of agile methodologies.
Experience managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with government and industry stakeholders.
Must have or be able to obtain an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Outside of the box thinker.
Ability to manage complex projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Establish and manage technical curriculum roadmaps and content within the NAVAIR Digital Acquisition Center of Expertise (DACE).
Analyze DACE developed subject matter, evaluate required learning personas, assess available leverageable open-source material, and assess priority gapped areas of knowledge/expertise.
Develop a phased curriculum and published training, utilizing micro-learning techniques and a future cloud-based AI enabled learning environment.
Teach acquisition professionals a modern digitally enabled acquisition approach.
Understand learning personas, hierarchal concepts, underlying training content, and metadata relationships interplay within a structured learning environment.
Understand how-to roadmap and phase development of training content to maximize adoption and learning.
Utilize micro-learning techniques in the development and publishing of training content.
Plan out, stitch together and communicate learning paths to help learners achieve coherent understanding of the DACE approach to acquisition across lifecycle phases.
Technical Writing/Script development, Video editing and content management for deploying short-form educational videos and associated materials.
Evaluate available training material across Academia and Industry, identifying applicable classes for rapid integration and utilization by DACE Early Adopter programs.
Support strategic initiatives, workforce development and organizational tasks.
Manage cross-functional teams and collaborate with government and industry stakeholders.