Lead Training Developer (Remote Eligible)
Southwest Power Pool•Little Rock, AR
•$97,580 - $126,795
About The Position
The Lead Training Developer advances the quality, consistency, and strategic impact of learning across the organization. The role leads projects and supports a cross-functional team of eLearning Developers, Instructional Designers, and Training Specialists to create effective, engaging, and scalable learning solutions aligned with organizational goals and business outcomes. The lead establishes standards, improves processes, and fosters collaboration among subject matter experts, technical teams, and training teams to deliver high-impact, data-informed training.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Communication, Business Administration, or another relevant field.
- Eight years of experience in instructional design, eLearning development, or training facilitation.
- Demonstrated experience applying instructional design methodologies such as ADDIE, SAM, Agile, or similar, and adult learning principles.
- Experience developing digital learning using enterprise authoring and multimedia tools such as Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Vyond, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar technologies.
- Experience administering or developing content within a Learning Management System (LMS).
- Demonstrated experience leading complex learning projects, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, and delivering multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Experience establishing development standards, quality assurance practices, or governance processes for learning content.
- Strong consultation, facilitation, written communication, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without employment visa or student-work authorization sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Professional certifications such as CPTD, ATD Instructional Design Certificate, Kirkpatrick, Prosci, PMP, Agile, or similar.
- Experience developing learning solutions for technical, compliance, engineering, utility, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience using data, learning analytics, and business performance metrics to evaluate learning effectiveness.
- Experience creating simulations, scenario-based learning, video production, xAPI, or other advanced digital learning technologies.
- Experience incorporating accessibility standards into digital learning solutions.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled learning development tools to improve content quality and development efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Deliver enterprise learning solutions that improve employee capability, technical proficiency, and organizational performance.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to eLearning Developers, Instructional Designers, and Training Specialists, promoting consistent instructional design practices and high-quality deliverables.
- Lead complex learning initiatives from analysis through implementation, coordinating project activities to ensure quality, timeliness, and alignment with business objectives.
- Establish and maintain standards for instructional design, accessibility, branding, quality assurance, and course development.
- Design and develop learning solutions using adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, and evidence-based practices.
- Partner with business leaders, subject matter experts, HR, Compliance, and operational stakeholders to ensure learning solutions reflect business processes, regulatory requirements, and organizational priorities.
- Develop efficient workflows for storyboarding, scripting, development, review, testing, and implementation to improve collaboration and reduce development cycle time.
- Evaluate learning effectiveness using learner feedback, assessments, business metrics, and performance data, and continuously improve learning outcomes.
- Optimize learning technologies, authoring tools, multimedia applications, and learning management system capabilities to improve learner engagement and operational efficiency.
- Research emerging instructional design methodologies, learning technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital learning trends, and recommend innovative solutions.
- Serve as the technical subject matter expert for enterprise learning development, providing consultation, troubleshooting, and best-practice recommendations.
- Identify opportunities to enhance learning processes, increase development efficiency, and improve the learner experience.
Benefits
- Competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities.
- Medical insurance with three plans to choose from.
- Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Relocation bonus, if applicable.
- Hybrid working environment for eligible positions.
- 401(k) savings plan with employer match.
- Employer-funded defined benefit pension plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
