Manager, Course Development - Food & Workforce Safety Training

Registrar Corp • Hampton, VA

5h • Remote

About The Position

Join a mission-driven team that's transforming global compliance. Registrar Corp's mission is to promote consumer health and safety by providing 32,000+ food, cosmetic, medical device, and drug companies in 180+ countries with training, software, and services. Our online training business focuses on frontline production workers and professional staff. We are seeking a Manager, Course Development to lead a team in building world-class eLearning courses for food and workplace safety. This is a hands-on leadership role. You will own the end-to-end course development process including: course objectives, SME collaboration, instructional design, voiceover, video/graphics development, assets assembly, testing, and LMS deployment. If you're passionate about impactful eLearning and thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, we encourage you to apply!

Requirements

• 10+ years in instructional design or eLearning development, with at least 2 years managing or leading a team of instructional designers or learning professionals.
• Demonstrated player-coach ability: you can give detailed, credible feedback on course design and also produce polished work yourself when the team needs it.
• Solid understanding of SCORM packaging, LMS deployment, and accessibility standards
• Familiarity with Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and multimedia tools (Audacity, Adobe Premiere or equivalent).Experience designing courses for regulated industries with a strong grasp of how to make compliance content genuinely engaging. Experience with food safety, workplace safety training a plus.
• Strong project management skills: you can run multiple concurrent development tracks, track milestones, manage revision rounds, and hit deadlines reliably.
• Excellent communication skills: clear in writing, constructive in feedback, and confident in cross-functional conversations with SMEs and leadership.
• Highly organized and self-directed; comfortable working fully remote and managing a distributed team.
• High proficiency in Articulate (Lectora a plus).

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a B2B eLearning company, preferably in compliance or safety training.
• Certifications such as CPLP or ATD Instructional Design Certificate.
• Experience with learning analytics tools and using learner performance data to drive course improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team fostering a collaborative, high-accountability environment focused on craft and continuous improvement.
• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to help each team member grow.
• Identify skills gaps across the team and develop training, templates, and processes to close them.
• Build a positive team culture that balances creative excellence with disciplined on-time delivery.
• Establish and enforce instructional design standards, style guides, and QA processes across all courses and learning formats.
• Conduct structured reviews of storyboards, scripts, and final course builds providing specific, actionable feedback.
• Personally design and develop courses when needed, modeling best-in-class use of adult learning frameworks (ADDIE, Kirkpatrick) and scenario-based design.
• Ensure all courses meet SCORM compliance and regulatory accuracy requirements.
• Champion usability testing and learner feedback loops; translate data into concrete improvements to course design and assessment quality.
• Guide the instructional design team in evaluating and leveraging AI-enabled authoring and content generation tools to enhance efficiency and learning impact.
• Own the team's content development pipeline: intake, scoping, scheduling, milestone tracking, and on-time delivery across all active projects.
• Build and maintain project plans with realistic timelines that account for SME availability, review cycles, and revision rounds.
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers — whether resource constraints, SME delays, or scope creep — before they impact delivery.
• Report pipeline status, risks, and capacity with transparency and appropriate cadence.
• Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to extract, structure, and translate complex regulatory content into practical, engaging training for frontline workers and industry professionals.
• Work with third-party content development and LMS vendors to ensure courseware quality and a seamless learner experience.
• Collaborate with Sales team to align the development calendar.
• Partner with support team to troubleshoot and resolve customer-reported issues related to eLearning course functionality and design.
• Provide input on tooling decisions — authoring tools, LMS configuration, multimedia production — to optimize team efficiency and output quality.

Benefits

• Remote work eligibility in US states listed below
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, mental health services, 401(k) with company match, and paid time off
• Collaborative, innovative team culture with growth opportunities
• Target salary range of $85k-115k based on experience and location; performance bonus eligible

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed