Principal Learning and Development Architect

Expedia•Seattle, WA

4d•$207,500 - $290,500

About The Position

Expedia Group is seeking a Principal Learning and Development Architect to architect enterprise learning strategies, frameworks, and experiences that address complex organizational capability needs and deliver measurable business outcomes. The role translates business priorities, learner insights, and performance data into scalable learning architectures, curricula, and development solutions across multiple domains. It leads end-to-end learning ecosystems, from needs analysis and solution architecture through content strategy, delivery models, measurement, and continuous improvement. The architect establishes standards, principles, and reusable patterns for consistent, accessible, and engaging learning experiences. The position partners with senior stakeholders, subject-matter experts, learning teams, Developer Experience, and technology leaders to align learning investments with organizational priorities and drive adoption. It also designs role-based AI learning pathways and playbooks for Technology job families in partnership with Developer Experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in learning and development, instructional design, education, organizational development, business, technology, or a related field.
Significant professional experience designing and architecting enterprise learning, capability-building, instructional design, or organizational development solutions.
Experience owning strategy and architecture across multiple learning programs, domains, or organizational capabilities, rather than a single course or learning asset.
Demonstrated expertise in learning design principles, adult learning theory, curriculum architecture, learning technologies, evaluation methods, and data-informed improvement.
Hands-on use of AI tools in daily work and experience designing AI learning for a technical audience.

Nice To Haves

Strong hands-on AI fluency and technical credibility, including daily use of AI tools to design, prototype, and test learning, and ability to teach technical audiences in the context of their tools and workflows.
Experience building role-based learning pathways and playbooks across multiple technical job families, adapting a common, tool-agnostic framework to each role’s real work.
Experience measuring whether AI skills and behaviors improved and connecting that to usage data and business results without overstating cause and effect.
Track record of leading technology-driven behavior change through influence, including turning skeptical stakeholders into partners and adapting to organizational decisions without formal authority.
Experience designing and facilitating hands-on learning for leaders at every level and scaling it across global teams through champions, lab leaders, or train-the-trainer models.

Responsibilities

Architect enterprise learning and development strategies, frameworks, and experiences that address organizational capability needs and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Translate business priorities, learner insights, and performance data into scalable learning architectures, curricula, and development solutions across multiple domains.
Lead end-to-end learning ecosystems, including needs analysis, solution architecture, content strategy, delivery models, measurement, and continuous improvement.
Establish standards, principles, and reusable patterns for consistent, accessible, and engaging learning experiences across the organization.
Partner with senior stakeholders, subject-matter experts, learning teams, Developer Experience, and technology leaders to align learning investments with organizational priorities and drive adoption.
Design role-based AI learning pathways and playbooks for Technology job families in partnership with Developer Experience.