Senior Instructional Designer

Nicolet National Bank • Iowa City, IA

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About The Position

The Senior Instructional Designer serves as a strategic learning consultant, partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts to advance individual, team, and organizational capability. The role assesses business and performance needs, develops capability-building strategies, and designs learning and non-learning solutions that improve performance and support organizational goals. It contributes to enterprise learning, talent, and capability initiatives focused on role readiness, role growth, leadership effectiveness, and long-term organizational success.

The position leads learning design and development from analysis through implementation across in-person, virtual, blended, and web-based formats. It also leads facilitation, learning projects, and evaluation efforts; presents strategies and findings to leaders; applies learning technologies; and advances Learning & Development practices. The role requires maintaining sufficient knowledge of banking operations and regulatory requirements to develop accurate solutions, while upholding applicable laws, regulations, equal opportunity, and inclusion policies. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, learning and development, education, organizational development, business, communications, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in learning and development, instructional design, performance consulting, organizational development, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting enterprise, functional, or leadership capability development in a complex organizational environment.
• Experience influencing and collaborating with leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to achieve organizational objectives.
• Advanced knowledge of instructional design, adult learning, learning science, and performance improvement principles.
• Strong business acumen, systems thinking, and consulting skills, including the ability to analyze complex business challenges and recommend effective solutions.
• Exceptional facilitation, communication, presentation, and stakeholder influence skills, including the ability to engage senior leaders.
• Strong critical thinking, judgment, and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, priorities, and stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to evaluate data, measure effectiveness, and translate insights into action.
• Proficiency with learning technologies, authoring tools, LMS/LXP platforms, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.

Nice To Haves

• Banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience with learning technologies, including LMS/LXP platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to diagnose performance and business needs, identify root causes, establish learning strategies, and develop learning or non-learning solutions tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Lead the design and development of learning solutions from analysis through implementation using instructional design principles, learning theory, adult learning principles, and evidence-based practices.
• Design and deliver skill- and capability-based learning experiences that support role readiness, role growth, leadership development, and broader talent development.
• Lead in-person and virtual facilitation, including meaningful discussions, experiential activities, and collaborative learning experiences.
• Lead learning projects from concept through implementation, managing scope, requirements, timelines, dependencies, stakeholders, risks, and deliverables.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness by establishing measures, analyzing learner and performance data, gathering feedback, improving solutions, and demonstrating business impact.
• Present learning strategies, recommendations, design concepts, project plans, and evaluation findings to business leaders and senior leadership; influence decisions and build stakeholder alignment.
• Apply learning technologies, including authoring tools, LMS, LXP, and other digital learning technologies.
• Advance Learning & Development practices by applying current learning science and instructional design practices, contributing to design standards and reusable approaches, and sharing expertise with the broader team.
• Maintain current knowledge of banking operations, products, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements sufficient to design accurate and effective learning solutions.
• Maintain appropriate controls and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Communicate the value of workplace diversity and work respectfully with others, supporting equal employment opportunity, non-discrimination, inclusion, and respect for different perspectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• PTO and 11 1/2 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior