Manager, Instructional Design

Are you a dreamer, innovator, thinker and a do-er who believes in contributing to something that makes difference?

Pursue your passion. Join PMI.

How You'll Make a Difference

You will lead the way learning experiences are designed across our portfolio-ensuring they are effective, consistent, and aligned with real-world professional outcomes. Connecting learning strategy to product execution. Defining how we translate complex topics into engaging, practical learning experiences, while guiding a team of instructional designers to deliver high-quality work at scale.

Setting the direction day-to-day for how we design courses and learning products, partnering closely with product and content teams, and stepping in on complex or high-impact projects to ensure the right design decisions are made. Playing a key role in evolving our approach: bringing in new methods, tools, and technologies that improve how people learn.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning & Development, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development, or related field; Master's degree or other equivalent experience strongly preferred.
• Extensive progressive experience in instructional design, with demonstrated mastery and a record of owning design strategy at a program or organizational level.
• Prior experience in a functional lead, senior IC, or people management role, with demonstrated ability to set direction and elevate the work of others.
• Experience working cross-functionally at a senior level, with product, content, and business stakeholders.
• Expert-level mastery of instructional design principles, adult learning theory, assessment design, and curriculum architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive functional strategy, with final decision-making authority over design standards and quality.
• Strong strategic thinking skills; ability to connect instructional design decisions directly to product outcomes and organizational priorities.
• Experience building and governing organizational ID frameworks, standards, and quality systems at scale.
• Ability to think systemically across a portfolio of products, audiences, and ID team capabilities.
• Proven ability to influence, align, and elevate the work of others - both through direct authority and cross-functional collaboration.
• Exceptional coaching and team development skills; ability to build ID capability across all levels.
• Deep experience with learning measurement and analytics; ability to use data to drive strategic decisions and demonstrate ROI.
• Compelling communicator; able to present learning strategy and design rationale to executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience leading organizational adoption of emerging learning technologies and instructional approaches.
• Strong business acumen; comfortable operating at a high level of cross-functional scope and influence.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, delegate effectively, and make sound strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment.

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you..

Join us and you'll get:

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.
• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.
• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.
• flexible options to help balance work time and your time
• award and bonus opportunities.

The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate's demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Let's help make the world work better for everyone. Apply today!

Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.