Senior Instructional Design Professional

Populus is an amazing company where our employees stay because they love their teams and the growth opportunities. Our mission is to provide a broad range of quality financial products and services delivered with best-in-class customer service. Populus is an amazing company where our employees stay because they love their teams and the growth opportunities. Our mission is to provide a broad range of quality financial products and services delivered with best-in-class customer service. Job Summary The Senior Instructional Designer (SID) leads training content development for the ACE/Populus organization. This role is responsible for facilitating learning consulting sessions and producing instructional materials for both Field and Corporate employees. The SID will proactively identify opportunities to create new training programs and enhance existing ones. This position will ensure the instructional integrity of training deliverables through measurable outcomes

This role oversees design and development of instructional design methodologies, principals and processes based on existing models (ADDIE, Gagne’s Nine events and Bloom’s Taxonomy) customized to fit ACE/Populus’s unique culture. The SID is responsible for the implementation, curation, tracking, and reporting of learning deliverables through the Learning Management System (LMS).

Major Responsibilities Manage the Instructional Design technology, tools, and resources.

Partner with the Director of Training to design and maintain impactful learning solutions for both operational and corporate initiatives.

Conduct learning needs assessments to define objectives, identify knowledge gaps, and tailor content to learner profiles.

Apply instructional systems design (ISD) principles and adult learning theory to develop engaging, scalable training solutions.

Manage the end-to-end instructional design process with attention to detail, urgency, and quality.

Develop creative training modules, games, job aids, facilitator guides, and elearning content.

Design and maintain certification paths and sales programs.

Ensure smooth transition from content design to program delivery.

Ensure the quality of training content by managing defined quality control processes and infrastructure.

Align training content with company SOPs.

Drive successful project execution by managing milestones and assigning clear team responsibilities to ensure accountability.

Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to identify needs and translate them into performance-based learning solutions.

Partner with leadership and internal clients to refine learning content and align with strategic goals.

Demonstrate confidence in assessing customer needs and recommending tailored solutions.

Instructional Systems Design expertise

Data-driven evaluation and learning effectiveness measurement (Kirkpatrick Model preferred)

Strong organization and project management skills

Other Internal/External Interactions Employees/Corporate & Field

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities. Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time position, days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. This position might require after hours and weekend work.

Travel N/A

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

EEO Statement Populus Financial Group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. In compliance with applicable law, Populus Financial Group does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, pregnancy status, or any other protected classification. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotions, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

Education Preferred Bachelor's Degree or better.

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