Senior Instructional Designer

Description

This is a hybrid position requiring the team member to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week.

At West, we’re a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West’s indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.

A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?

There’s no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

• In this role, you are responsible for consulting with business stakeholders, analyzing learning and performance needs, and designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating effective learning solutions that improve team member capability, support compliance expectations, and enable business performance.
• This role partners closely with subject matter experts, Quality, Operations, HR, HSE, site/function leaders, Learning & Development colleagues, and other stakeholders to create engaging, accurate, scalable, and measurable learning experiences. Solutions may include instructor-led training, virtual instructor-led training, eLearning, blended learning, microlearning, job aids, assessments, simulations, train-the-trainer materials, onboarding resources, and performance support tools.
• The Instructional Designer applies adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, learning technologies, accessibility standards, and evaluation practices to ensure learning solutions are aligned to business needs, role expectations, regulatory requirements, and West standards.
• This role also supports the continued development of learning design standards, templates, processes, and best practices as West builds this capability across the organization.
• The ideal candidate brings strong learning design expertise, stakeholder consultation skills, content development capability, project management discipline, and the ability to translate complex technical, operational, compliance, or business information into clear and practical learning experiences.

• Partner with business leaders, HR, Quality, Operations, HSE, SMEs, and Learning & Development partners to identify learning needs, performance gaps, audience requirements, and desired business outcomes.
• Conduct needs analyses, task analyses, audience analyses, and content reviews to determine the most appropriate learning approach.
• Design and develop learning solutions using instructional design methodologies such as ADDIE, SAM, Bloom’s Taxonomy, adult learning principles, and other evidence-based learning practices.
• Develop learning objectives, curriculum maps, course outlines, storyboards, facilitator guides, participant guides, knowledge checks, assessments, practical exercises, job aids, OJT materials, and performance support tools.
• Develop assessments, evaluations, knowledge checks, practice activities, and application-based exercises to measure learner understanding and training effectiveness.
• Build and maintain learning content using authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Articulate…