Senior Learning Designer, Internal

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

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The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade:
Professional 309

Pay Range: $80,300.00 - $

The Senior Learning Experience Designer, Internal delivers learning experiences that inspire and develop employees. This role partners with others in People Development and across the university to develop solutions that help achieve the mission and strategic goals. This role applies tested theories, practices and methods to their work creating deliverables that are inclusively designed, aligned to outcomes, effective, and efficient. This role supports the growth of others as they develop their design and technical skills.

The Senior Learning Experience Designer, Internal delivers learning experiences that inspire and develop employees. This role partners with others in People Development and across the university to develop solutions that help achieve the mission and strategic goals. This role applies tested theories, practices and methods to their work creating deliverables that are inclusively designed, aligned to outcomes, effective, and efficient. This role supports the growth of others as they develop their design and technical skills.

This position requires you to work in office 4 days a week at the WGU headquarters: 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84107.

• Elevate organizational-wide learning through AI-native design and leverage AI and other emerging technologies for continual learning and growth.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with business leaders and across departments to support operational and organizational initiatives through learning design that identifies the learning need, implements appropriate learning solutions, and supports effective change management.
• Analyze learning needs and define desired outcomes, target behaviors, and success metrics; translate findings into AI‑enabled learning strategies and curricula that support operational and organizational initiatives.
• Communicate ADDIE informed design process, present design solutions, cultivate consensus and collective decision-making to define project deliverables.
• Create project deliverables aligned to quality standards and learning outcomes, which may include job aids, scenario-based learning, eLearning or hybrid learning, assessments, and simulations. Deliverables, projects, or training needs may be more complex.
• Prototype and implement AI solutions with product and engineering partners (e.g., LLM prompt design, retrieval‑augmented generation, vector search, evaluation harnesses, guardrails) and integrate with LMS/LRS and enterprise systems.
• Manage learning design projects by establishing project roles and timelines, facilitating project meetings and communication with stakeholders, identifying milestones, deliverables, and dependencies, mitigating project risks, and ensuring quality learning products are ready for project team review.
• Provide accurate time estimates for…