Senior ISD Program Manager

Our employees love working for us. We are uniquely invested in our people and committed to their professional development and continued growth. We are always looking for exceptional individuals to join the Patch Plus team. If you are looking for a rewarding career with a company that truly values its employees like family.

• SALARY RANGE | $130-145k per year
• LOCATION | JB Anacostia-Bolling or Pentagon, VA

We are seeking a instructional systems designer for work supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence Analysis (DIA/DI) Certified Defense All-Source Analysis (CDASA) Professional Certification Program.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate traits that align with Patch Plus' guiding principles - Purpose, Proficiency, and Character. Patch Plus' purpose is to continue to make a difference to our nation's security while providing persistent, meaningful employment to its owner-employees. Proficiency defines the Patch Plus ethos where we seek to hire and develop members who possess a high degree of competence, skill and expertise in their field of work.

Character is the moral compass in each member that guides us to do the right things.

• Participate in job task analysis for defense all-source analysts.
• Lead training needs analysis for courses, develop course evaluations, and refine courses based on their results.
• Review and update course requirements.
• Develop learning objectives aligned to the professional certification standards
• Design in-person and/or online asynchronous instruction for all-source analysts
• Develop and enforce policies, procedures, and documentation
• Coordinate course development with ASA subject matter experts
• Audit and/or review content of DoD ASA courses
• Coordinate course delivery with DIA Academy for Defense Intelligence (ADI) and/or DIA Directorate for Intelligence Analysis (DIA/DI) instructors
• Evaluate certificant professional development logs for evaluation to renew the CDASA credential.
• Support the development of CDASA accreditation packages to the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.

• TS/SCI clearance with ability to pass a counterintelligence (CI) scope polygraph.
• Five (5) years of experience applying Instructional Systems Design (ISD) principles ( e.g., ADDIE or equivalent) to analyze performance/training needs and design, develop, and revise learning solutions and supporting documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Technology, Education, Learning Sciences, Human Performance Technology, or a related field from an accredited university.
• Five (5) years of experience in program management, project management, or a related field.
• Expert knowledge of DoD processes and terminology
• Expert MS Office skills demonstrated through creation of a variety of published products.

• Seven (7) years of experience designing and maintaining assessment-aligned learning solutions in support of certification programs (e.g., aligning curriculum to an Essential Body of Work/Essential Body of Knowledge (EBW/EBK), skills standards, and certification blueprints).
• Five (5) years of experience developing or editing formal program documentation (e.g., manuals, policies/procedures, program description documents) suitable for national accreditation contexts ( e.g., NCCA/ICE-aligned documentation) and/or other high-stakes credentialing environments.
• Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) training/education/certification programs, including working in classified environments and translating SME input into instructionally sound materials that support ICD 203-aligned analytic rigor.
• Master's degree from an accredited university in Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, Education, or a related field.
• Familiarity with DoD instructional systems design (ISD) processes and/or project management of the same.
• Experience working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop courseware content aligned to learning objectives.
• Experience developing training aligned to a professional certification program’s standards for initial certification, including the requirements necessary to prevent conflicts of interest.
• Familiarity with supporting job task analyses (JTAs) to understand the critical tasks related to the performance of a job and translating the technical information in a way that supports the development of a wide range of human capital products (e.g., learning objectives, certifications…