McGraw Hill · 1 day ago
Principal Learning Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$72K/yr - $105K/yr
8+ years expMcGraw Hill is dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. The Principal Learning Architect will develop holistic experiences for products, shape design strategies, and drive impactful content solutions for K-12 learners and educators.
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Responsibilities
Define and facilitate the content strategy for digital and print experiences, ensuring alignment with business objectives, user needs, and educational standards
Using agile methodologies, collaborate at the product level with experience design, instructional design, product management, academic design, product marketing, engineering, and research teams to deliver cohesive, innovative content experiences
Champion human-centered design principles across the organization, establishing best practices and frameworks for collaborative, user-centered workflows
Facilitate design sprints and related workshops. Lead rapid prototyping to learn quickly what would deliver value to students and teachers. Model for others how to create content flows and wireframes that showcase how a user will move through the content experience. Lead consensus building and content definition work for products and their components
Model and train others on how to facilitate content strategy decisions that optimize student learning outcomes. Take a lead role in the development of instructional and logic models. Guide teams in navigating both macro and micro content, producing a blueprint for a consistent, scalable, and effective holistic learning experience
Apply knowledge of Instructional design and assessment strategy to address the needs of diverse learners. Coach others through the process of designing hybrid (print and digital) learning experiences that guide creation of outcome-driven educational solutions, weaving together instructional models and journey maps to envision the experience through macro and micro implementation models
Facilitate defining the strategy for complex content systems, balancing usability, functionality, scalability, and accessibility. Mentor others in information architecture, user flows, and approaches for creating scalable content systems for complex products
Guide and mentor senior-level learning architects, instructional designers and cross-functional teams, fostering professional growth and elevating the organization’s design capabilities. Contribute to training documentation and presentations for learning architecture practice
Leverage user research, market analytics, and data to inform and iterate on design strategies, ensuring alignment with user and business needs
Define success metrics, evaluate design strategies, and use data to continuously refine and enhance content experiences
Stay ahead of design, education, and technology trends, applying insights to influence organizational strategy and foster a culture of continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in Instructional Design, UX, Content Strategy, or a related field
8+ years in content strategy or instructional design, with at least 3 years in a leadership role; experience with K-12 print and digital teaching and learning products preferred
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
Strong ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to inform and drive decision-making
Experience leading cross functional teams through times of uncertainty, ambiguity, and rapid change with a message of iterative growth and learning
Outstanding storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex design strategies to executive audiences
Preferred
Experience with authoring tools, metadata, accessibility, learning management systems, and content management systems
Benefits
Full range of medical and/or other benefits
Company
McGraw Hill
We are a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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unknown2025-07-24IPO
2021-09-30Private Equity
2021-06-15Acquired
Leadership Team
Lloyd G. Waterhouse
CEO & President
Simon Allen
President & CEO
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