The Company
At Springboard, we’re on a mission to bridge the world’s skills gap, offering transformative online education with a focus on courses in data science and machine learning, data analytics, design, tech sales, and coding. Our courses may be tech-enabled, but we're ultimately human-centric: each student taps into a vast community throughout their time with us, engaging with fellow students, industry-expert mentors, student advisors, and career coaches, the goal of which is to successfully transition students into their dream job. Through this hybrid approach, we’ve helped thousands of learners revamp their careers and, by extension, their lives, with hundreds of top-notch job offers received every year and a near-perfect placement rate for our program graduates.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Learning Experience Designer at Springboard, you’ll play an invaluable role in designing and improving the instructional practices underlying the courses in our portfolio. This role presents an exciting opportunity to apply pedagogical principles to a new, cutting-edge model — laying the groundwork for the future of adult education online. You’ll have a great vantage point at the intersection of product, operations, engineering, marketing, and community.
This opportunity would require you to work from 3.00 PM to 12.00 AM IST to be able to collaborate with people/teams in the US time zones.
ResponsibilitiesOwn the design, development, implementation and ongoing evaluation and maintenance of courses for consumer and B2B marketsCollaborate with subject matter experts to curate course content and revise and develop course projects that align with and support course learning objectivesCollaborate with members of the Learning Experience team, project managers, and student operations teams to deliver on the pedagogical components of the programEvaluate the effectiveness of courses and programs through data analysis and feedback mechanisms, iterating and improving upon them as neededWork with the Learning Experience team to co-design models and templates aimed at building quality learning experiences at scaleManage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and maintaining high-quality standardsMentor junior team members, in partnership with the Sr. Manager of Learning Design, to evolve learning best practices and principles within the LXD (learning experience design) team
QualificationsHave a Bachelor’s or higher degree in Education (or, relevant work experience), professional certifications a plus5+years of relevant work experience designing and developing online learning programs or courses for adult learners, to include mentoring learning design teamsExperience working in ed tech and within or cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design teamsComfort with developing technical content in tech related fieldsPossess exceptional organizational and project management skills, and live by deadlinesComfortable with a startup environment with an adaptable and flexible mindsetQuickly learn the core concepts of new subject areasHave the ability to work and influence in a complex cross functional environmentAre an analytical thinker who is comfortable using data to measure results and inform decisionsAre an excellent communicator, whether you’re working with external subject matter experts or with colleagues across the companyAre passionate about improving education