Project Manager, Learning & Development and Instructional Designer

Company Profile 

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.

Overview 

We are seeking a highly skilled and creative Learning & Development Project Manager to lead the strategic deployment of a new training tool for in-market technical teams. This role will own the end-to-end project—from strategic planning and roadmap, stakeholder facilitation, and project implementation to creating validating, publishing training content into the new tool, as well as supporting user engagement of the new tool. The successful candidate will blend strong project management expertise with hands-on instructional design and video production capabilities, ensuring training is impactful, engaging, and aligned with adult learning best practices. This is a hybrid role working CST hours approximately 50% onsite / 50% remote depending on project stage and deliverables. Onsite portion will be at various Phoenix-area facilities for content production and user engagement. All qualified candidates MUST be qualified to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship. Please note that we do not work C2C.

RESPONSIBILITIES

 Strategic Planning & Stakeholder Management

• Develop and facilitate the strategic plan and roadmap for the new training tool rollout, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify needs, risks, and success metrics.
• Create and maintain a RACI matrix to define roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes.

Project Management

• Build, manage, and implement a detailed project plan and roadmap with timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
• Track tool deployment and training content production schedule. Report status to executives weekly.
• Establish KPIs. Track and report progress, escalating risks and roadblocks as needed.
• Ensure adherence to timelines, budget, and quality standards.

Training Content Development & Production

• Design, produce, and validate training content—including short-form instructional videos—using an iPhone and video editing tools.
• Align videos to company’s formal career path programs.
• Apply adult learning methodologies to ensure content is relevant, practical, and engaging.
• Maintain brand and instructional design standards across all content.

Deployment & Engagement

• Publish training content to the appropriate platforms and ensure accessibility for all target users.
• Work directly with field and technical teams to drive adoption and usage of the training tool.
• Gather feedback through employee surveys from users to iterate and improve content and tool engagement strategies. Build recommendations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Project Management, Learning & Development, Instructional Design, or related field is required.
• Proven project management experience, including strategic planning, stakeholder facilitation, and change management is required.
• Strong video production skills—comfortable filming on location with an iPhone and editing with appropriate tools (e.g., iMovie, Adobe Premiere Rush, Camtasia, etc.) is essential.
• Demonstrated application of adult learning principles in training content.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills are a must.
• Sample portfolio of relevant L&D projects and video work required.

• Experience working with field-based or technical teams is preferred.
• Familiarity with LMS or digital learning platforms such as Squint preferred.
• PMP or other project management certification is a plus.

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.