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The Senior Learning Architect leads the design, development, and deployment of innovative online courses, integrating instructional design skills with technical expertise to enhance user experiences.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include leading course projects, advising on emerging technologies, integrating third-party tools, and improving course design and user experiences within the Canvas LMS.

Skills: Required skills include deep technical knowledge of LMS technologies, instructional design experience, problem-solving abilities, and adaptability to new technologies.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor's degree (Master's desirable) and a minimum of six years experience in instructional design and educational technologies within higher education settings.

Location: This position is based in the United States.

Compensation: $82800 - $124200 / Annually

The Senior Learning Architect is critical to the implementation and ongoing success of our courses and programs. This individual will drive innovation, advise leadership, and champion improvements to the full lifecycle of online course design, development, and deployment into production using a blend of instructional design skills and deep technical expertise.

The candidate will serve as both a thought leader and hands-on expert in continuously improving the design, learning environment, and user experience of our courses, working across functions and with teams including course development, innovation, academic leadership, and technology teams across Strayer. In addition, this role will identify, maintain, and support complex custom and third-party technologies in the Canvas course room.

Responsibilities include developing optimized, scalable processes for course creation, deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting using technological advancements in alignment with institutional goals; identifying new technologies and testing integrations and tools to verify compliance and ensure an optimal student and faculty experience; creating and adapting design and technical standards to ensure an intuitive, interactive and error-free user experience; and leading complex course projects using instructional design skills and technology expertise.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advise leadership on emerging instructional technologies and andragogical approaches to support strategic initiatives.
• Create and implement standards to ensure the seamless and intuitive integration of native, custom, and third party technologies into course designs.
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate innovative learning technologies and third-party tools to meet instructional goals and enhance student experiences.
• Implement and support complex technologies in the course room.
• Conduct investigation and rapid mitigation of technical or instructional issues within the Canvas LMS and/or associated course room technologies.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives based on learner analytics, feedback, and industry best practices.
• Lead complex course projects using instructional design skills and technology expertise.
• Leverage instructional design skills to create use cases for tools and champion technological advancements in design.
• Lead change management strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Build and maintain courses within the LMS environment according to established style guides and best practices.
• Interface with Strayer IT department to ensure effective technical updates, implementations and solutions.
• Serve as a technical liaison between Course Development, Academic Operations, LMS Team, and IT.
• Train, mentor, and support instructional design and technology teams on technological advancements and integrations. 
• Promote and maintain a high quality, professional, service-oriented atmosphere among peers.
• Serve as point of contact with third party vendors to keep Course Development updated about new functionality, tools, and releases.

Job Skills:

• Deep technical expertise in LMS and course room/instructional technologies.
• Experience working with and applying AI in educational settings.
• Keen ability to assess situations, perform root cause analysis and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Successfully performs a variety of tasks in a fast-paced, team-based work environment according to project timelines and budgets.
• Demonstrate an aptitude for and agility with new technology in a fast-paced ever-changing environment.
• Ability to be proactive with a sense of urgency
• Self-starter, a highly motivated person able to work in a fast-paced environment that is continually changing
• Exhibits sound judgment in making decisions

Work Experience:

• Minimum of six years of experience working directly with an LMS (Blackboard/Canvas or similar) and instructional technologies.
• Minimum of six years of experience in instructional design and educational technology or related fields. 
• Minimum of six years working in the higher education industry

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.

Certifications:

• None

Other:

• Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise. For most roles travel would not be common. Travel may involve plane, car or metro. In accordance with ADA policies, reasonable accommodations regarding travel limitations can be provided. Travel will be more common for roles such as Account Executives (25 - 50%), senior leaders (10 – 20%) or Capella Core Faculty (5 – 10%). 
• Ability to work onsite in Corporate or Campus location (in a typical office environment) may be required based on role. If so, this would include being mobile within the office, including movement from floor-to-floor using elevators or stairs.
• If offsite or hybrid role, must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.
• Faculty and Federal Work Study roles require access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including computer, privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.
• This role may require lifting, however reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with our ADA policies.
• Must be able to meet critical thinking and problem solving aspects aligned to job duties, as well as effectively communicating with co-workers.
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant. Accommodations related to schedule may be considered. 
• Able to access information using a computer.
• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

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SEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.

$82,800.00 - $124,200.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].