Senior Director, Learning Instructional Design and Course Creation

Role Summary

The Senior Director of Learning Instructional Design and Course Creation creates and drives the design, development, and curation of learning experiences that build growth skills across Pfizer. This role oversees a multidisciplinary team of curriculum designers, content developers, instructional designers, and project managers, leveraging internal talent and external contractors to deliver high-quality, scalable learning solutions. This role ensures alignment with L&D team’s strategy, drives innovation in learning methodologies, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement and digital fluency.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the vision for growth learning programs
• Oversee end-to-end content lifecycle: design, development, curation, and maintenance
• Ensure accessibility, inclusivity, and alignment with organizational standards

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in an applicable discipline
• Required: 12+ years of relevant experience in instructional design and learning
• Required: Experience building and developing high-performing teams
• Required: Change agent able to influence, provide guidance, strategic assistance and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and leaders
• Required: Exercises foresight and judgment in making complex decisions
• Required: Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to present to senior level executives
• Required: Integrates AI into the flow of daily work
• Preferred: MBA or Master’s degree in a related field is a plus
• Preferred: Experience leading transformational initiatives in large-scale life sciences organizations
• Preferred: Demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact