Job Description
Senior Instructional Designer / Learning Program Manager (Remote, Contract)
CapeTalent isn’t your average staffing agency. We connect AI-forward Learning & Development professionals with Fortune 100 companies who are shaping the future.
We’re hiring a REMOTE CONTRACT Senior Instructional Designer / Learning Program Manager to support a high-visibility External Academy within a fast-paced FinTech environment. This is a strategic contract role blending instructional design, curriculum development, learning strategy, program management, stakeholder alignment, and AI-enabled content development. If you have experience designing enterprise eLearning programs and managing complex learning initiatives end-to-end, this role is for you.
- 1099 or C2C Contract Details (No W2)
- 6-month contract (strong likelihood of extension)
- 100% Remote (U.S. or Canadian candidates only) with a start date of March 2026
- 40 hours/week
- $65–$75/hour (C2C or 1099), based on experience
- Standard U.S. business hours (EST/CST/MST/PST)
- Heavy Slack collaboration
- Laptop provided
- **Portfolio REQUIRED**
Core Responsibilities (Instructional Design + Program Management)
This is a senior-level hybrid role combining learning strategy, instructional design, and learning program management.
- You will:
- Serve as a trusted learning strategist applying systems thinking to enterprise training programs
- Design and develop domain-rich curriculum, eLearning, and blended learning solutions
- Co-create executive dashboards and presentations that communicate learning ROI and business impact
- Define learning KPIs and track measurable success metrics
- Conduct learning data analysis and recommend program improvements
- Manage cross-functional stakeholders and SMEs in a fully remote environment
- Forecast instructional design workload, timelines, and resource planning
- Estimate project scope and manage SLAs
- Bring structure to complex, fast-moving learning initiatives
- Curriculum & Learning Program Leadership
- Develop applied learning experiences (workflows, simulations, compliance, real-world practice scenarios)
- Create pre- and post-assessments and evaluation strategies
- Support “test-out” frameworks and competency validation models
- Partner with vendors and contingent workforce Instructional Designers
- Ensure accessibility, retention, and knowledge transfer across diverse learning audiences
AI-Enabled Learning & GenAI Experience
This External Academy values modern, AI-powered workflows.
- You will use AI tools to:
- Draft scripts and storyboards
- Build job aids and microlearning assets
- Accelerate research and content development
- Prototype interactive learning experiences
- Analyze learning data and insights
Experience with ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, AI bots, or similar GenAI tools is strongly preferred.
- Required Tools & Technical Skills
- Articulate Storyline (advanced triggers)
- Rise 360
- 7taps
- Synthesia (interactive, branching video)
- GenAI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, AI bots)
- Leadership & Stakeholder Profile
- 10+ years of instructional design experience
- Experience managing enterprise learning programs
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills
- Comfortable presenting learning metrics to senior leadership
- Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration experience
- Ability to operate independently in remote environments
- Why This Remote Contract?
- Strategic influence within an External Academy
- High-impact, enterprise-level learning initiatives
- AI-forward FinTech environment
- Blended Instructional Design and Learning Program Management scope
- Strong potential for extension
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