Learning Design Manager

Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom. We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you’ll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

We’re looking for a Learning Design Manager to lead the creation of high-quality, evidence-based educational content that delivers real impact in the classroom. In this role, you’ll apply learning science and pedagogical best practice to shape courses, assessments and instructional resources that engage students and support teachers. You’ll collaborate with content writers, editors, product teams and users to design curriculum-aligned materials that evolve through feedback and data. This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone with teaching experience, a strong grasp of instructional design and a passion for improving student outcomes.

What you will do

• Stay connected with evidence-based educational best practices and instructional design trends and lead our learning design people and processes to ensure we align with these as appropriate
• Engage with districts, schools, teachers and students to understand the classroom application of our resources, how they best support teaching and learning best practices and the impact they have on student outcomes
• Develop, test and refine prototype lessons with users in order to establish instructional approaches, championing an iterative approach to content delivery
• Guide the creation of exemplar lessons and assessments and create accompanying documentation and briefs for writers and designers
• Provide initial guidance and training for content writers to ensure they are prepared to deliver against the required standards
• Guide and partner with our internal content editors to provide ongoing feedback to content writers
• Stay connected to users throughout the content lifecycle, gathering feedback in order to inform continuous iterative improvements of our content in market
• Leverage data and analytics to inform and optimise learning and assessment design
• Partnering with the product lead, own the pedagogical quality and classroom applicability of the resources we provide to users
• Coordinate topic mapping, lesson sequencing and creation of learning objectives to ensure logical progression and coverage in each course
• Ensure courses are clearly mapped to the curriculum and provide links between curriculum levels and clear difficulty/complexity progressions within each level
• Manage the structure and layout of learning pathways to ensure effective course organisation

About you

• Qualified English teacher with classroom experience
• Ability to lead, motivate and support writers to deliver high-quality content within project timelines
• Comfortable prioritising and switching between multiple tasks
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain productive, professional relationships with internal teams, external contractors and users
• A team player who can work effectively in a cross-functional environment
• Experience coaching individuals to achieve instructional design excellence
• Proactively seeks opportunities to improve standards, processes, and workflows

Equitable opportunities, growth, and development lie at the heart of how we work at EP. We understand that not all applicants may possess all the following attributes so if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we would love to still hear from you!

What we offer

• Employee Equity Bonus Plan: Be part of our success with equity bonuses that foster ownership and shared growth across the company
• Christmas Shutdown Leave: Enjoy a full company shutdown during the week of Christmas, with 3 extra days of paid leave to bridge any non-public holidays
• Volunteer Day: All EPeeps receive one paid day per year to volunteer and give back to their communities
• Purchase Extra Leave: Opt-in to buy an extra week of annual leave, with payments spread across the year
• Work From Anywhere: Work up to 90 days per year from a different state or country—perfect for blending work and travel
• Wellness Bonus: Receive a pre-tax $625 CAD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your health and well-being
• Health Insurance: All Canada staff are enrolled in our Manulife health insurance plan, which includes life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment, dependent life, survivor benefit, extended health care, critical illness, dental care and access to the Health Service Navigator
• Home Set-Up Support: Remote and hybrid workers may be eligible for support to set up a productive and comfortable home workspace
• Communication Allowance: Get $50 NZD (equivalent) per month toward your phone and internet costs if you work remotely or in a hybrid setup
• Parental Leave Support: We support growing families with up to 12 weeks of full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers, and an extra 5 days of New Parents Leave for both, all available after your first 3 months. Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions to support their financial wellbeing.
• Learning & Development: Access engaging internal workshops, performance reviews and ongoing development discussions to grow your career
• Tenure Recognition: Celebrate your milestones with bonus leave and cash rewards at 5, 10, and 15 years of service
• Referral Bonus: Recommend great people and earn a $2000 NZD (equivalent) pre-tax bonus when your referral joins and passes their trial period
• EP Support Groups: Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness Committees
• The opportunity to work within a growing global business with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and an unwavering commitment to our mission, people, and community

We celebrate individuality, value diversity, and understand that flexible and remote work opportunities enable our team members to work in a way that fosters creativity and inspires individual brilliance. When you work with us, you're not just joining a company - you're joining a team united by the desire to make a difference.