Senior Instructional Designer

Who is USP

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. At USP we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness integrity and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and isdemonstratedthrough the contributions of more than 1300 professionals across twenty global locations working to strengthen the supply of safe high-quality medicines worldwide.

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At USP we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverseexpertisestrengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supportsequitableaccess to mentorship professional development and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships standards and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger more impactful outcomes for global health.

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USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

TheSenior Instructional Designerplays a critical role in translating enterprise talent strategy into high-impact scalable learning experiences that build organizational capability and drive business performance.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager Talent Strategy & Development this role designs and delivers modern learner-centric solutions that enable USP to develop critical skills accelerate leadership readiness and strengthen workforce effectiveness. As part of the integrated Talent Strategy & Development model this role moves beyond traditional course development to support a holistic talent lifecycle shaping how employees grow perform and advance within the organization.

The Senior Instructional Designer partners closely with Talent Acquisition HR Business Partners and business leaders to ensure learning solutions are aligned to workforce strategy capability needs and future skills priorities.

How will YOU create impact here at USP

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity regulatory excellence and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong tested and globally relevant quality standards.

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Additionally USPs People and Culture division in partnership with the Equity Office invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing inclusive teams. This includes training inequitablemanagement practices and tools to promote engaged collaborative and results-driven work environments.

TheSeniorInstructional Designerhas the following responsibilities:

Learning Experience Design & Development

• Design and develop innovative engaging learning solutions (digital instructor-led blended and experiential) aligned to enterprise talent priorities.

• Apply modern instructional design methodologies (e.g. ADDIE Agile design thinking) to build scalable high-quality learning experiences.

• Translate business needs workforce capability gaps and strategic priorities into targeted learning interventions.

• Develop curriculum architectures learning journeys and capability pathways across key roles and functions.

Talent Strategy Integration

• Partner with the Sr. Manager Talent Management to operationalize talent strategy through learning solutions.

• Align design efforts to support end-to-end talent lifecycle outcomes including attract hire onboarding development internal mobility and leadership readiness.

• Ensure learning solutions support skills-based workforce strategies and capability frameworks.

• Integrate learning into broader talent initiatives including employer value proposition (EVP) career pathing and succession planning.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Consulting

• Serve as a consultative partnertoHRBPs business leaders and functional teams to diagnose performance gaps and recommend solutions.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to design onboarding and early talent development experiences.
• Conducts and facilitates new hire orientations organization-wide training sessions workshops and teambuilding as required.

• Partner with external vendors and internal SMEs to co-create high-impact learning solutions.

• Influence stakeholders on best practices in learning experience design and capability development.

Learning Innovation & Experience Modernization

• Leverage emerging technologies and digital tools (AI-enabled learning learning experience platforms microlearning) to modernize offerings.

• Design learner-centric experiences that prioritize engagement accessibility and measurable outcomes.

• Continuously evolve learning approaches to align with industry trends and workforce expectations.

• Creates andmaintainslearning and development resources in the learning management system to ensureaccurateofferingscatalogsand assignments tocomply withISO and trainingrecordsSOP requirements and reporting.

Measurement Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track learningeffectivenessmetrics including engagement knowledge transfer and business impact.

• Use data and learner insights to continuously improve solutions and inform future design.

• Partner with Talent Management leadership to demonstrate ROI and capability impactoflearning investments.

Learning Operations & Governance

• Support the management of learning assets within LMS/LXP platforms ensuring accuracy accessibility and compliance.

• Maintain quality standards documentation and governance processes across learning programs.

• Contribute to vendor selection content strategy and learning technology optimization.

Who is USP Looking For

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission commitment to excellence through inclusive andequitablebehaviors and practices ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders along with the following competencies and experience:

• Bachelors degreein Instructional DesignOrganizational Developmentor related field.Four (4) years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree; in addition to the following:

• 5years of experience ininstructional design learning experience design or talent development.

• Demonstratedexpertisein Instructional Systems Design (ISD) with hands-on experience

• Strongproficiencywith instructional design tools (e.g. Articulate Captivate) and LMS platforms

• designing and implementing structured learning programsacrossa multigenerational workforce.

• Proven ability to build enterprise-level learning strategies in complex global organizations

• Experience partnering with senior leaders to drive organizational capability and effectiveness

• Strong understanding of talent lifecycle strategies including workforce planning leadership development and succession

• Experience leading change and transformation initiatives is highly desirable

• Exceptional communication stakeholder management and influencing skills

Additional Desired Preferences

• Masters degree inInstructional DesignOrganizational Development Human Resources or relatedfield.

• Experience in skills-based learning capability frameworks or workforce transformation initiatives

• Knowledge of adult learning theory digital learning strategies and experience design principles

• Experience working in global matrixed organizations

• Strong analytical skills with ability to connect learning outcomes to business performance

• Certification in learning or talent disciplines (e.g. ATD CPTD)

• Experience leading transformation in talent learning or HR operating models.

• Data-driven mindset withabilityto translate analytics into business insights.

• Executive presence with strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in global matrixed and mission-driven organizations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time offandcomprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Compensation

Base Salary Range: USD $annually.

Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role.

Individual compensation packages are based onvarious factorsunique to each candidates skill set experience qualifications equity and other job-related reasons.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specificâwritten agreement with USP.

Required Experience:

Senior IC