[Remote] Director of AI-Powered Learning & Content Strategy

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Core Education is a Public Benefit Corporation that partners with colleges and universities to transform their business models for long-term sustainability and growth. They are seeking a Director of AI-Powered Learning and Content Strategy to lead the development of institution-level content strategies, AI-native courses, and innovative academic pathways across partner institutions.

Responsibilities

• Institutional Content Strategy and Academic Model Design
• Build and operationalize content strategies for non-credit and pathway programs for Core partner institutions, aligned to academic goals, market needs, and institutional identity
• Align for SIS/CRM configuration, financial aid implications, POS management, and non-credit to for-credit scaffolding
• Define the content architecture (programs → courses → modules → micro-learning → assessments) institutions use to deliver AI-enabled learning
• Lead content audits, program redesigns, and modernization initiatives across institutions
• Create a unified, scalable content framework adoptable by faculty and academic teams
• AI-Native Course Creation and Academic Content Development
• Lead the development of AI-native courses using generative AI, multimodal platforms, and intelligent learning tools
• Build institutional pipelines and workflows for AI-assisted content creation, ensuring academic rigor and quality
• Transform existing institution courses into AI-enhanced, adaptive, high-engagement learning experiences
• Produce multimodal academic content: simulations, scenarios, conversational AI tutoring, interactive pathways, and AI-generated assessments
• Instructional Design and AI-Enabled Academic Delivery
• Design and deploy AI-powered instructional delivery models across institutions, including:
• Intelligent tutoring systems
• AI-driven learning assistants
• Adaptive sequencing engines
• Automated formative and summative assessment
• Multimodal instruction
• Work with Provosts, Deans, faculty, and instructional teams to embed these models into academic operations
• Lead LMS migration, workflow configuration, and course structure optimization to support AI-enabled instructional delivery and ensure alignment between academic operations and digital learning environments
• Train and support institutional teams in adopting AI-native instructional design
• Academic Pathway Innovation
• Build innovative academic pathways for institutions, such as:
• Stackable credentials
• Skills- and competency-aligned pathways
• Employer-aligned academic routes
• Accelerated and modular learning tracks
• Stop-out re-entry pathways enabled by AI audit tools
• Ensure all academic pathways comply with multi-state regulations, including NC-SARA, licensure alignment, and program determinations
• Use AI insights to personalize and adapt learning trajectories for diverse student populations
• Align pathways to outcomes: retention, employability, completion, and cost efficiency
• AI Learning Technology Partner Leadership
• Identify, evaluate, and curate strategic partners in AI learning, adaptive engines, courseware technologies, multimodal platforms, and analytics
• Lead partner selection frameworks, integration plans, and joint product pilots
• Assist commercial partners in developing and prioritizing short and long-term AI Learning and Student Assistant product roadmaps to meet current and future market needs
• GTM and Revenue Strategy for AI-Enabled Academic Delivery
• Build and own GTM strategies for Core’s AI-powered academic offerings
• Develop value propositions, packaging, pricing models, and commercialization pathways
• Work with Revenue, Institutional Partnerships, and Marketing to drive adoption and scale
• Generate revenue through institutional transformation projects and partner-enabled offerings
• Serve as the primary solutions architect; demonstrating the products and communicating the best options for meeting customers immediate and planned future needs
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Work across Digital Solutions, Academic Innovation, Revenue Solutions, and Institutional Partnerships to create a unified AI learning ecosystem
• Develop and support workforce and specialized program offerings for affiliates, including niche certificates, WFD pathways, and early college models requiring tailored curriculum and operational coordination
• Serve as a strategic advisor to Provosts, Deans, CIOs, CHROs, and faculty champions
• Represent Core as a thought leader in AI-based academic delivery and the future of learning
• Serve as a senior external face for Core with presidents, boards, and sector partners

Skills

• 10+ years in instructional design, learning strategy, academic innovation, or digital learning product development
• Demonstrated experience designing academic content strategies for institutions or large-scale learning organizations
• Deep experience with generative AI, adaptive learning technologies, and AI-powered content creation
• Strong background in curriculum design, learning science, pedagogy, and institutional academic operations
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating learning technologies and platforms
• Commercial mindset with experience contributing to GTM strategies, revenue models, or product launches
• Experience in working with alliance partners to collaboratively develop products and joint GTM strategies
• Executive presence with the ability to build trust and influence Provosts, Deans, CIOs, faculty, and institutional leadership
• Preferred, but not required, experience in Sales, Product Demonstrations, Solution Architecting

Company Overview

• Core Education is an organization with the goal of assisting small and mid-sized institutions by providing creative shared services. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://core.edu.

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