Instructional Design Team Lead

The role

The Instructional Design Team Lead will lead a team of 7 Instructional Designers to solve business and performance challenges through learning. The role involves designing end-to-end learning experiences and applying a product mindset to drive measurable business outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead a team of 7 Instructional Designers including hiring, development, mentoring, and performance management
• Design learning solutions that address real business and performance challenges
• Define learning objectives, expected behavioral changes, and measurable business outcomes
• Design end-to-end learning experiences including architecture, paths, activities, reinforcement, and transfer
• Select effective learning formats such as courses, simulations, checklists, case studies, or in-workflow interventions
• Create high-quality learning content that supports measurable performance improvement
• Formulate learning hypotheses and validate them through pilots and iterations
• Apply learning and business metrics to evaluate effectiveness and measure impact
• Design MVP learning solutions and pilot programs before scaling
• Partner with L&D Project Managers to analyze results and iterate on solutions

Required qualifications

• Proven experience in corporate or B2B Learning & Development
• Experience as a Senior Instructional Designer, Learning Experience Designer, Methodologist, or in a similar role
• Experience applying both learning and business metrics to evaluate training effectiveness
• Strong understanding of instructional design principles and adult learning methodologies
• Product mindset with the ability to start from business goals and desired outcomes
• Experience working with hypotheses, experimentation, validation, and iterative improvement
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to make decisions with incomplete or ambiguous information
• Confidence to challenge training requests and recommend more effective approaches
• C1 English level

Nice to have

• Experience working in both corporate Learning & Development and EdTech environments
• Experience supporting learning in fast-growing technology or product-driven companies
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business stakeholders
• Understanding of how learning initiatives influence business performance and operational metrics
• Spanish language skills

Benefits

• Relocation support to Mexico with assistance for the employee and their family
• Flexible work from our office or remote
• Healthcare Coverage
• Education Budget: Language lessons, professional training and certifications
• Wellness Budget: Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements
• Annual leave and paid sick leave as per applicable policies

About the company

platacard is a high-tech environment with a team of smart and revolutionary people who challenge the status quo of incumbent finances.