Learning Strategist, Enterprise Learning Operations

🇦🇪In-Person - Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAED 96K–AED 156K/yri2h ago

Corporate Instructional Design Learning Design Corporate Training Learning And Development Performance Consulting

Summary

Learning Strategist responsible for designing and developing enterprise learning solutions through discovery, instructional design, and quality assurance across multiple modalities. This role shapes how learning is designed at scale, ensuring solutions are business-aligned, learner-centered, and maintain consistency across an organization's learning portfolio.

Key Responsibilities: Lead learning needs discovery and requirements analysis through stakeholder engagement and data review; design high-quality learning solutions across instructor-led, virtual, digital, and on-the-job modalities; ensure learning brand consistency and quality standards; collaborate with subject matter experts to translate expertise into learner-friendly content.

Skills & Tools: Advanced instructional design expertise across multiple modalities, adult learning principles, stakeholder engagement and facilitation, requirements analysis, learning experience design, quality assurance, and the ability to balance SME input with sound design judgment. Strong communication, critical thinking, and mentoring capabilities required.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in instructional design, learning and development, education, or related field with 5+ years of enterprise learning design experience. Demonstrated expertise in full-cycle instructional design, learning operations environments, and design consistency across large-scale programs preferred.

Location: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Hybrid with onsite presence required)

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation for this role is AED 108,000 – AED 168,000/year based on title, seniority, and location.

Job Description

Learning Strategist, Enterprise Learning Operations | Onsite UAE | UAE-Based

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Learning Strategist to support learning design and solution development within a large-scale, enterprise learning operations environment. This role focuses on deep discovery, strong instructional design, and maintaining high standards of quality and consistency across learning solutions.

The Learning Strategist plays a key role in shaping how learning is designed, ensuring solutions are grounded in real business needs, learner-centered, and aligned to an enterprise learning approach. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys asking the right questions, challenging assumptions, and translating complex subject matter into effective learning experiences.

This role combines stakeholder engagement, discovery, and design work, with a mix of onsite and hybrid presence in the UAE.

What You Will Own

Discovery and Learning Requirements

Lead discovery efforts to understand learning needs, performance gaps, and business context
Conduct needs analysis through stakeholder conversations, observation, and data review
Translate business and performance needs into clear learning objectives and design requirements
Create design briefs and documentation that provide clear direction to design and development teams

Instructional Design Across Modalities

Design high-quality learning solutions across a range of modalities, including instructor-led, virtual, digital, and on-the-job learning
Apply instructional design best practices and adult learning principles consistently
Design learner-centered experiences that support engagement, retention, and application
Define assessment approaches that validate learning outcomes and skill development
Structure learning pathways that support progressive capability building

Learning Brand and Design Consistency

Ensure learning solutions reflect and reinforce a consistent enterprise learning identity
Maintain consistency in tone, structure, and design approach across solutions
Challenge design or content decisions that dilute quality or consistency
Partner with stakeholders to align on design expectations and standards

Working with Subject Matter Experts

Collaborate closely with subject matter experts to extract relevant knowledge
Challenge overly technical or content-heavy inputs to keep learning focused and usable
Facilitate working sessions that translate expertise into clear, learner-friendly content
Balance SME input with sound instructional design judgment

Design Quality and Standards

Review learning designs to ensure quality and consistency
Provide constructive feedback that strengthens design outputs
Contribute to design standards, templates, and best practices
Support and mentor other learning designers as needed

Location & Working Model

This role is based in the UAE, with a hybrid working model including onsite presence in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as needed for stakeholder engagement and discovery activities, alongside time for focused design work.