Manager, Course Development - Food & Workforce Safety Training

Manager, Course Development - Food & Workforce Safety Training Remote Full-Time Salary: 85k-115k Join a mission-driven team that's transforming global compliance. Registrar Corp's mission is to promote consumer health and safety by providing 32,000+ food, cosmetic, medical device, and drug companies in 180+ countries with training, software, and services. Our online training business focuses on frontline production workers and professional staff. We are seeking a Manager, Course Development to lead a team in building world-class eLearning courses for food and workplace safety. This is a hands-on leadership role. You will own the end-to-end course development process including: course objectives, SME collaboration, instructional design, voiceover, video/graphics development, assets assembly, testing, and LMS deployment. If you're passionate about impactful eLearning and thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, we encourage you to apply! Role Responsibilities: Team Leadership & People Development • Lead, mentor, and manage a team fostering a collaborative, high-accountability environment focused on craft and continuous improvement. • Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to help each team member grow. • Identify skills gaps across the team and develop training, templates, and processes to close them. • Build a positive team culture that balances creative excellence with disciplined on-time delivery. Course Quality & Instructional Standards • Establish and enforce instructional design standards, style guides, and QA processes across all courses and learning formats. • Conduct structured reviews of storyboards, scripts, and final course builds providing specific, actionable feedback. • Personally design and develop courses when needed, modeling best-in-class use of adult learning frameworks (ADDIE, Kirkpatrick) and scenario-based design. • Ensure all courses meet SCORM compliance and regulatory accuracy requirements. • Champion usability testing and learner feedback loops; translate data into concrete improvements to course design and assessment quality. • Guide the instructional design team in evaluating and leveraging AI-enabled authoring and content generation tools to enhance efficiency and learning impact. Project & Pipeline Management • Own the team's content development pipeline: intake, scoping, scheduling, milestone tracking, and on-time delivery across all active projects. • Build and maintain project plans with realistic timelines that account for SME availability, review cycles, and revision rounds. • Proactively identify and resolve blockers - whether resource constraints, SME delays, or scope creep - before they impact delivery. • Report pipeline status, risks, and capacity with transparency and appropriate cadence. Cross-Functional Collaboration • Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to extract, structure, and translate complex regulatory content into practical, engaging training for frontline workers and industry professionals. • Work with third-party content development and LMS vendors to ensure courseware quality and a seamless learner experience. • Collaborate with Sales team to align the development calendar. • Partner with support team to troubleshoot and resolve customer-reported issues related to eLearning course functionality and design. • Provide input on tooling decisions - authoring tools, LMS configuration, multimedia production - to optimize team efficiency and output quality. Required Skillset and Experience: • 10+ years in instructional design or eLearning development, with at least 2 years managing or leading a team of instructional designers or learning professionals. • Demonstrated player-coach ability: you can give detailed, credible feedback on course design and also produce polished work yourself when the team needs it. • Solid understanding of SCORM packaging, LMS deployment, and accessibility standards • Familiarity with Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and multimedia tools (Audacity, Adobe Premiere or equivalent).Experience designing courses for regulated industries with a strong grasp of how to make compliance content genuinely engaging. Experience with food safety, workplace safety training a plus. • Strong project management skills: you can run multiple concurrent development tracks, track milestones, manage revision rounds, and hit deadlines reliably. • Excellent communication skills: clear in writing, constructive in feedback, and confident in cross-functional conversations with SMEs and leadership. • Highly organized and self-directed; comfortable working fully remote and managing a distributed team. • High proficiency in Articulate (Lectora a plus). Preferred Qualifications: • Experience at a B2B eLearning company, preferably in compliance or safety training. • Certifications such as CPLP or ATD Instructional Design Certificate. • Experience with learning analytics tools and using learner performance data to drive course improvements. Perks and Benefits: • Remote work eligibility in US states listed below • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, mental health services, 401(k) with company match, and paid time off • Collaborative, innovative team culture with growth opportunities • Target salary range of $85k-115k based on experience and location; performance bonus eligible Registrar Corp currently supports the long-term work of employees in the following US states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia. Registrar Corp is a global compliance and training company established in 2003. Registrar Corp is not a government agency. 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