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Department OverviewThe Global Education department at Motorola Solutions creates and manages training materials for employees, partners, and customers worldwide. It collaborates with teams globally to create clear, accessible, and inclusive training programs for all learners.
Job Description
Role Summary
The Learning Solutions Architect is a senior-level strategic role responsible for aligning learning programs with product strategy, business goals, and customer needs across complex software and hardware training portfolios. Acting as a key liaison between product teams, instructional designers, and media teams, this role provides long-range curriculum planning, cross-portfolio integration, and oversight of scalable training solutions that serve both internal and external learners.
This individual will shape the future of learning within the organization—guiding curriculum architecture, content planning, and instructional design excellence across modalities. The ideal candidate has previously worked as a senior instructional designer, curriculum manager, or portfolio owner in a technical training environment and brings deep experience with enterprise software and hardware product ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities
Curriculum Architecture & Strategy:
Lead long-term curriculum planning aligned to product roadmaps and business priorities
Design scalable, role-based learning paths tailored to user types (e.g., technician, administrator, operator)
Establish frameworks and standards for curriculum structure, modularity, and version control
Apply learner analytics and Voice of the Customer (VoC) insights to continuously refine content strategy
Portfolio Oversight & Planning:
Maintain visibility into portfolio training coverage, content health, backlog, and update cadence
Evaluate training across portfolios for completeness, alignment, and strategic impact
Recommend content consolidation, sunsetting, or resourcing shifts based on data and organizational goals
Ensure all training assets meet instructional, branding, and accessibility standards
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Serve as a strategic consultant to product managers, engineering teams, and training delivery leads
Collaborate with media teams to ensure alignment between instructional and multimedia strategies
Represent the training organization in cross-functional and leadership forums
Mentorship, Governance, & Quality:
Provide technical supervision and mentorship to junior and senior instructional designers
Conduct audits of online courses, offering detailed feedback on materials and delivery
Define quality benchmarks and help resolve escalated content or stakeholder alignment issues
Foster a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, and professional growth across the team
Strategic and Analytical Responsibilities:
Analyze business, customer, and industry trends to guide multi-year curriculum roadmaps
Lead development of training strategies that support evolving organizational goals
Act as a subject matter consultant on high-impact or complex training initiatives
Develop and present recommendations to senior leadership, influencing direction and investment
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Technical Communication, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
5+ years of experience in instructional design, curriculum development, or training portfolio management—preferably focused on technical products (software and hardware)
Deep understanding of enterprise training ecosystems and instructional design best practices (ADDIE, Agile, etc.)
Strong working knowledge of multimedia tools, SCORM, LMS/LXP platforms (preferably Cornerstone/Saba), and digital learning technologies
Proven ability to design learning strategies for varied delivery formats: video, microlearning, and self-paced online learning
Exceptional stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, and communication skills
Experience working in or with product organizations, ideally in the technology or telecommunications sector
Advanced understanding of Motorola Solutions products, technologies, and customer use cases (or similar industry background)
Ability to analyze complex business problems and translate them into scalable learning solutions
Experience with learning analytics and data-informed curriculum planning
Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
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Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience in instructional design, curriculum development, training portfolio management, and/or working with Motorola Solutions products
Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanNo
Our U.S. Benefits include:
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.
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