The Role
Designs, develops, and modernizes onboarding and employee training for a government client. Responsibilities include applying instructional design models, translating complex mission content into learning materials, creating instructor-led and blended experiences, collaborating with subject matter experts and stakeholders, evaluating courses, and implementing improvements. The role requires Intelligence Community experience, strong adult learning expertise, excellent communication skills, Microsoft Office proficiency, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Summary Generated by Built In
SAIC is seeking an experienced Instructional Systems Designer to join a talented training development team supporting a government client. The selected candidate will help design, develop, and modernize training for new employees, ensuring that course content is engaging, mission-relevant, instructionally sound, and aligned with client expectations.
This role requires a skilled learning professional with experience in the Intelligence Community, strong instructional design expertise, and the ability to work closely with subject matter experts, instructors, multimedia developers, graphics specialists, and client stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of adult learning principles, curriculum development, and the unique needs of learners entering a complex mission environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing, developing, and updating training materials for new employee courses and onboarding programs
- Applying instructional design methodologies such as ADDIE, SAM, or similar models to create effective learning solutions
- Working with subject matter experts to analyze training needs and translate complex technical or mission-focused content into clear learning objectives, lessons, activities, and assessments
- Developing instructor-led, blended, scenario-based, role-play, and interactive learning experiences
Creating and revising lesson plans, facilitator guides, student guides, slide decks, exercises, assessments, job aids, and supporting course materials - Collaborating with instructors, course directors, multimedia developers, graphics teams, and client stakeholders to produce high-quality training products
- Supporting the design of training that prepares new employees for success in their roles and reinforces organizational standards, expectations, and mission priorities
- Incorporating adult learning principles, practical application, learner engagement strategies, and performance-based outcomes into course design
- Reviewing existing curriculum to identify gaps, outdated content, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement
- Supporting course pilots, classroom observations, learner evaluations, and after-action reviews.
Using student feedback, instructor input, and performance data to recommend and implement course improvements - Ensuring training materials are accurate, current, well-organized, and suitable for delivery in a classified government environment
- Maintaining strong communication with the client and internal team to ensure training development activities remain on schedule and aligned with program requirements
- Bachelors and ten (10) years or more of related experience; commensurate experience can be substituted for the degree
- Must already hold an Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
- Prior experience working in or supporting the Intelligence Community
- Demonstrated experience designing training for adult learners
- Strong understanding of instructional design principles, adult learning theory, and curriculum development best practices
- Experience developing instructor-led training, blended learning, scenario-based training, role-play activities, practical exercises, and assessments
- Ability to work effectively with subject matter experts to capture, organize, and translate complex information into usable training materials
- Strong writing, editing, organization, and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, client-facing environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
- Ability to work collaboratively with instructional designers, instructors, multimedia specialists, graphics teams, course managers, and government stakeholders
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 10 or more years of related experience; commensurate experience may substitute for the degree
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Prior experience working in or supporting the Intelligence Community
- Experience designing training for adult learners
- Knowledge of instructional design principles, adult learning theory, and curriculum development
- Experience developing instructor-led, blended, scenario-based, role-play, practical exercise, and assessment-based training
- Ability to work with subject matter experts to translate complex information into training materials
- Strong writing, editing, organization, and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
- Ability to collaborate with instructional designers, instructors, multimedia specialists, graphics teams, course managers, and government stakeholders
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