Learning Design Manager

Job Title

Learning Design Manager

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Learning Design Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Strategy and Planning: Collaborate with key stakeholders, SMEs, and Learning Portfolio Manager to translate business priorities and performance needs into clear and actionable learning objectives, high-level design concepts, and project design roadmaps

• Capability Assessments: Create capability self/manager assessments aligned to learning objectives

• Learning Design: Lead the creation and curation of learning solutions in a range of modalities, including media for a wide array of adult learner audiences. Conduct needs analysis, define success criteria, create prototypes, test with learners, and design end-to-end programs

• Content Creation/Development: Applies proven learning theories and methodologies to create effective, engaging, and measurable learning experiences, facilitator and learner guides, videos, and/or playbooks aligned to audience and learning objectives that support enterprise initiatives.  Establish reusable templates and design patterns

• Project and Vendor Management: Build and manage project plans, budgets, and resourcing; select and oversee external design vendors with clear SOWs + SLAs

• Facilitation/ Faculty Upskilling: As needed, facilitate modules and train-the-trainer sessions, equip facilitators and managers with toolkits to drive application on the job

• Continuous Improvement: Use learner feedback, analytics, and experiments to iterate designs and improve effectiveness and efficiency

• Innovation and Expertise: Cultivate expertise in learning design, stay abreast of innovation and emerging technologies, shape and secure alignment on opportunities to experiment across the portfolio. Have awareness and experience with AI empowered content development tools.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)

• Five (5) years of experience in instructional design and curriculum development creating both online and in-person learning in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Deep understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design models (e.g., ADDIE, SAM)​

• Technical skill proficiency in e-learning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Storyline, Rise) and social learning platforms (e.g., NovoEd), basic graphic design skills and familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS) ​

• Track record of working with subject matter experts and other stakeholders to develop content​

• Ability to write learning content, create learning assets, and video scripts with strong attention to detail

• Experience in developing learning solutions for leadership development, onboarding and AI capabilities

• Strong communication and consulting skills

• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity and agility

• Have the ability to work quickly and effectively

• Strong attention to detail

• Collaboration and adaptability

• Critical thinking and creativity

Work location:

• Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic and/or international

• Relocation: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).