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

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.

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

This role is based in the UAE, with an onsite presence in either Jebel Ali, Dubai or Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi with travel between both sites as needed for stakeholder engagement and discovery activities.

This role supports a dedicated client program and will be employed locally in the UAE in alignment with regional employment requirements.

Experience

• 7–10 years of experience in instructional design, learning design, or learning strategy

• Strong track record designing learning solutions across multiple modalities

• Deep understanding of instructional design models and adult learning principles

• Experience conducting discovery and translating business needs into learning solutions

• Confidence working with and constructively challenging subject matter experts

• Experience maintaining consistency and quality across learning solutions in an enterprise environment

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Learning Design, or a related field preferred

If you enjoy deep discovery, strong instructional design, and shaping learning solutions that work in practice, we encourage you to apply.