Principal Learning and Development Architect

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Seattle, WA, USA
Hybrid
208K-332K Annually
Senior level
AdTech • eCommerce • Information Technology • Software • Travel • Generative AI
Helping travelers explore the world. One journey at a time.
The Role
Architects enterprise learning and development strategies, frameworks, curricula, and learning ecosystems aligned with business priorities. Translates learner insights and performance data into scalable capability-building solutions, establishes reusable learning standards, partners with senior stakeholders and technology leaders, and designs AI learning pathways and playbooks for technical job families. The role also measures learning impact, drives adoption, and scales hands-on learning across global teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.


Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

In this role, you will:

  • Architect enterprise learning and development strategies, frameworks, and experiences that address complex organizational capability needs and deliver measurable business outcomes.
  • Translate business priorities, learner insights, and performance data into scalable learning architectures, curricula, and development solutions across multiple domains.
  • Lead the design of end-to-end learning ecosystems, including needs analysis, solution architecture, content strategy, delivery models, measurement, and continuous improvement.
  • Establish standards, principles, and reusable patterns that enable consistent, accessible, and engaging learning experiences across the organization.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders, subject-matter experts, learning teams, Developer Experience and technology leaders to align learning investments with organizational priorities and drive adoption.
  • Design role-based AI learning pathways and playbooks for Technology job families, extending the developer enablement model in partnership with Developer Experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in learning and development, instructional design, education, organizational development, business, technology, or a related field.
  • Significant professional experience designing and architecting enterprise learning, capability-building, instructional design, or organizational development solutions.
  • Experience owning strategy and architecture across multiple learning programs, domains, or organizational capabilities, rather than a single course or learning asset.
  • Demonstrated expertise in learning design principles, adult learning theory, curriculum architecture, learning technologies, evaluation methods, and data-informed improvement.
  • Hands-on use of AI tools in daily work and experience designing AI learning for technical audience

Preferred Qualifications:


  • Strong hands-on AI fluency and technical credibility: uses AI tools every day to design, prototype and test learning, and can teach technical audiences in the context of their own tools and workflows.
  • Experience building role-based learning pathways and playbooks across multiple technical job families (for example product, program management, data, design and engineering leadership), adapting a common, tool-agnostic framework to each role’s real work.
  • Experience designing ways to measure whether people’s AI skills and behaviors actually improved, and connecting that to usage data and business results without overstating cause and effect.
  • A track record of leading technology-driven behavior change through influence, including turning skeptical stakeholders into partners and adapting to organizational decisions without formal authority.
  • Experience designing and facilitating hands-on learning for leaders at every level, and scaling it across global teams through champions, lab leaders or train-the-trainer models

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $207,500.00 to $290,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $332,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.


Benefits and perks

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.


Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.


About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.


Important notice

Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/.


Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in learning and development, instructional design, education, organizational development, business, technology, or a related field
  • Significant professional experience designing and architecting enterprise learning, capability-building, instructional design, or organizational development solutions
  • Experience owning strategy and architecture across multiple learning programs, domains, or organizational capabilities
  • Expertise in learning design principles, adult learning theory, curriculum architecture, learning technologies, evaluation methods, and data-informed improvement
  • Hands-on use of AI tools in daily work and experience designing AI learning for technical audiences
  • Strong hands-on AI fluency and technical credibility
  • Experience building role-based learning pathways and playbooks across multiple technical job families
  • Experience measuring improvements in AI skills and behaviors and connecting them to usage data and business results
  • Experience leading technology-driven behavior change through influence without formal authority
  • Experience designing and facilitating hands-on learning for leaders and scaling it across global teams

What the Team is Saying

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Expedia Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Travel-aligned perks such as employee travel discounts and an annual travel/wellness reimbursement stand out as distinctive elements of the package. Wellness resources and mental health tools further enhance day-to-day lifestyle value.
  • Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are described as comprehensive, with strong support including EAP and mental health offerings. U.S. coverage is frequently highlighted as a particular strength.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is characterized as generous for all parents, with additional time for the birthing parent. Family-building and caregiving resources extend to fertility, adoption, surrogacy, gender-affirming care, and specialized caregiver support.

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The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
16,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Expedia Group, Inc. is the global travel marketplace with one purpose: to help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. Expedia Group™ connects travelers, partners, and advertisers through its trusted brands, leading technology, and rich first-party data, delivering predictive, personalized experiences that shape the future of travel. Expedia Group’s ecosystem includes three flagship consumer brands – Expedia®, Hotels.com®, and Vrbo® – the largest B2B travel business, and a premier advertising network. Guided by an experienced and passionate global team, Expedia Group helps millions of travelers in more than 70 countries explore the world with confidence and ease.

Why Work With Us

Life at Expedia Group starts with the people and is shaped by how we work together. You’ll join a global community of curious teammates from different backgrounds, locations, and disciplines. Day to day, that means sharing ideas, taking ownership, and solving problems together.

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