Senior Instructional Designer at Jaspersoft in San Francisco, CA Jaspersoft

Position Summary

• Jaspersoft is currently looking for a Senior Instructional Designer with deep experience building training curriculums and course materials for complex software solutions. The Senior Instructional Designer should be a self-starter, able to build world class training programs with limited supervision.
  

Essential Functions

• Develop self-paced training modules and courses, learning guides, interactive Live Online training and live classroom training for administrators, developers, and partners of Jaspersoft
• Lead and manage instructional design and curriculum development activities, applying instructional design methodology to all designed courseware
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop course specifications and gather course content.
• Interface with customers, partners, employees, and the Jaspersoft community as a subject matter expert
• Conduct train-the-trainer and knowledge transfer sessions for employees, customers, and partners
• Interface with Jaspersoft engineering team to develop training alongside product development lifecycle so that courses are available at or near product launch.
• Provide analysis and feedback to engineering on product releases
• Participate in or manage curriculum reviews and edits
• Travel required: 10%

Job Requirements

• Experience scoping out training needs and then developing learning guides, self-paced training, and instructor-led training with participant and instructor guides that include slides and hands-on labs/simulations
• Experience building out interactive self-paced eLearning, ideally using Oracle's User Productivity Kit
• Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and accomplish tasks in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines with minimal supervision, working both independently and as a team member.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Versatility in presenting technical concepts to audiences with mixed capabilities.
• A strong desire to help build a world-class training organization.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional computer skills â€" MS Office, Camtasia, User Productivity Kit.
• A high level of technical understanding, including: SQL, Java/J2EE, report design, relational database, familiarity with data warehousing concepts and data mart design
• Knowledge of the open source community.
• Initiative to recommend and implement program and process improvements and demonstrate creative thinking.
• Prior experience using, managing or deploying Business Intelligence systems a definite advantage.
• Previous experience using Jaspersoft as an end-user, administrator, or developer a definite advantage.
• Flexible, positive, can-do approach.
• Dedication to quality and excellence, with a strong customer service focus.
• 5+ years experience in software training.
• BS Degree in a technical or related field, or equivalent experience.