Manager, Course Development - Food & Workforce Safety Training 

United States | Learning & Development | Full-time | Fully remote

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Manager, Course Development - Food & Workforce Safety Training 

Remote | Full-Time | Salary: 85k-115k 

Join a mission-driven team that's transforming global compliance.   

Registrar Corp's mission is to promote consumer health and safety by providing 32,000+ food, cosmetic, medical device, and drug companies in 180+ countries with training, software, and services. Our online training business focuses on frontline production workers and professional staff. 

We are seeking a Manager, Course Development to lead a team in building world-class eLearning courses for food and workplace safety. This is a hands-on leadership role.  You will own the end-to-end course development process including: course objectives, SME collaboration, instructional design, voiceover, video/graphics development, assets assembly, testing, and LMS deployment.   

If you're passionate about impactful eLearning and thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, we encourage you to apply! 

Role Responsibilities:   

Team Leadership & People Development 

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team fostering a collaborative, high-accountability environment focused on craft and continuous improvement. 

  • Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to help each team member grow. 

  • Identify skills gaps across the team and develop training, templates, and processes to close them. 

  • Build a positive team culture that balances creative excellence with disciplined on-time delivery. 

Course Quality & Instructional Standards 

  • Establish and enforce instructional design standards, style guides, and QA processes across all courses and learning formats. 

  • Conduct structured reviews of storyboards, scripts, and final course builds providing specific, actionable feedback. 

  • Personally design and develop courses when needed, modeling best-in-class use of adult learning frameworks (ADDIE, Kirkpatrick) and scenario-based design. 

  • Ensure all courses meet SCORM compliance and regulatory accuracy requirements. 

  • Champion usability testing and learner feedback loops; translate data into concrete improvements to course design and assessment quality. 

  • Guide the instructional design team in evaluating and leveraging AI-enabled authoring and content generation tools to enhance efficiency and learning impact. 

Project & Pipeline Management 

  • Own the team's content development pipeline: intake, scoping, scheduling, milestone tracking, and on-time delivery across all active projects. 

  • Build and maintain project plans with realistic timelines that account for SME availability, review cycles, and revision rounds. 

  • Proactively identify and resolve blockers — whether resource constraints, SME delays, or scope creep — before they impact delivery. 

  • Report pipeline status, risks, and capacity with transparency and appropriate cadence. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

  • Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to extract, structure, and translate complex regulatory content into practical, engaging training for frontline workers and industry professionals. 

  • Work with third-party content development and LMS vendors to ensure courseware quality and a seamless learner experience. 

  • Collaborate with Sales team to align the development calendar. 

  • Partner with support team to troubleshoot and resolve customer-reported issues related to eLearning course functionality and design. 

  • Provide input on tooling decisions — authoring tools, LMS configuration, multimedia production — to optimize team efficiency and output quality. 

Required Skillset and Experience:   

  • 10+ years in instructional design or eLearning development, with at least 2 years managing or leading a team of instructional designers or learning professionals. 

  • Demonstrated player-coach ability: you can give detailed, credible feedback on course design and also produce polished work yourself when the team needs it. 

  • Solid understanding of SCORM packaging, LMS deployment, and accessibility standards  

  • Familiarity with Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and multimedia tools (Audacity, Adobe Premiere or equivalent).Experience designing courses for regulated industries with a strong grasp of how to make compliance content genuinely engaging. Experience with food safety, workplace safety training a plus.  

  • Strong project management skills: you can run multiple concurrent development tracks, track milestones, manage revision rounds, and hit deadlines reliably. 

  • Excellent communication skills: clear in writing, constructive in feedback, and confident in cross-functional conversations with SMEs and leadership. 

  • Highly organized and self-directed; comfortable working fully remote and managing a distributed team. 

  • High proficiency in Articulate (Lectora a plus). 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Experience at a B2B eLearning company, preferably in compliance or safety training. 

  • Certifications such as CPLP or ATD Instructional Design Certificate. 

  • Experience with learning analytics tools and using learner performance data to drive course improvements. 

Perks and Benefits:     

  • Remote work eligibility

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, mental health services, 401(k) with company match, and paid time off  

  • Collaborative, innovative team culture with growth opportunities 

  • Target salary range of $85k-115k based on experience and location; performance bonus eligible  

Registrar Corp is a global compliance and training company established in 2003.  Registrar Corp is not a government agency. Registrar Corp is not affiliated with the U.S. FDA.   

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