Instructional Designer Manager

Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!

The Manager Instructional Design leads the design and delivery of high-quality, standardized product education content that supports global product adoption and customer success. This role is accountable for learning strategy execution, content quality, and consistency across all digital learning formats.

The Manager, Instructional Design leads a team of Instructional Designers and multimedia creators, establishing global standards, templates, and workflows that enable scalable, reusable learning content. Working closely with Product, Professional Services, Product Training, and SMEs, this role ensures complex technical knowledge is translated into clear, learner-focused education.

This role sits within the Education Content function of Global Product Education and plays a critical role in enabling global consistency while supporting regional needs.

❗This is a existing vacancy.

❗ This is a full-time position.

Contact: Dana Liulica – Talent Acquisition Partner
What you will bring:

- 5+ years experience in instructional design, learning experience design, or digital learning leadership.

- Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring instructional design and content development teams.

- Strong grounding in adult learning theory, curriculum design, and scalable content development.

- Proficiency with e-learning authoring tools (e.g. Articulate Storyline/Rise, Camtasia).

- Experience designing learning for SaaS, technical, or complex software products.

- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical input into learner-focused outcomes.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail and quality.

- Comfortable working in a global, cross-functional environment with changing priorities.

Qualifications:

- ​​​​​Bachelor’s degree in Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Digital Media, or a related field.

- Experience delivering customer-facing education programs in a global or multi-region organization.

- Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and content governance practices.

- Background or experience in accounting, auditing, finance, or regulated industries is a strong advantage.

What you will do:

Primary tasks

- Education Content Leadership

- Lead and develop a team of Instructional Designers.

- Set clear priorities, capacity plans, and delivery expectations for global content initiatives.

- Foster collaboration and continuous improvement within the content team.

- Learning Design Standards & Governance

- Define and maintain standardized course templates, learning taxonomies, and development workflows.

- Ensure consistency across all learning formats, including self-paced courses, VILTs, webinars, and knowledge base educational content.

- Own content governance practices, including version control, metadata standards, content audits, and quality reviews.

- Partner with Academy and Product Trainer roles to ensure technical and instructional standards are met prior to release.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Partner with Product Trainers, Professional Services, and Product SMEs to convert technical expertise into digestible, outcome-driven learning.

- Align education content with product strategy, release cycles, and customer adoption goals.

- Ensure strong feedback loops between regional delivery teams and global content strategy.

- Innovation & Continuous Improvement

- Pilot and evaluate new learning tools, technologies, and design approaches.

- Incorporate learner feedback, analytics, and industry best prac