Instructional Designer

Location: Spain - Moncada - Valencia

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. At Edwards Lifesciences facilities around the world, our Manufacturing teams create the tools, technologies, and devices that transform patients’ lives. As part of our sewing, assembly, delivery, and distribution teams, your attention to detail and commitment to continuous improvement will help us turn innovative ideas into reality. Your purpose-driven work will help leave lasting and positive impacts on patient lives.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Lead, design, and develop complex technical and non-technical instructional activities using various media and related training materials and tools to achieve learning objectives
• Responsible for partnering and consulting with internal stakeholders to develop end-to-end training strategies. Gains agreement with key stakeholders on training program outcomes and success metrics.
• Develop criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities. Aligns measurement and evaluation approaches to defined training program outcomes
• Conduct complex job, task, and performance analysis to develop training objectives
• Engage and interact with learners and key stakeholders to test and validate instructional design and development
• Provide business unit/client focused coaching and consulting on the instructional design process, deliverables, and expected outcomes.
• Use evaluation results to improve training program design and execution; shares best practices and lessons learned resulting from evaluation data
• May evaluate and/or oversee contractors or vendors to develop, translate and/or administer training programs.
• Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership

What You Will Need (Required)

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Instructional Design or related field
• 6 years previous related adult learning experience, including designing courses and utilizing various training delivery methods (e.g., ILT, CBT, Web-based, Virtual Class, Performance Support Tools)
• Fluent in English & Spanish

What Else We Look For (Preferred)

Proven expertise in usage of MS Office Suite, LMS, and training tools (e.g., Articulate, Captivate)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including consultative and relationship management skills

Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to influence change

Proven success adhering to and leading project schedules and managing sections of projects

Good presentation and facilitation skills

Able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English

Substantial understanding of adult training and development research: learning theory, motivation theory, and new materials, methods, and techniques

Substantial understanding of fundamental LMS technology for deploying content and ability to educate stakeholders on the process.

Strong problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

Good leadership skills with the ability to influence change and speak with authority

Strict attention to detail

Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

Ability to Interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations

Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control