Principal Learning Experience Designer (K-8 Math)

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.

HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com

Job Title: Principal Learning Experience Designer, Waggle K-8

Location: Fully Remote - May be performed from any State in the US.

What you’ll do:

The Principal Learning Experience Designer will apply relevant experience to plan, develop, and deliver high-quality, clearly written, pedagogically appropriate, digital-first solutions that solve specific market problems shared by teachers and students. The person will typically lead a collaborative scrum team in solving a variety of demonstrated market problems. The person in this role leverages data from a variety of sources and is willing and able to nurture innovative thinking across the team to develop the best solutions possible given the existing constraints. This role will also model problem-solving prowess, effective collaboration, and prioritization skills to deliver incremental value to users aligned with the company’s strategic plans. The Principal LXD will also steward, advocate, and serve as an implementor of a consistent user experience, especially in digital.

Working in Learning Experience Design (LXD) for Waggle, the Principal Learning Experience Designer will be responsible for the following primary duties:

User Experience and Instructional Design:

• Has K-8 mathematics expertise that is valued for product development
• Leverages prompt engineering and Ai use to accelerate content development and improve process efficiencies
• Shares expertise/expectations across teams in a way that is actionable and leads to consistency
• ​Knows how to plan and develop grade-level-appropriate, standards-aligned content and metadata for digital mediums
• Keeps what students must learn and be able to do at the forefront of any content development​
• Demonstrates strong understanding of the end-user experience and uses that understanding to drive product development decisions and work
• Develops expertise in Waggle’s digital authoring experience and interfaces with partners in engineering to expand authoring capabilities
• Makes or recommends smart development decisions to future-proof or scale the work without sacrificing quality and usability—making sure to validate approaches across teams
• Understands and abides by other compliance/regulatory factors or market trends that will impact decisions, knowing to what degree those requirements should drive product decisions and how they may impact user experience

Agile Development:

• Can serve as a Product Owner on a scrum team responsible for solving more complex teaching and learning problems. Relies on discovery and data analysis to test, develop, deliver, and iteratively optimize solutions in a variety of media formats. Guides scrum team in setting priorities. Manages the product backlog and holds the team accountable to sprint plans
• Delivers value to customers in keeping with capacity constraints, budget, interdependencies across teams, and market expectations, often arriving at and advocating for fresh, innovative solutions that surprise and delight users.
• Understands, applies, and models agile story-pointing to enable the scrum team to carry out high-quality iterative development.
• Adeptly uses retrospectives to solve problems and improve team output and collaboration.
• May work independently with internal groups/vendors on cross-team/cross-company initiatives
• Develops and implements change management strategies and plans as needed

Research & Data Analysis:

• Actively uses research to help drive team decisions to develop solutions for a wide variety of users based on market problems and needs. Knowledgeable of specific types of research methods such as observation and qualitative themes, quantitative responses, and useability testing. Collaborates with the Research team to identify goals for testing. Is ultimately responsible for ensuring that research is carried out and results implemented. 

• Understands the data we have available and uses that data to inform product development
• Seeks out, applies, and synthesizes data from a variety of sources, including HMH's teaching and learning platform, to address market problems with input from key stakeholders
• Ensures that the scrum team understands and utilizes usage and efficacy data to iterate/improve upon instructional content

Definition of Success:

• Delivers iterative solutions on time and within budget that meet market needs as measured by product sales, customer testimonials, and platform usage data
• Clearly communicates program goals and philosophy with core and extended scrum team
• Fosters scrum team efficiency, morale, and success
• Proactively seeks out and applies learnings from relevant connections across all LXD, across departments, or even lines of business

What you’ll need:

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Instructional Design, or a field related to the discipline
• 7–8 years of experience in instructional design for K-8 Math students
• K-8 teaching experience (preferred)
• K-8 digital, supplemental math market experience (Waggle preferred)
• AI usage in content development and process improvement
• 1-2 years of Agile Scrum experience

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrates a proficiency in many systems, including Plankton, WebCMS, etc.
• Sets up digital experiences effectively and consistently to ensure that the clearest data is available on the back end
• Seeks to understand and prioritize consistency across disciplines and connected solutions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Agile methodology, JIRA (preferred)
• Mastery of generative Ai tools, including Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.
• Data analysis/interpretation
• Scrum team management (preferred)
• Experience creating and using metadata (preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Might be in a stationary position for a considerable time (sitting and/or standing)
• Constantly operate a computer
• Must be able to collaborate with colleagues via face to face, conference calls, and online meetings
• Must be capable of sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time

Benefits and Salary Range

Salary Range - $90,000 - $97,000

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 6/2/2026. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date but is not guaranteed.

HMH is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively participate in E-Verify.

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