Learning Architect

Overview

We are looking for a hybrid talent: a leading-edge learning designer who thinks like a product engineer. As a learning architect, you will not just "create content"—you will build the systems, platforms, and tech-forward solutions that deliver Stripe’s development philosophy to every employee in the flow of work.

Strategic Partnership & Program Transformation

• Consultative architecting: Act as a high-touch partner to People Development DRIs (e.g., Manager & Leadership Development, Team Effectiveness), helping them evolve high-touch, facilitated curricula into scalable digital learning ecosystems that meet Stripes in the flow of work.
• Modernization audit: Lead a review of Stripe’s existing development content to identify opportunities where technology and AI can broaden the reach and impact of flagship programs without losing their signature rigor.
• Stakeholder synthesis: Act as a "Product Manager" for learning, synthesizing diverse inputs from PD experts into a cohesive technical roadmap that aligns with Stripe’s talent & development strategy.

Systems Architecture & AI Innovation

• AI-driven coaching: Lead the immediate architecture and deployment of AI-driven interfaces that provide context-aware leadership advice and skill-building grounded in Stripe’s unique operating principles and talent philosophy.
• Infrastructure optimization: Partner with the Ops & Enablement team to build the data "pipes" and knowledge structures that allow our internal content to be surfaced dynamically and reliably.
• Builder of builders: Create standardized templates, AI prompt libraries, and digital components that empower the broader People Development, Enablement and Operations team to maintain a high bar for craft and beauty independently.

Experience Architecture & UI/UX Design

• Functional craft: Transform complex leadership philosophies into bite-sized, scannable, and interactive digital interfaces that reduce cognitive load and prioritize functional beauty.
• In-platform enablement: Design and optimize learning assets for Stripe’s specific ecosystem (Confluence, Slack, and G-Suite), ensuring high utility mid-workflow.
• Prototyping & user testing: Build interactive prototypes to test how Stripes engage with new tools, using rapid feedback loops to refine functionality before full-scale deployment.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in instructional design or learning engineering.
• A portfolio of "functional beauty": You can demonstrate projects where you’ve transformed "walls of text" into intuitive, beautiful, and highly functional digital experiences.
• AI native: You move beyond simple prompting to think about how AI can be architected into the learning journey to leverage scale and improve content.
• Collaborative translator: You have a proven track record of partnering with high-level subject matter experts (leadership coaches, program managers, etc.) to productize their expertise into scalable, high-standard digital formats.
• Product-led mindset: You think in terms of "user friction" and "interaction models" over "curriculum."
• Visual design expertise: Mastery of design tools (e.g., Figma) and an obsessive eye for detail in layout, scale, craft and beauty.
• Thoughtfully fast: You are someone who knows when and what to move fast on and when to be deliberate, balancing a sense of urgency and focus alongside ruthless prioritization.
• Experience in a high-growth, rapidly evolving tech environment.
• Experience in digital product design.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and act as an internal consultant for complex organizational initiatives.
• Familiarity with the technical constraints and opportunities within tools like Confluence, Slack, and modern LMS/LXP platforms.