LMS Administrator

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. Its mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists, and other health professionals.

About the role

The LMS Administrator serves as a subject matter and technical systems expert for UW Medical Center's clinical learning technologies. The role provides cross-functional support for the LMS and related applications while designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining eLearning solutions that support organizational education and training needs. This position reports to the Manager of Nursing Professional Development.

Department Description

Nursing Professional Development supports multiple UW Medicine entities with varying organizational requirements, workflows, and mandatory education processes. The team plays a critical role in ensuring UW Medical Center meets regulatory and organizational training requirements through the Learning Management System (LMS). Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development and delivery of mandatory education, including orientation, annual compliance, patient safety, and clinical training for physicians, nurses, and other staff
• Delivering eLearning for major organizational projects, clinical practice changes, and system implementations
• Collaborating with stakeholders across UW Medicine to standardize education, maintain regulatory compliance, and advance strategic organizational goals

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for clinical learning systems
• Lead business process improvement and system optimization efforts
• Manage the full lifecycle of eLearning development—from analysis and design through implementation, evaluation, and maintenance
• Collaborate with clinical and operational stakeholders to ensure learning solutions align with organizational goals

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Computer Science, Education, Information Technology, or a related field—or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Minimum of 3 years of experience, including:

• Proficiency with eLearning and multimedia authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Storyline, Captivate, Lectora, Rise)
• Experience with eLearning content integration standards and LMS platforms (Cornerstone-Galaxy)
• Experience assessing and developing workforce capabilities to drive standard use of technology
• Experience supporting computer applications and configuring/using LMS or similar web-based applications for large user groups
• Experience gathering user requirements and tracking/monitoring required and optional training
• Experience with formal IT methodologies, including development of test scripts, testing, project management, change management, system configuration management, design management, and establishing/monitoring best practices
• Experience with data management and analysis

Benefits

• 15 days of vacation in your first year
• 12 days of sick time
• 1 personal holiday and 11 paid holidays each year
• 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b) retirement plan

Pay

Annual pay range: $84,000 – $120,000

Schedule

• 100% FTE (40 hours per week)
• Day shift, Monday–Friday
• Remote opportunity with occasional office attendance in Seattle, WA