P5P5 — Expert Professional
Expert
Set instructional design standards, guide multiple project teams.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Set design standards
- Guide project teams
- Oversee multiple projects
- Ensure adherence to standards
- Evaluate project outcomes
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration
- Promote best practices
- Drive continuous improvement
- Set design standards
- Guide project teams
- Evaluate project outcomes
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Standard setting
- Project management
- Leadership
- Outcome evaluation
- Collaboration
- Best practices promotion
- Continuous improvement
- Team motivation
- Design standards
- Project management techniques
- Leadership principles
- Outcome evaluation methods
- Collaboration strategies
- Best practices in design
- Continuous improvement processes
- Team motivation techniques
- Visionary leadership
- Organizational awareness
- Motivating teams
- Standard setting
- Project oversight
- Outcome evaluation
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
What good looks like
- 10+ years of experience
- Bachelor's degree in Education or related field
- Leadership in instructional design
- Experience in setting standards
Common titles
Instructional Design VInstructional Design 5Staff Instructional DesignLead Instructional DesignExpert Instructional DesignInstructional Designer VInstructional Designer 5Staff Instructional DesignerLead Instructional DesignerExpert Instructional Designer
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 25-0000 — Educational Instruction & Library Occupations (inferred)