Who is Beast Code?

Beast Code is a small business founded in 2014 to transcend the traditional defense solution paradigm. It all began with seven dudes, a fold out table, and a vision. We now have more than 170 employees and continue to grow at a rapid pace. Our mission is to Empower People to make Informed Decisions! Do you have what it takes to be a Beast?

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision (60% of premium paid by company)
• HSA / FSA Medical Plans
• 401K with 6% Company Match
• Unlimited PTO
• Observes all federal holidays including a week off for Christmas
• Maternity Leave (6 weeks)
• Paternity Leave (3 Weeks)
• Professional Development ($1200 annual allowance)
• Discount Platform
• Pay Transparency
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Hybrid Work

Pay Bands:

Product Owner III: $87,800.00 - $110,900.00

Product Owner IV: $97,000.00 - $123,500.00

Product Owner V: $115,500.00 - $148,100.00

Instructional Systems Designer Product Owner Job Description

Instructional Systems Designer (ISD) Product Owners design and develop training programs, curriculum, methods, and materials for various audiences. ISD Product Owners receive customer requirements, review course learning objectives, assess customer provided reference information, collect input to identify training or development needs, goals, gaps, and requirements, conduct skill assessments, recommend specific graphic media applications to enhance a course’s written content and lead junior Instructional Designers in the creation of contracted projects. ISD Product Owners consult with subject matter experts to define learning objectives and to design appropriate course content and training curriculum.

Product Owners work within our proprietary courseware editing tool, Beast Core, or with other course editing tools such as Adobe Captivate to develop training, establish metrics used to evaluate training effectiveness, collaborate with vendors to provide training materials or conduct training and coach trainers. Beast Code ISD Product Owners are the primary manage of contracted projects and are ultimately responsible for their assigned team of junior Instructional Designers’ work and delivering the project on-time. Product Owner employees (PO I – PO V) are based on a combination of experience, documented skills and formal education. Instruction Systems Designer Product Owners report to the Training Program Manager.

A Typical Day for an ISD Product Owner may include:

• Plan and facilitate project meetings to align the project team to methods and goals and to track project tasks
• Conduct product demonstrations during execution to gather customer feedback
• Monitors task completion status to identify at risk project tasks and to develop mitigation plans
• Manage their assigned team’s Jira board to communicate course requirements, deadlines and standards to team Instructional Designers.
• Communicate schedule and changes to all stakeholders
• Review customer requirements and recommend specific course design plans to meet customers needs within a given budget.
• Creating course materials (Test Plans, Student Guides, Media, etc.) based on reference material and direction from senior management
• Review integrated, product-specific course lessons and material for appropriate instructional flow and accuracy
• Outline instructional content for Subject Matter Experts and Content Developers prior to course creation
• Obtain user-level proficiency and in-depth understanding of Beast Code software, products and systems
• Serve as final quality assurance for contracted courses before delivery to customer.

You should bring these skills to the table:

ACTIVE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE IS AN ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT.
WE WILL NOT CONSIDER APPLICANTS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE.
Beast Code Instructional Systems Designer Product Owner positions typically require a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. May require a project management certification. Product Owners typically have a source trade (Instructional Design, E-Learning Design, military experience etc).

Instructional Systems Designer Product Owner III

Work is generally independent and collaborative in nature. May assume a team lead role of the work group. Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project. Typically requires 4-7 years of related experience.

• Required certifications, skills or education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design Education OR
  • ATD Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD)
    • If the applicant does not have an ATD APTD certificate, they must complete within the first year of employment.
  • Adult Learning curriculum development or equivalent experience

• Preferred certifications, skills or education
  • Adobe Captivate certification
  • Atlassian software suite experience
  • Master’s degree in Instructional Design or related field
  • Related experience

Instructional Systems Designer Product Owner IV

Work is highly independent. Assumes a team lead role of the work group. A specialist on complex technical and business matters. Typically requires 7+ years of related experience.

• Required certifications, skills or education:
  • ATD Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD)
    • If the applicant does not have an ATD APTD certificate, they must complete within the first year of employment.
  • Master’s degree in related field Instructional Design or related field

• Preferred certifications, skills or education
  • Atlassian software suite experience
  • Adobe Captivate certification
  • State teaching certification
• HTML/CSS3 certificate/experience
• org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification

Instructional Systems Designer Product Owner V

Works autonomously. Goals are generally communicated in “solution” or project goal terms. Provides a leadership role for the work group through knowledge in the area of specialization. Works on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge. Typically requires 10+ years of related experience.

• Required certifications, skills or education:
  • ATD Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD)
  • Master’s degree in Instructional Design
  • Digital courseware editing tool certification
  • org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification

• Preferred certifications, skills or education
  • Atlassian software suite experience
  • State teaching certification
  • org Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III) certification
• Required certifications, skills or education
  • Master’s degree in related field
  • ATD Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD)
• Preferred certifications, skills or education

Bonus Points if you have:

• Prior experience (1-3 years) with software and content development design work
• Experience with Atlassian products – particularly Jira and Confluence

Other Requirements:

• 100% in-office work. Work is classified and requires candidate to be on-site in Fort Walton Beach FL.
• Due to the nature of our work, it is mandatory that you are a SINGLE-RESIDENCY U.S. Citizen and able to comply with Government regulations.
• Ability to maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
• Successfully complete a background check and maintain a valid USA driver’s license
• Beast Code is a drug free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing and random drug testing as per all applicable laws

Beast Code is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Beast Code does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.