About the Role
The Helpdesk Customer Support – Training Manager will define and own the strategic vision for the Training & Enablement function, developing a multi-year learning roadmap that aligns training program design, delivery priorities, and capability-building investments with organizational growth objectives.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the strategic vision for the Training & Enablement function.
- Establish training governance frameworks.
- Serve as the senior enablement partner to Operations, QA, Product, and Engineering leadership.
- Set the team's quarterly and annual priorities.
- Build the Training function's brand as a credible, high-impact partner.
- Directly manage and develop a team of Technical Trainers and Instructional Designers.
- Hire and onboard trainers with strong technical backgrounds.
- Lead regular trainer team meetings and calibration sessions.
- Identify trainer skill gaps and design targeted coaching plans.
- Foster a team culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
- Oversee the architecture and quality of all technical training curricula.
- Apply instructional design methodologies to guide the training team.
- Review and approve all training materials produced by the team.
- Establish a structured content lifecycle management process.
- Drive curriculum innovation by evaluating new learning formats.
- Oversee and quality-review the delivery of all technical training programs.
- Personally facilitate high-stakes or highly technical training programs.
- Establish facilitation standards and trainer delivery rubrics.
- Oversee the virtual and in-person training delivery infrastructure.
- Build and maintain a coaching culture within the training team.
- Use expert-level SQL to extract, analyze, and model training performance data.
- Design and maintain SQL-powered training dashboards.
- Conduct SQL-based investigations into training effectiveness gaps.
- Leverage data analysis to prioritize curriculum investments.
- Present SQL-derived training analytics to executive leadership.
- Own the training function's coverage of API and technical integration topics.
- Review and approve all API-related training content.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product SMEs for training content development.
- Define technical proficiency standards for API and integration competencies.
- Ensure the training team has access to realistic API sandbox environments.
- Lead the Training function's ownership of conversion tracking and attribution education.
- Oversee the development and accuracy of training content on attribution models.
- Build and maintain a conversion tracking training framework.
- Stay current on industry developments in measurement infrastructure.
- Partner with Data, Analytics, and Ad Product teams for training on marketing analytics outputs.
- Own the Training function's Ads Manager platform enablement strategy.
- Oversee the development of platform-specific training modules.
- Ensure training content is updated within defined windows.
- Collaborate with Ad Product and Solutions Engineering teams.
- Build platform proficiency benchmarks for each role type.
- Own and administer the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Evaluate and implement LMS enhancements and third-party learning technology integrations.
- Define LMS governance standards.
- Leverage LMS analytics and reporting to monitor program engagement.
- Stay current on learning technology trends.
- Serve as the primary Training & Enablement liaison to various departments.
- Partner with the QA Manager to establish a closed-loop quality feedback system.
- Collaborate with HR and Talent Acquisition for pre-hire skills assessments.
- Present training program performance to senior leadership.
- Represent the Training function in enterprise client onboarding projects.
Qualifications
- 2–4 years of professional experience in backend product support, ad tech engineering support, technical integrations, or a related technical operations role.
- Experience in a SaaS environment is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated progression into team leadership, training management, or senior technical enablement responsibilities.
- Track record of building, leading, or significantly scaling a training program.
Required Skills
- Expert-level SQL proficiency.
- Experience using SQL to analyze training effectiveness data.
- Proficiency with BI and visualization tools.
- Deep proficiency with RESTful APIs.
- Hands-on experience with server-side tracking implementations.
- Demonstrated ability to read, parse, and debug API payloads.
- Strong working knowledge of Ads Manager platforms.
- High-level expertise in conversion tracking systems.