Training and Workforce Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple workforce training and operational-readiness initiatives from strategy through implementation and continuous improvement
• Own project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, status reporting, and deliverables
• Translate operational priorities into structured training and workforce-development plans
• Serve as the primary liaison between field operations, business leaders, technical SMEs, and instructional-development teams
• Cook up curriculum development while dedicated instructional designers lead detailed ADDIE and course-development activities
• Drive change management, communications, and adoption across field technicians, frontline leaders, and senior leadership
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, establish accountability, and maintain momentum across teams and locations
• Present program strategy, progress, risks, recommendations, and outcomes to leadership
• Identify training gaps, operational impacts, cost-saving opportunities, and improvements to program effectiveness
• Measure workforce readiness, adoption, and results, adjusting plans as priorities or project conditions change
• Demonstrate ownership, sound judgment, and independent decision-making throughout execution

Requirements

• Strong project or program management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Proven ownership of training, workforce-readiness, or change initiatives from strategy through rollout and adoption
• Strong storyteller who can translate technical or operational information for field employees, business leaders, and executives
• Experience connecting operational leaders and SMEs with instructional-design or curriculum-development teams
• Skilled in managing budgets, schedules, resources, risks, competing priorities, and stakeholder expectations
• Experience implementing new programs or processes across a distributed, technical, or safety-sensitive workforce
• Background in construction, electrical, lighting, utilities, power, infrastructure, field services, manufacturing, or telecommunications preferred
• Familiarity with ADDIE or structured training methodologies is helpful; deep instructional-design expertise is not required
• Bachelor’s or technical degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or high school diploma/GED with 10+
• Comfortable working independently, making sound decisions, and traveling frequently across a multi-state footprint