Training Manager

1 Month ago • 4-7 Years • Operations • $94,600 PA - $200,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Training Manager at Microsoft's CO+I will manage a team of trainers, delivering technical training, conducting workforce needs analysis, and leading procedural change management. Responsibilities include partnering with site managers to address operational risks and training gaps, encouraging innovation in training, structuring delivery strategies, monitoring team engagement, and establishing a culture of learning. The role requires deep collaboration across sites to ensure training aligns with datacenter goals for availability, safety, and throughput. Strong technical expertise in datacenter environments, IT infrastructure, or critical facilities operations is essential.
Must have:
  • Manage a team of trainers
  • Conduct workforce needs analysis
  • Lead procedural change management
  • Partner with site managers
  • Structure training delivery strategies
  • Technical expertise in datacenter environments
Good to have:
  • Experience leading training delivery outcomes
  • Experience working with program managers and executives
  • Hands-on experience maintaining datacenter IT infrastructure
Perks:
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

Job Details

Overview

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you on the Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) Learning team as a Training Manager.

 

As a CO+I Learning Training Manager you will contribute to and manage programs establishing technical training delivery, workforce training needs analysis, and engaging your team in procedural change management activities in support of the datacenters in your area of responsibility. You’ll leverage project and program management fundamentals as you evaluate and report on training activities in the datacenters and develop your own leadership skills while coaching your trainers in their own career growth. Location and work-from-home schedule are flexible based on team distribution and time zone coverage.

 

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Training Manager you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

 

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

 

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ education, information technology (IT), cloud systems, datacenter environments, critical environments/facilities, cloud, or computer technologies with a focus on in-depth learning of technology systems.
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Professional experience in a technical capacity with maintaining facility cooling, electrical, mechanical and life safety systems, Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), Branch Circuit Monitoring (BCM), Building Automation Systems (BAS), and Battery Monitoring Systems (BMS) OR server hardware repair, network cable installation, server/rack delivery and installation.

Other Requirements: 

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3+ years experience working with program managers, technical specialists, operations managers, and executives across the full spectrum of a Global operations organization.
  • 2+ years Hands-on experience in managing a technical team maintaining datacenter IT infrastructure or critical facilities operations.
  • Experience leading training delivery outcomes and readiness operations inputs with demonstrated business frameworks and management.

Technical Training M4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $122,000 - $200,500 per year.

 

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

   

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 25, 2025.

 

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of trainers while embracing Microsoft's culture of "Model, Coach, Care". Deliver success through team empowerment, leading by example through individual development and personal accountability while coaching trainers on developing their own capabilities.
  • Partner with site managers and trainers to provide solutions for operational risks, training gaps, and learning opportunities and communicate those to stakeholders in partnership with regional training operations managers.
  • Encourage team and site customers to innovate on training topics using technologies from working environments and scenarios from live site issues. Structure site training delivery strategies using technical knowledge of adult learning principles and building relationships with business partners.
  • Enable team to leverage the latest features, technologies, and processes and incorporate them into appropriate learning experiences to ensure a quality learning environment and relevance for technologies or common challenges in the live environment.
  • Monitor team engagement with learners and ensure alignment with global and local learner goals (e.g., internal and external learner partnership).
  • Establish and maintain a culture of learning across sites, sharing best practices for skills development with business partners, customers, peer GTO teams, and industry leaders.
  • Maintain deep collaboration with sites across all workstreams to ensure training content and delivery are meeting learning expectations in support of availability, safety, and throughput goals in the datacenters.
  • Embody our and .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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