Director, Technical Training and Development

Prime Data Centers • San Jose, CA

12d • Remote

About The Position

Prime Data Centers is seeking a highly accomplished Director of Technical Training and Development to lead the evolution, execution, and continuous improvement of our critical facilities training platform. This is a unique opportunity to elevate an existing but still-maturing function within a fast-growing organization. The successful candidate will serve as a senior leader responsible for taking Prime's current training program and building it into an excellent, scalable operating model — establishing the standards, processes, and team capabilities that enable Prime's long-term growth. This leader will act as a force multiplier across internal teams and external partners, ensuring training outcomes support operational excellence, safety, workforce readiness, and business objectives. Initially operating in a player-coach capacity, this role will combine hands-on training leadership with organizational development, helping transform Prime's existing training program into a scalable, high-performing function.

Requirements

• Highly accomplished Director of Technical Training and Development
• Experience in critical facilities training platform
• Experience building an excellent, scalable operating model for training
• Experience establishing standards, processes, and team capabilities
• Experience as a force multiplier across internal teams and external partners
• Experience supporting operational excellence, safety, workforce readiness, and business objectives
• Player-coach capacity experience
• Hands-on training leadership experience
• Organizational development experience
• Experience transforming training programs into scalable, high-performing functions
• Experience building systems, standards, and team capabilities for predictable, scalable workforce readiness across multiple sites and regions
• Experience transforming training delivery from site-by-site, ad hoc execution into a repeatable, excellent operating model
• Experience ensuring safety, quality, and operational excellence during growth
• Experience with MOP/SOP/EOP standards
• Experience with customer requirements and regulatory requirements
• Experience making risk-informed decisions
• Experience leading training delivery across Electrical, Mechanical, Safety & Compliance, Procedural (MOP/SOP/EOP), and Leadership/Soft-Skills disciplines
• Experience overseeing curriculum development and integration
• Experience formalizing training standards, competency criteria, and governance
• Experience translating technical needs into clear training plans
• Experience partnering with site teams to identify skill gaps and remove roadblocks
• Experience managing third-party training vendors, certification bodies, and LMS providers
• Experience setting clear scopes, deliverables, and accountability for quality, schedule, and budget
• Experience designing delivery models, review processes, and governance frameworks
• Experience building repeatable standards, workflows, and certification playbooks
• Experience introducing program-level planning, forecasting, and reporting
• Experience driving continuous improvement
• Experience building and scaling a Training & Development function
• Experience with team structure, hiring plans, and career paths
• Experience recruiting, coaching, and developing high-performing leaders and ICs

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end training execution across all sites — from onboarding through advanced certification and ongoing proficiency.
• Ensure training aligns with Prime's MOP/SOP/EOP standards, customer requirements, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex training and workforce-readiness issues, making risk-informed decisions that balance operational continuity with training quality.
• Lead training delivery across Electrical, Mechanical, Safety & Compliance, Procedural (MOP/SOP/EOP), and Leadership/Soft-Skills disciplines.
• Oversee curriculum development and integration; formalize training standards, competency criteria, and governance to close existing gaps and support scalability.
• Serve as the primary training interface across Operations, Engineering, EHS, HR, and Site/Executive Leadership, translating technical needs into clear training plans.
• Partner with site teams to identify skill gaps and remove roadblocks.
• Manage third-party training vendors, certification bodies, and LMS providers — setting clear scopes, deliverables, and accountability for quality, schedule, and budget.
• Evaluate Prime's current training program end-to-end and design delivery models, review processes, and governance frameworks to elevate it.
• Build repeatable standards, workflows, and certification playbooks; introduce program-level planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement to increase efficiency, predictability, and quality as the workforce grows.
• Build and scale the Training & Development function: team structure, hiring plans, and career paths.
• Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing leaders and ICs.
• Lead as a hands-on player-coach while building scalable organizational capability.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range and performance bonus program
• 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
• 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
• Paid Time Off + Sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed