Global Head of AV Driver Training

Wayve • Sunnyvale, CA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

Wayve is hiring a Global Head of AV Driver Training to lead its global training function for on-road and maintenance operations. The role leads Regional Training Leads and Training Coordinators across regions, and builds the global training architecture, operating model, curricula, onboarding pathways, and certification frameworks for operational roles. It sets training strategy and standards across geographies while ensuring regional compliance and flexibility.

The role converts operational insights, safety findings, and product changes into timely training updates. It owns the measurement and reporting of training effectiveness, operator readiness, and compliance, and serves as the final gatekeeper before operators are deployed on public roads. The position partners with Operations, Product, and Safety teams, develops the global training team, and maintains certification and compliance records to audit-ready standards.

This is a full-time role based in the London or Sunnyvale office, Monday to Friday. The division operates seven days a week, and the role includes occasional on-call duties. Wayve uses a hybrid working model combining office collaboration with remote work.

Requirements

• Significant leadership experience in training, capability development, operations enablement, or workforce readiness, ideally in a safety-critical domain.
• Experience building and leading structured training programmes across multiple sites, regions, or countries.
• Demonstrated success designing scalable onboarding, certification, and recurrent training frameworks for operational roles.
• Ability to translate operational, product, or safety requirements into practical training content, standards, and readiness criteria.
• A strong track record of data-driven performance and quality improvement.
• Experience working cross-functionally to align training with business needs.
• Experience leading managers or senior individual contributors and setting direction for a globally distributed function.
• Analytical skills and comfort working with data pipelines to generate insights, metrics, and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in autonomous vehicles, transport, robotics, logistics, aviation, or defense.
• Familiarity with certification, compliance record-keeping, and audit requirements in regulated or safety-critical environments.
• Experience managing both contractors and full-time employees, including transitions to full-time employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a globally distributed team of Regional Training Leads and Training Coordinators.
• Define and continuously improve global training architecture, curricula, onboarding pathways, and certification frameworks for operational roles.
• Own and update training strategy, standards, and operating models across operational geographies, ensuring local compliance and effective delivery.
• Create mechanisms to turn operational insights, safety findings, and product changes into rapid training updates.
• Establish, monitor, and report metrics for training effectiveness, operator readiness, and compliance, using findings to prioritize interventions.
• Ensure operators meet performance and safety thresholds before live on-road deployment.
• Partner with Operations, Product, and Safety teams to align training with business and operational needs.
• Manage global certification and compliance records and maintain audit readiness across regions.
• Design, deploy, and maintain training for on-road and maintenance roles.
• Develop and coach the global team to deliver consistently against high standards while adapting to regional needs.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Operations, Product, and Safety stakeholders.

Benefits

• Market-benchmarked salaries, reviewed annually.
• Meaningful equity.
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.
• Hybrid working and core hours.
• Learning and development budgets, including support for training, conferences, and growth.
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, and team socials.

What This Job Offers

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