Manager, Training Delivery & Reporting
The Manager of Training Delivery and Reporting will have direct influence on shaping the onboarding and learning experience of CX frontline facing teams at Zendesk. You will manage a group of trainers across a global organization to support CX teams' onboarding and ongoing learning. You will support the collection of learning data to evaluate the effectiveness of our training for CX teams and their leaders. You will also play a critical role in managing data to show how frontline teams ramp to proficiency in comparison to Operational key performance indicators (KPIs.)
Responsibilities
Leads and manages a global team of trainers
Deploys a wide variety of training to CX leaders, and frontline employees
Develops, proactively manages, and maintains a global training schedule
Develops, implements, and ongoing management of a trainer effectiveness program to validate and report on how trainers are performing during delivery against established standards.
Accountable for the professional development of the trainers based on their ongoing development goals, and team delivery reviews
Measures the trainer effectiveness on a regular and consistent basis
Uses participant feedback to enhance the trainer effectiveness and identify areas for development and growth.
Optimizes trainers for consistent and best in class delivery
Keeps abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices in CX operations and training delivery approaches
Facilitate training sessions to increase employees’ knowledge and competence, using visual aids such as videos, slides, graphs, charts, presentations, etc.
Uses an iterative, and ongoing growth mindset approach to improve overall training delivery and reporting across the organization
Partners with subject matter experts and the instructional design team to develop learning materials and overall measurement story for learning programs
Supports the development of content for training materials, as needed
Creates, and monitors various training programs effectiveness, including meeting success criteria, ROI, and impact to defined Operational KPIs
Develops and maintains reporting on training programs, as needed
Manages the reporting needs from the LMS and other systems to provide a holistic report of learning experiences across CX teams
Acts as a subject matter expert on the LMS reporting capabilities
Partners with the Instructional design team to evolve the technology based on CX learning reporting needs
Represents training as a learning expert in business partner meetings, as needed
Performs ongoing reviews with CX leadership to ensure common understanding and expectations of training delivery and reporting plans
Builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders to identify areas of opportunity for learning
Partners closely with Workforce Optimization leaders for implementation of various initiatives and measurement of success
Creates a measurable learning environment
Effectively communicates across Zendesk appropriately and as needed
Behaviors
Leads with impact & influence
Establishes credibility, effectively persuades and develops others, and achieves important objectives collaboratively
Champions Zendesk culture and empowers employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals
Maintains transparent communication and showcases strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
Appropriately communicates organization information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate email, and regular interpersonal communication
2+ years of people management experience across global teams
2+ years of adult learning and Operational training experience
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The US annualized base salary range for this position is $94,000.00-$142,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives.Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.
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