Global AV Driver Training Architect

Wayve; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve, based in London, seeks a Global Head of AV Driver Training to own the strategy, standards, and operating model for training Vehicle Safety Operators and related teams across theUK, US, Germany, and Japan. You will build scalable curricula and certification pathways, and prove training improves readiness, consistency, and safety.

You’ll lead a small, globally distributed team, translating a single global standard into regionally effective training.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in training or capability development, ideally within a safety-critical environment.
• Proven ability to build and lead structured training programmes across multiple sites, regions, or countries.
• Experience designing scalable onboarding, certification, and recurrent training frameworks for operational roles.
• Ability translating operational, product, or safety requirements into practical training content, standards, and readiness criteria.
• Strong analytics to improve behaviour, consistency, and execution quality using training data.
• Experience partnering with Operations, Product, Safety and other senior stakeholders to align training outcomes with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Own global training strategy, standards, and operating model across all geographies.
• Define the training architecture: scalable curricula, onboarding pathways, and certification frameworks for on-road and maintenance operational roles.
• Own operational readiness — ensuring operators meet performance and safety thresholds before live on-road deployment.
• Build and maintain the mechanism for converting product requirements and operational insights into rapid, targeted training updates.
• Establish and own the metrics and reporting that prove training effectiveness, readiness, and adherence — and use that data to prioritise interventions.
• Manage and develop Regional Training Leads, holding them accountable to a consistent global standard while enabling local adaptation.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Product, and Safety to align training outcomes with business and operational needs.
• Own certification and compliance record-keeping standards globally, ensuring accuracy and audit-readiness.
• Balance global standardisation with the flexibility to adapt delivery to regional, regulatory, and market context.

Skills

Leadership

Training programme design

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety-critical readiness

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Wayve, based in London, seeks a Global Head of AV Driver Training to own the strategy, standards, and operating model for training Vehicle Safety Operators and related teams across theUK, US, Germany, and Japan. You will build scalable curricula and certification pathways, and prove training improves readiness, consistency, and safety.

You’ll lead a small, globally distributed team, translating a single global standard into regionally effective training.