Director, AI Learning & Training — Scale Talent & Impact

joinhandshake.com; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) match

Parental leave

Mental health support

Learning stipend

Free lunch

Gym access

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Handshake AI seeks a senior Learning & Training leader to own the function and its impact on ramp speed and data quality for frontier labs. You will act as a player-coach, guiding design leads while stepping into pods to craft training, reviews, and coaching that sets the standard.

You’ll expand the program across pods and project types, delivering training that speeds onboarding and raises data quality for model development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enablement, learning design, or training.
• Player-coach mindset with hands-on work
• Operations sense with multi-project capacity
• Fluency with AI models and data; coding not required
• Track record of defining and maintaining a quality bar
• Influencing across leadership and operations
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team. Grow future leads from within.
• Stay hands-on by jumping into pods during spikes or new projects.
• Maintain high quality standards across pods and design systems.
• Scale the forward-deployed model by planning capacity and embedding where needed.
• Make ramp time and project outcomes visible to operations and leadership.
• Collaborate with fellow experience, quality and delivery teams to address training gaps.
• Drive strategic programs turning visions into shipped, adopted LT initiatives

Skills

Leadership

Learning design

AI model knowledge

Project management

Job description

Handshake AI seeks a senior Learning & Training leader to own the function and its impact on ramp speed and data quality for frontier labs. You will act as a player-coach, guiding design leads while stepping into pods to craft training, reviews, and coaching that sets the standard.

You’ll expand the program across pods and project types, delivering training that speeds onboarding and raises data quality for model development.