Training Programs Manager

Pathways-For-Life; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401K with match

Job summary

Pathways-For-Life in Arizona seeks a Program Training Manager to design a standardized, scalable training program that boosts staff competency, ensures regulatory compliance, and aligns with organizational goals. This role will lead training delivery and oversee CEU completion, while coaching staff and collaborating across departments.

You will travel to support sites, foster operational consistency, and continuously improve training effectiveness in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Training and Development, Healthcare Administration, Human Services, Organizational Development, or related field.
• Minimum 2+ years in training, program operations, onboarding, or staff development.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate training requirements, curricula, materials, and delivery to identify gaps and improvements.
• Develop and maintain standardized training curriculum, presentations, job aids, and competency tools.
• Identify organization-wide training needs using audits, observations, incidents, and feedback.
• Establish standards for new hire, ongoing, refresher, and role-specific training.
• Oversee CEU completion and caregiver in-field support mechanisms.
• Lead Training Specialists, including onboarding, coaching, and performance management.
• Align training with policies, SOPs, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.
• Facilitate in-person and virtual training and provide centralized support to locations.
• Monitor training completion, certification, retraining, and overall effectiveness.
• Coach managers to reinforce training in daily operations and corrective actions.
• Monitor regulatory training requirements and update practices as needed.

Skills

Curriculum development

Training delivery

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Project management

Trainer certification

Driver's license

Travel readiness

Physical ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education/Training and Development/Healthcare Administration/etc

Job description

Full-Time, Exempt | Compensation $55,000 - $70,000 (DOE)

At Pathways for Life, effective training is essential to delivering high-quality, person-centered services.We'relooking for a strategic and engaging Program Training Manager to build and own a standardized, scalable training program that strengthens employee competency, operational consistency, and ongoing compliance across the organization.

WhatYou'llDo

• Evaluate current program training requirements, curriculum, materials, and delivery practices to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain standardized training curriculum, presentations, job aids, competency tools, and other resources for program staff.
• Identify organization-wide and program-specific training needs using audits, program observations, incidents, performance trends, employee feedback, regulatory changes, and other quality indicators.
• Establish consistent standards for new hire, ongoing, refresher, remedial, and role-specific program training.
• Manage and oversee CEU completion and establish caregiver in-field support mechanisms.
• Lead and support Training Specialist(s), including onboarding, coaching, performance management, and ensuring high-quality training delivery.
• Partner with Programs, Compliance/Quality, Human Resources, and leadership to ensure training aligns with policies, procedures, SOPs, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.
• Facilitate or oversee in-person and virtual training and provide centralized training support to locations based on organizational needs.
• Monitor training completion, competency validation, certification requirements, retraining needs, and overall training effectiveness.
• Coach managers and supervisors on reinforcing training expectations in daily operations and support retraining when education is identified as part of corrective action or performance improvement.
• Monitor applicable DDD and other regulatory training requirements and recommend updates to organizational training practices as requirements change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education , Training and Development, Healthcare Administration, Human Services, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in training, program operations, onboarding, staff development, IDD services, healthcare, or human services required.
• Experience working with DDD, ALTCS, HCBS, or similar regulated service environments strongly preferred.
• Experience developing training curriculum, presentations, job aids, competency tools, and other educational resources required.
• Experience facilitating group training for adult learners in both in-person and virtual environments required.
• Must be, or be willing and able to become, a DDD Certified Trainer for applicable required programs, including Article 9, First Aid/CPR, Positive Behavior Support, Abuse & Neglect, and PROUD.
• Strong understanding of regulated documentation, compliance requirements, and quality expectations within healthcare, IDD, or human services environments preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage frontline employees, supervisors, managers, and organizational leadership.
• Professional, confident, organized, and able to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Valid Arizona driver's license and access to an insured vehicle for organization-wide travel.
• Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Flexible); some evenings and weekends may be required.
• Performance-driven role balancing strategic training program development with direct facilitation and operational support.
• Frequent in-person and virtual training with varying group sizes and employee roles.
• Periodic travel between organizational locations and attendance at external meetings, audits, surveys, or regulatory activities.
• Ability to lift and carry approximately 15-20 pounds of training materials, laptops, and other training equipment.

Why Join Pathways?

• Mission-driven work that directly strengthens the quality and consistency of services provided to members.
• Opportunity to build and shape a standardized organization-wide training program.
• Collaborative role working across Programs, Compliance/Quality, Human Resources, and organizational leadership.
• Meaningful opportunity to improve employee competency, caregiver support, and operational outcomes.
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.
• 401K with opportunities to match.