This role demands excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong program management discipline, and the ability to partner across engineering, operations, and leadership stakeholders throughout AMER.
Key job responsibilities
As a CDS L&D manager, you will
Design, build, and continuously improve a standardized Controls training program covering the full onboarding lifecycle for Controls Engineers and Controls Technicians, including a structured 90-day experience with weekly shadowing plans, monthly partner team rotations, and qualification milestones.
Develop and deliver technical curricula aligned to the daily work of Controls roles — BMS and EPMS system architecture, sequence of operations, controls logic programming, industrial protocols (BACnet, MODBUS, MQTT), commissioning, root cause analysis, and alarm management.
Build role-specific training tracks: Technician content covering field device installation, calibration, provisioning, electrical schematics, and red-line documentation; Engineer content covering project scoping, budgeting, vendor management, and service contract financial oversight.
Create and maintain skill assessments that measure readiness by role and level; track qualification pass rates, manager-assessed proficiency ratings, and onboarding satisfaction as program effectiveness signals.
Partner with Controls Engineers, Technicians, team managers, and DC Operations stakeholders across AMER to align curriculum to operational needs, coordinate SME content reviews, and prevent training materials from going stale.
Own the training program roadmap, milestones, and dependencies — including the onboarding platform, shadowing tooling, and training lab and communicate program status and metrics to senior leadership through regular reporting cadences.
Explore and partner with education institutions and trade schools to influence and tailor their curriculum to support campus hiring for AWS CDS team and develop in-house training program to get the new hires trained.
About the team
This role directly support following three Controls job families. Understanding their day-to-day work is essential to building training that is practical, relevant, and immediately applicable.
Controls Engineers
Controls Engineers troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis on Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) issues; manage the full project lifecycle from scoping and budgeting through commissioning; develop and modify controls logic and GUIs; financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts; and participate in AWS global on-call schedules. They work with cross-functional stakeholders across construction, operations, and vendor management, and frequently travel to in-operation data centers.
Controls Technicians
Controls Technicians deploy, service, and upgrade BMS and EPMS across multiple data centers. They perform point-to-point checkouts, first-line diagnostics, server and controller provisioning, sensor installation and calibration, commissioning support, change management documentation, and factory witnessed tests. They also mentor Facilities team members and actively manage service agreements.
Systems Engineers
Systems Engineers are responsible for Deploy, manage, and support large-scale Windows and Linux environments, including virtualization platforms and networking components. They also create and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, or Bash, focusing on scalable deployment processes and infrastructure management
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technical Training, Design, or a related field
5+ years of with Learning & Development and course facilitation experience
Experience developing or delivering training programs across multiple sites or regions
7+ years of program or project management experience
4+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
Master's degree or equivalent in Education, Instructional Design, or a related field
Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
Experience leading training strategy initiatives across large-scale operations and working cross-functionally at senior levels
Experience mentoring trainers, using data analytics for training effectiveness measurement, and leading change management initiatives
Experience working in a data center or mission critical facility (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.), or experience in electrical or mechanical engineering
Knowledge of learning management systems (LMS) and platforms
Working knowledge of Industrial Controls & SCADA systems
Certification in training and development from the Association for Talent Development (ATD), International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), SHRM, or a similar organization.
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USA, VA, Herndon - 138,300.00 - 187,100.00 USD annually
