Senior Director, Technical Training - Career Accelerator

About this role

ABOUT PER SCHOLAS:

For 30 years, Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in the ever-advancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals, uplifting communities, and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, we're forging inclusive tech talent pipelines, fulfilling an ever-increasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20+ cities and counting, Per Scholas offers no-cost training programs in the most sought-after tech skills, spanning Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, IT Support, Software Engineering, and more. To date, 30,000+ individuals have been trained through Per Scholas, propelling their professional trajectories into high-growth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pre-training earnings. Learn more by visiting PerScholas.org and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Per Scholas preferred hires reside within the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA

POSITION TITLE: Senior Director, Technical Training — Career Accelerator

Location: Remote

Reports To: Senior Vice President, Career Accelerator and Alumni Relations

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Per Scholas seeks a Senior Director, Technical Training, to lead the delivery and continuous improvement of technical upskilling across the alumni training continuum and Per Scholas’ Career Accelerator. This leader owns the end-to-end product delivery experience for alumni and external learners, ensuring high-quality, industry-aligned instruction that drives completion, certification attainment, and ultimately job mobility.

You are both a technical and andragogical expert; someone who deeply understands how adults learn, how technical skills translate to the labor market, and how to build scalable instructional systems that deliver consistent outcomes. You bring experience leading distributed instructional teams and are energized by building high-impact learning environments that balance rigor, flexibility, and accessibility.

With ambitious growth goals and a commitment to economic mobility, you will lead a national team of full-time and adjunct instructors, ensuring delivery excellence across instructor-led and asynchronous programs.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Technical Training Strategy & Leadership

• Lead a national technical training strategy aligned to Career Accelerator growth and outcomes goals.

• Serve as the lead technical and andragogical subject matter expert for the Career Accelerator and Alumni Relations team.

• Lead and develop a high-performing, nationally distributed team of full-time and adjunct instructors.

• Align curriculum delivery with evolving industry demands and certification requirements.

Instructional Delivery & Quality Assurance

• Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across instructor-led and asynchronous learning experiences.

• Develop and implement instructor onboarding, training, and evaluation systems.

• Establish clear instructional expectations, observation practices, and continuous improvement cycles.

• Monitor learner engagement, retention, and completion data to drive instructional improvements.

• Build systems that ensure instructional rigor while supporting diverse learner needs.

Certification & Outcomes Management

• Partner with CAAR leadership to drive strategies to increase certification participation and pass rates across all programs.

• Partner with Product and Curriculum teams to align training with certification pathways.

• Collaborate with CAAR operations and impact to implement supports such as exam readiness resources, practice testing, and learner accountability systems.

• Track and analyze certification outcomes to inform program design and instructional adjustments.

• Identify barriers to learner persistence and implement strategies to improve retention and completion.

Instructional Operations & Systems

• Contribute to building scalable systems for scheduling, staffing, and delivery across multiple programs and modalities.

• Optimize instructor utilization across…