Training Architect

Job Title: Training Architect - Remote
Duration (Contract): 6 Months
Client

Location:

Sacramento, CA, 94203
Location Preference: Remote

As a Training Architect, you are responsible for developing delivery strategies, building solution proposals, defining resource requirements, creating commercial models, and supporting successful implementation of instructor-led (ILT), virtual instructor-led (VILT), blended, and enterprise skilling programs. This position combines customer-facing consulting, solution design, operational strategy, and business planning to ensure successful program outcomes.

• Primary Focus: Enterprise live training solution design, scoping, financial modeling, and implementation readiness.
• Delivery Models: Instructor-led training, virtual instructor-led training, blended learning, private group training, and public enrollment programs.
• Core Partners: Sales, Product Management, Training Operations, Delivery Management, Customer Success, Content, and Finance.
• Business Impact: Improves proposal quality, delivery readiness, operational scalability, and customer confidence in Client learning solutions.

• Partner with customers to understand business objectives, learning requirements, target audiences, and success measures.
• Design end-to-end learning solutions utilizing ILT, VILT, private group, public enrollment, and blended delivery models.
• Develop scalable delivery architectures that support global and regional training initiatives.
• Recommend optimal delivery strategies based on customer goals, timelines, budgets, geographic requirements, and learner populations.

• Develop comprehensive statements of work, implementation plans, delivery assumptions, and solution proposals.
• Create resource plans, instructor strategies, scheduling approaches, and delivery models.
• Build pricing models, cost estimates, margin projections, and financial assumptions.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development teams to support customer presentations, proposal responses, and strategic opportunities.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with operational capabilities, quality standards, and business objectives.

• Define instructor, facilitator, and operational staffing requirements.
• Establish delivery schedules and global deployment strategies for complex learning programs.
• Design operational processes required to support successful implementation.
• Facilitate transition from solution design to delivery execution by working with operations and delivery teams.

• Lead discovery sessions, requirements workshops, and solution review meetings.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Present recommendations, delivery strategies, implementation plans, and commercial approaches to executive and operational stakeholders.
• Manage customer expectations regarding scope, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and success metrics.

• Collaborate with Sales, Product Management, Training Operations, Delivery Management, Customer Success, and Finance teams.
• Partner with curriculum and content teams to ensure learning solutions align with customer requirements.
• Support operational readiness reviews and program launch planning.
• Facilitate communication and decision-making across internal and external stakeholders.

• Evaluate program outcomes, customer feedback, and operational performance data to improve future solutions.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, automate, and scale reusable solution components.
• Monitor industry trends in enterprise learning, workforce skilling, AI-enabled learning solutions, certifications, and digital transformation.
• Contribute to best practices, frameworks, templates, and solution playbooks.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, consulting, learning services, program management, sales engineering, or training operations.
• Experience designing enterprise learning, workforce skilling, or professional training solutions.
• Strong understanding of ILT, VILT, blended learning, and enterprise delivery models.
• Experience developing customer proposals, statements of work, budgets, pricing models, and implementation plans.
• Strong analytical,…