Head of Training Strategy & Growth – EMEA

About the Role

Cloudera seeks a mid-senior level leader to define and drive the expansion of its Training business across the EMEA region. This role serves as a critical link connecting customer demands, ecosystem partners, and internal teams, ensuring training solutions are market-aligned and contribute strategically to business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own the EMEA training strategy, aligning course offerings with market needs, emerging technologies like AI and data analytics, and regional goals.
• Serve as the primary channel for market intelligence by analyzing customer feedback, field insights, and delivery outcomes to guide training content updates and portfolio development.
• Collaborate closely with enablement and content teams to ensure training programs are scalable, relevant, and profitable.
• Expand and nurture a focused ecosystem involving partners, academic institutions, and strategic alliances to enhance training reach.
• Discover and activate new demand sources, including leveraging enterprise learning and development budgets, workforce transformation initiatives, and government-funded programs.
• Act as a coordination hub across sales, delivery, and product teams to maintain consistency among sold offerings, delivery execution, and curriculum evolution.
• Implement structured mechanisms to monitor training effectiveness, adoption rates, quality, and identify gaps for continuous improvement.

Candidate Profile

• Demonstrated experience in professional services or consulting roles.
• Capability to translate market requirements into structured training programs.
• Proven success working collaboratively across diverse stakeholders such as sales, delivery, and product enablement teams.
• Strong commercial insight with understanding of how training initiatives support revenue generation.
• Background in partnerships, ecosystem cultivation or education initiatives is highly advantageous.
• Proactive and organized mindset, comfortable navigating dynamic, evolving environments.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off policy.
• Support for work-life balance with designated Unplugged Days.
• Flexible work-from-home arrangements.
• Programs promoting mental and physical wellness.
• Reimbursement for phone and internet expenses.
• Opportunities for continued career development.
• Comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation packages.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Access to employee resource groups fostering community and support.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and complies with EEO and VEVRAA regulations.