Senior Manager, Training Strategy, Inspections Center

<p><strong>About Carvana</strong></p> <p>If you like disrupting the norm and are looking to join a company revolutionizing an industry then you will LOVE what Carvana has done for the car buying experience. Buying a car the old fashioned way sucks and we are working hard to make it NOT suck. I mean, have you<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnHaPVP-opw"> seen our vending machine</a>?!</p> <p>We are looking for people who are excited to<strong> thrive</strong> in an environment of impactful change. Team spirit is evident at Carvana and everyday we let our passions and creativity foster innovation. We take big swings, set ambitious goals, and challenge each other to make data- and process-driven decisions in everything we do.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pa9NmlrYc&amp;feature=youtu.be"> </a>For more information on Carvana and our mission, learn more about what it’s like to work here from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pa9NmlrYc&amp;feature=youtu.be">people that already do</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the team and position</strong></p> <p>Carvana's Recon operation spans 36 sites and is on a path to support 3 million cars per year. Getting there requires more than hiring — it requires building a training system that consistently develops skilled associates, advances internal talent, and catches performance gaps before they compound.</p> <p>The Senior Manager, Training Strategy owns one program of that system end-to-end. There are three versions of this role — Entry-level, Technician and Cosmetic — and each Training Program Manager is the single accountable owner of their program&nbsp; from content design through field delivery and performance measurement. This is the connective tissue role: the bridge between Recon Operations (who define what good looks like on the floor), Instructional Designers (who build the content), and Product (who embed training into our tools), and Analytics (who measure whether it's working).</p> <p>This is an operational leadership role that requires deep field presence, the ability to build trusted relationships with Associate Directors and General Managers across dozens of sites, and the discipline to protect training time even when production pressure is high. The standard this role is held to is simple: is every associate in my tier on track, at every site, right now?</p> <p><strong>This position is based at our corporate headquarters in Tempe, AZ and requires travel up to 25% of the time.</strong></p> <p><strong>What you will do</strong></p> <p>Program Execution and Lifecycle Management</p> <ul> <li>Own execution of the full training program lifecycle— from gap analysis and content development to field d