Technical Curriculum Developer role
We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.
This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.
What you will be doing
Pure Storage is committed to providing best-in-class learning experiences for our worldwide seller community. We're looking for a talented, accomplished learning professional who is learner-obsessed and driven to innovate as we build and transform how we train and develop our sales employees (Pre-Sales, Sales, System Engineers, Partner Sales, and Channel Partners).
With this opportunity, you will leverage your skills and experience in instructional design and curriculum development to help build and maintain technical and sales training in a growing GTM organization that delivers incredible results.
The right candidate is creative, driven, not afraid to roll-up their sleeves, and has demonstrated an ability to solve real customer challenges and revolutionize the way people learn. This individual will need to be self-motivated, highly conceptual, willing to learn, receptive to feedback, and have what it takes to challenge the status-quo.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and designing technical sales training courses and labs for a variety of training modalities, including on-demand (eLearning), live and virtual in-person experiences, peer-to-peer learning, and assessments.
- Working in collaboration with the US-based team to define course requirements, create course deliverables, and manage the work through, potentially including the delivery of the course. Key activities include:
- Developing course facilitation, instructor, and student guides.
- Managing, maintaining, and updating training materials and course catalogs.
- Developing and maintaining technical hands-on labs.
- Aligning technical curriculum to company initiatives and roadmap.
- Incorporating Pure sales strategy and process into technical training.
- Implementing course updates based on student survey feedback and field feedback.
- Collaborating with content creators across the company to identify the best content possible to accelerate the success of the audience.
- Leveraging knowledge of data storage, networking technology, cloud and exercising the ability to stay current with rapidly evolving enhancements in the product, go-to-market strategy, and industry activities.
- Demonstrated knowledge of technical solution areas, including databases, analytics, containers, etc.
- Bringing a creative approach to learning and teaching.
- Implementing review feedback by stakeholders, SMEs, and design managers to ensure high quality standards of deliverables
What you bring to the team
- BTech (Computer science) or BSc. Computer Science or BCA or or an equivalent degree.
- Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education Technology, or similar field, or a completion of a certificate program would be preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years working in a curriculum development or instructional design role.
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, including skills in collaborating with subject matter experts and managers to help write, design, and develop, and manage projects.
- Experience working in a sales enablement organization and/or field role and understanding of sales methodology, skills, processes, and tools.
- Experience using content generation tools (Articulate Storyline360, Articulate Rise360, Adobe Captivate, or similar).
- Experience in instructional design (Bloom's taxonomy, Gagne’s 9 principles, ADDIE, ARCS model, etc.), criterion-referenced instruction, performance-based delivery, and developing, leading, and implementing design projects.
- Skilled in the creation, implementation, and validation of assessments to measure the effectiveness of training to achieve business priorities and significantly impact results.
- Experience using video editing tools (Final Cut, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Camtasia, or similar).
- Be able to use G suite applications (Google Slides, Docs, Sheets, etc.)
- Experience with general principles of graphic design is a strong plus.
Experience with current instructional innovation and technology such as AI tools, gamification, AR/VR is a strong plus.Assessment will be provided by the recruiter and you need to submit the assessment.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:
- Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
- Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area™, Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials™ and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
- Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.
And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:
Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.
WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:
We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. At Pure Storage, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.
Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you don’t match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel you’re a good match, please apply.