Head of Training Strategy & Growth – EMEA

About the role

Cloudera is looking for a strategic leader to shape and expand its Training business across the EMEA region. You will act as the market’s voice, translating customer and ecosystem insights into a compelling training portfolio that drives growth and supports digital transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the EMEA training strategy, aligning offerings with market demand, emerging trends such as AI and data, and regional priorities.
• Gather and synthesize market insight, field feedback, and delivery experience to create clear requirements for new content and portfolio evolution.
• Collaborate with enablement, content, sales and product teams to ensure training solutions are relevant, scalable and commercially viable.
• Build and scale a training ecosystem that includes partners, academic institutions and strategic alliances.
• Identify and activate new demand channels, including enterprise L&D budgets, workforce transformation programs and public‑sector initiatives.
• Maintain alignment across sales, delivery and development to guarantee consistency between what is sold, delivered and created.
• Establish a feedback loop on adoption, quality and gaps to continuously improve the training portfolio.

Required profile

• Strong background in professional services or consulting with a proven ability to turn market needs into structured offerings.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders such as sales, delivery and product/enablement.
• Commercial awareness of how services and training generate revenue.
• Experience with partnerships, ecosystem development or education programmes is a strong advantage.
• Highly proactive, structured and comfortable operating in a fast‑changing environment.

Required skills

• None explicitly listed.

What we offer

• Generous PTO policy and Unplugged Days for work‑life balance.
• Flexible work‑from‑home options.
• Mental and physical wellness programs, phone and internet reimbursement.
• Access to continued career development, comprehensive benefits and competitive packages.
• Paid volunteer time and employee resource groups.