The posting
The MSP Trainer is responsible for designing, delivering, and continuously improving technical, operational, and security training programs within a 24/7 Managed Services Provider (MSP) environment. This role ensures that technicians and client-facing teams are effectively onboarded, consistently follow standardized processes, and remain current on tools, industry trends, security requirements, and account-specific needs.
The ideal candidate combines hands-on MSP experience, strong instructional design and facilitation skills, operational awareness, and the flexibility to remain actively engaged with live support environments when needed.
Key Responsibilities:
Training Strategy & Program Development
- Design, implement, and maintain role-based training programs for Service Desk, NOC, Projects, and Client Success teams.
- Develop structured onboarding curricula covering technical foundations, MSP tools, cybersecurity practices, and service delivery standards.
- Apply adult learning principles (e.g., ADDIE, Bloom’s Taxonomy) to create effective instructor-led, virtual, and self-paced learning experiences.
Technical & Tool Enablement
- Deliver training on PSA and RMM platforms, including ticket lifecycle management, SLAs, escalations, workflows, dashboards, and reporting.
- Conduct Microsoft 365 training sessions, covering administration fundamentals and adoption best practices for Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, OneDrive, and Intune (baseline).
- Support cybersecurity awareness initiatives, including phishing prevention, MFA adoption, secure data handling, and secure collaboration best practices.
Instruction & Facilitation
- Facilitate live, virtual, and in-person training sessions, workshops, hands-on labs, and assessments.
- Adapt facilitation style for both technical and non-technical audiences, including engineers, leadership, and SMB end users.
- Reinforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) and service delivery best practices through coaching and follow-up.
Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Create, maintain, and regularly update SOPs, runbooks, knowledge base articles, quick-start guides, and training materials.
- Own the MSP knowledge base to ensure content remains accurate, current, and aligned with active tools, services, and account requirements.
- Proactively update documentation and training materials in response to product changes, new service offerings, account updates, or industry changes.
Learning Management & Reporting
- Administer the Learning Management System (LMS), including course creation, enrollments, completion tracking, and reporting.
- Define and track training effectiveness using KPIs such as onboarding ramp time, FCR, CSAT, MTTR, backlog reduction, and certification completion rates.
- Provide regular training performance reports and insights to leadership and operational stakeholders.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Communication
- Coordinate closely with HR, Recruitment, Workforce Management, Quality Assurance, and Operations to align training delivery with hiring plans, workforce readiness, and operational goals.
- Provide timely and accurate updates on trainee progress, including onboarding completion, milestone achievements, assessment results, and certifications earned.
- Communicate training outcomes that may impact employee compensation, readiness status, role eligibility, or advancement.
Continuous Learning & Operational Immersion
- When no formal training sessions are scheduled, proactively develop and update assessments, skills checks, and training content to remain fully aligned with account requirements.
- Design, distribute, and track bi-monthly (twice-monthly) quizzes for MSP teams to reinforce awareness of: Industry trends and security updates, Company tools, services, and policies, Account-specific workflows and requirements
- In cases of new products, technologies, or service offerings, actively immerse in operations by taking calls or working tickets as needed to fully understand real-world support challenges and account needs.
- Use operational exposure to continuously refine and improve training programs.
Schedule, Travel & Work Location Requirements
- Must be flexible to work any shift, including nights, weekends, and holidays, in support of a 24/7 service delivery model.
- Schedule may vary based on training demands, business needs, and account coverage.
- Must be willing to report on-site to company offices or client locations to conduct in-person trainings, onboarding sessions, and workshops.
- Must be willing and able to travel as needed to support training initiatives at other locations.
- Adaptability and flexibility are essential for success in this role.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in an MSP or IT services environment (Service Desk, NOC, Projects, or Client Success).
- Proven experience delivering training using adult learning principles.\
- Hands-on experience with PSA and RMM platforms (e.g., ConnectWise, Kaseya, NinjaOne, Datto, N-able).
- Foundational Microsoft 365 administration experience (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, OneDrive, Intune).
- Experience supporting or delivering cybersecurity awareness training.
- Strong technical documentation and content development skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Data-driven mindset with experience measuring training effectiveness.
- Experience managing or administering an LMS.
Preferred (Nice-to-Haves)
- Certifications such as Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), ITIL Foundation, CompTIA A+/N+/S+, or Microsoft 365 certifications.
- Experience across multiple PSA/RMM platforms.
- PowerShell scripting experience for demos or lab environments.
- Familiarity with Intune compliance policies and baselines.
- Experience with eLearning development tools (Articulate Storyline, Camtasia, Adobe Captivate).
- Experience building client-facing adoption programs or internal train-the-trainer initiatives.
