About Our Role:
The Senior Manager of Training serves as the driving force behind onboarding, service standards, and change management for the Trailborn Portfolio. This role partners closely with property leadership to build capable teams, ensure smooth operational transitions, and create consistent guest experiences.
Essential Functions:
- Training Program Development & Delivery — Architect, maintain, and facilitate training curricula for all hotel departments, ensuring content stays current (and property-specific as appropriate) with brand standards and compliance requirements.
- Culture & Service Standards Onboarding — Develop and maintain clear, accessible materials that articulate the Trailborn way of working and serving guests, ensuring every new hire understands and connects with the brand's service philosophy from day one.
- Transition & Change Management — Partner in leading the people-side of hotel openings, rebrands, and operational changes; develop transition playbooks and serve as the on-site training lead during these periods.
- Performance & Competency Assessment — Partner with GMs and department heads to identify skill gaps, evaluate training effectiveness, and report on key metrics including GSS Scores.
- Train the Trainer Program — Certify and develop property-level trainers at each hotel, equipping them with facilitation skills, coaching techniques, and the tools needed to deliver consistent training independently.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in training, talent development, or organizational effectiveness, (ideally in a hospitality setting).
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver multi-property or multi-site training programs.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time across U.S. hotel locations.
- Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Human Resources, Education, or a related field preferred.
- Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and e-learning authoring preferred.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in training, talent development, or organizational effectiveness
- Experience designing and delivering multi-property or multi-site training programs
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% across U.S. hotel locations
- Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Human Resources, Education, or related field
- Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and e-learning authoring
What We Do
Trailborn Hotels & Resorts is the leading hospitality brand and management company bringing boutique hotels to the great outdoors. Built for the modern adventurer, each Trailborn hotel puts guests at the heart of the country’s most extraordinary outdoor destinations – from national parks to wine country, snow-capped mountains to sun-soaked beaches – to create a unique experience for outdoors enthusiasts. Trailborn currently has properties along the foothills of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains; the Grand Canyon; Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.; Mendocino, California; and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. To learn more about Trailborn Hotels & Resorts and book your stay, visit trailborn.com.
