International Training Competence Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development and implementation of international training and competence solutions that support market entry and business growth.
• Develop workforce capability solutions that support local content ICV requirements and enable competitive market positioning.
• Ensure the business can credibly define, structure, and deliver in-country training and capability solutions that support bid activity, operational readiness, and workforce mobilisation across multiple regions.
• Carry clear commercial accountability, ensuring all training and competence solutions are operationally credible, financially viable, scalable, and capable of strengthening competitive position while supporting profitable international growth.
• Bridge business development, operational delivery, and external training providers, ensuring all capability solutions are practical, scalable, and regionally adaptable.
• Develop and implement an international training and competence approach aligned to business growth and international expansion.
• Define and drive approaches to local content / ICV requirements, ensuring workforce capability solutions support both regulatory compliance and competitive positioning in bids.
• Translate business and operational requirements into practical, scalable training and competence capability solutions.
• Lead the development of a flexible international competence framework, adaptable to regional requirements.
• Support bid development by ensuring solutions are credible, deliverable, and aligned to operational realities.
• Identify capability risks and gaps across new and existing regions and develop mitigation approaches.
• Ensure alignment between training, competence, and workforce mobilization requirements.
• Drive commercially focused capability solutions that support profitable growth, competitive differentiation, and operational delivery across international markets.
• Drive consistency in capability standards while allowing for regional flexibility and adaptation.
• Identify and apply innovative and practical approaches, including digital solutions, to enhance training and competence delivery.
• Develop and articulate local content / ICV strategies within bids, ensuring they are credible, deliverable, and aligned to regional expectations.
• Ensure training and competence approaches align with client expectations, local content requirements, and operational needs.
• Contribute to building client confidence through clear, structured delivery models.
• Work with BD and regional teams to position local workforce development as a key differentiator in client proposals.
• Support continuous improvement based on client feedback and operational performance.
• Define and implement region-specific training delivery models including in-country delivery, third-party providers, and contractor-based solutions.
• Identify, engage, and manage external training partners and providers.
• Ensure training and competence solutions directly support in-country workforce development and long-term localization goals.
• Adapt training approaches to reflect international and emerging market conditions.
• Incorporate blended and digital learning approaches to support scalable and flexible training delivery across regions.
• Ensure training solutions are cost-effective, scalable, operationally and contractually aligned.
• Lead and support the existing training and competence team.
• Ensure effective implementation of competence frameworks across regions.
• Ensure alignment between competence standards, training delivery, and workforce readiness.
• Provide guidance and oversight to ensure consistent and high-quality capability outcomes.
• Support the development of digitally enabled training and competence tracking and reporting to improve visibility across regions.
• Support development of the team to meet international and operational demands.
• Act as a key interface between business development and regional teams.
• Ensure alignment between what is proposed in bids and what is delivered operationally.
• Capture lessons learned from bids, training and competence delivery, and operational performance.
• Drive continuous improvement of training models, competence frameworks, and delivery approaches.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. Operations, or Technical Training).
• Strong understanding of international competence management systems and frameworks.
• Knowledge of international training delivery models (in-house, third-party, contractor-based).
• Understanding of workforce capability development within Oil and Gas.