Training & Development Specialist
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
Affirm’s Training team sits within our Operational Excellence space and is responsible for developing training materials and facilitating training. In addition, the training team utilizes their subject matter expertise to assist in cross functional projects. As a key member of our Training team, you will be responsible for developing training materials and facilitating training across our Customer Care and Operations teams both internally as well as our outsourced vendor partners located across the U.S. and nearshore locations.
Customer Operations is growing rapidly with a network of outsourced providers and internal teams that need a top rate training culture that can keep up. The training experience includes onboarding of new employees, building knowledge in our procedures and product experience, educating on key regulations, compliance and soft skills utilizing various learning mediums and methods. In addition, you will support learning program initiatives and projects. The Training team also partners with internal Customer Operations lines of business to provide feedback and coaching. The Training team has the critical role of continuously improving the knowledge of Affirm’s customer facing teams and is directly responsible for how these teams learn, retain, and access information.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain training curriculum, including onboarding and refresher training on product and tool knowledge, operational processes, talking points and compliance requirements for both online and Instructor led courses
- Manage the classroom experience and facilitate training virtually as well as in person (once safe to do so)
- Assist in the delivery and communication of changes to Affirm’s products and services to minimize risk and achieve high reliability, adoption from customer care agents
- Partner with the quality assurance team to understand key opportunities with agent performance and work with the leadership team to build plans to close gaps in agent knowledge and performance
- Partner with Instructional Design to ensure instructional materials meet company standards and learner needs
- Conduct Training Needs Analysis to identify gaps in training curriculum as well as opportunities to improve product, agent tooling and processes
- Manage facets of a Learning Management System (LMS), such as course assignments and completion records
What we look for
- 3+ years of progressive experience in training facilitation and instructional design
- Prior experience working in the financial services, fintech space or complex operational or customer support role a plus
- Equivalent experience (human resources, change management, organizational development, instructional design or related field)
- Strong understanding of training principles, tools and standard methodologies with experience in learning and knowledge management systems
- Excellent listening and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail and organizational skills
- Proactive thinking, constantly seeking improvement opportunities in work
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including training content development and presentations
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment with constant change and a rapidly growing team
Location
We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company! This role can be located anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of Quebec). Remote based employees may occasionally travel to an Affirm office for meetings or team building events. Our offices in San Francisco, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Salt Lake City will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis.
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If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role. Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in Affirm's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways—not just candidates who check all the boxes.
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