lead and develop a team responsible for building, validating, maintaining, and scaling hands-on labs and interactive technical experiences.
drive career growth, performance management, coaching, and team structure planning for Technical Content Producers and technical contributors.
shape the strategy for hands-on learning at Pluralsight, defining how labs, sandboxes, interactive technical experiences, and emerging learning formats help learners build practical skills, demonstrate competency, and apply technologies in real-world scenarios.
own the lab production operating model, including intake, prioritization, staffing and capacity planning, delivery forecasting, roadmap alignment, quality gates, and technical review processes.
partner with Engineering and Product teams to improve lab platform capabilities, developer tooling, telemetry, QA systems, and operational reliability.
improve lab development workflows through automation, reusable patterns, technical documentation, templates, testing frameworks, and repeatable production systems.
lead technical reviews and deep dives to assess lab feasibility, topical accuracy, architecture, platform fit, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
identify, surface, and mitigate risks related to technical scope, platform constraints, lab quality, learner experience, and delivery schedules.
build a culture of technical excellence, ownership, continuous improvement, and learner-centered execution.

5–8 years of experience in software development, technical leadership, platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, cybersecurity, technical content, learning experience delivery, or related technical domains.
3+ years of people leadership experience, including leading software engineers, technical producers, senior ICs, managers, or cross-functional technical teams.
demonstrated experience building, shipping, operating, supporting, or troubleshooting software systems, cloud environments, developer tools, infrastructure, labs, or technical platforms.
proven ability to lead technical discussions, evaluate architectural tradeoffs, and make decisions that balance quality, scalability, reliability, learner experience, maintainability, and delivery timelines.
demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives.
proven ability to assess multiple project needs, prioritize effectively, and manage tradeoffs across scope, schedule, quality, technical complexity, and learner impact.
ability to provide constructive feedback, coaching, and mentorship while building high-performing teams through development, accountability, and clear expectations.
experience working in fast-paced teams and asynchronously with remote teams across time zones.
experience in technical learning, developer education, hands-on labs, sandboxes, interactive training, technical enablement, or technical content production preferred.

Director, Hands-on Labs

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