How to become a training manager
Official title: Training manager
Also called: Employee development director, Employee development manager, Learning and development manager, Training development director, Training development manager, Workforce development programme director, Learning and Development Superintendent, Learning and development manager, Training development director, Workforce development programme director
Training manager plans, directs and coordinates the training and development activities of the staff of an organisation. He/she may also design and develop new training modules and supervise all the activities related to the planning and delivery of these programmes.
Main tasks
- Planning and organising procedures for recruitment, training, promotion, determination of wage structures and negotiations about wages, liaison and consultation with workers and related personnel matters
- Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
- Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
- Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff for the entire enterprise or organisation
- Consulting with senior management and with managers of other departments
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $71,520 a year. The middle half earn $62,568 to $87,240 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Personnel/Human resource manager
- Industrial relations manager
- Budgeting/Financial accounting manager
- Administration manager
- Audit manager
- Policy manager
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Questions people ask
How do I become a training manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.
How much does a training manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $71,520 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $62,568 to $87,240.
Will AI change the work of a training manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026