Training Specialist

LegitScript
Portland, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2024 CLOSED ON 5/8/2024

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training Specialist position at LegitScript?

At LegitScript, we are passionate about making the internet and payment ecosystems safer and more transparent. We help companies of all sizes keep their services legal and safe for consumers. To do this, LegitScript combines big data with the world’s leading team of experts skilled in highly regulated and complex sectors, including transaction laundering detection, pharmaceuticals, online gambling, and more.


The result? Unmatched accuracy and deep risk analysis that identifies which commercial entities play by the rules, and which do not. Our diverse industry partnerships provide unique insights that keep businesses and governments at the forefront of emerging trends. That’s why LegitScript is trusted by the world's largest search engines, internet platforms, payment companies, and regulatory agencies.

The Training Specialist is crucial in the success of LegitScript’s Merchant Monitoring team. This role is responsible for the training program for the Merchant Monitoring line of business including new hire and ongoing training. The Training Specialist ensures the success of Analyst team members in delivering exceptional service to customers and furthering LegitScript’s mission. Reporting directly to the Director, Merchant Monitoring and indirectly to the Senior Manager, Learning & Development, the Training Specialist will drive the modernization and success of the Merchant Monitoring organization’s training program.

What You'll Do:
  • Track learner’s progression and performance through new hire training, ensuring training is on track, within expected time frame and at expected levels of proficiency.
  • Collaborate with SMEs, Learning & Development, and other stakeholders to design and develop training materials, pursuing modern training approaches.
  • Create, maintain, and update training content based on program needs including continuing automation of training content.
  • Evaluate training effectiveness through assessments, surveys, and feedback.
  • Partner with Workforce and Managers to coordinate Training Buddy scheduling, assess and communicate Training Buddy effectiveness.
  • Facilitate training and effectively reinforce training materials, concepts, and content areas.
  • Create a comfortable and friendly environment that engages the learner to ask questions and be active in their learning.
  • Break down complex information and explain clearly to a variety of audiences with various learning styles.
  • Demonstrate good communication and assessment skills to make plans, expectations, and goals clear to learners, colleagues, and managers.
  • Provide clear and effective feedback to learners.

What You'll Bring:

  • You have a passion for developing others. You celebrate wins and are skilled in delivering feedback that is clear, kind, and action oriented.
  • You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • You are creative with a keen attention to detail. You know the details are what can take a learner’s experience from great to exceptional.
  • Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • New challenges invigorate you. You enjoy problem-solving, strive to find win/win solutions, and embody a continuous improvement mindset.
  • You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced and constantly evolving environment. You are a pro at managing priority pivots and handling competing priorities.
  • You excel under the weight of heavy responsibility and have excellent time management and decision-making skills.
  • You are a communication expert. You know how to craft and deliver information that is clear and professional whether delivered in writing or verbally.
  • You are a champion of and demonstrate alignment with LegitScript’s core values: Be Awesome, Be Open, Be Thoughtful, Be Invested.
  • Strong leadership skills, including the ability to provide effective feedback.
  • Demonstrate sound judgment and critical thinking.
  • Experience in course design, curriculum development, & adult learning theory.
  • Experience in a training or teaching role that includes group facilitation.
  • Proficient in providing performance feedback.
  • Exhibit a growth mindset, being open to feedback and embracing change.
  • Proficient in training development tools such as TalentLMS, Dialect, etc.

Additional Qualifications:
  • Open to candidates with a 4-year college degree in business, analytics, or equivalent combination of education or experience. We value practical skills, strong work ethic, and passion for learning, regardless of formal education.
  • Internet/computer savvy and proficient in applicable software and computer programs such as MacOS, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Excel.
  • Experience in the online payments or merchant monitoring industry is a plus.


This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.


Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. We cannot support international remote work.


In addition to competitive salaries, full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package:

  • Multiple Medical plans (one with $0 employee premium option), Dental & Vision plans

  • 401k with company match and immediate vesting

  • Generous paid time off package and 11 paid holidays

  • And much more!


If you got to this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you just read. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people that believe in LegitScript’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways – not just candidates who check all the boxes.

Financial Product Specialist
Expert Seekers Training -
Portland, OR
Financial Product Specialist
Expert Seekers Training -
Camas, WA
Financial Product Specialist
Expert Seekers Training -
Tigard, OR

For Employer
Looking for Real-time Job Posting Salary Data?
Keep a pulse on the job market with advanced job matching technology.
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Training Specialist?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Training Specialist career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$88,718 - $110,117
Income Estimation: 
$108,898 - $138,640
Income Estimation: 
$115,030 - $159,023
Income Estimation: 
$88,718 - $110,117
Income Estimation: 
$108,898 - $138,640
Income Estimation: 
$115,030 - $159,023

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Training Specialist.

Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

  • BI Analytics/Reporting Tools Skill

    • Income Estimation: $137,551 - $183,108
    • Income Estimation: $144,608 - $187,487
  • Business Analytics Skill

    • Income Estimation: $132,605 - $191,605
    • Income Estimation: $132,786 - $171,413
This job has expired.
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Training Specialist jobs in the Portland, OR area that may be a better fit.

Financial Product Specialist

Expert Seekers Training, Vancouver, WA

Financial Product Specialist

Expert Seekers Training, Oswego, OR