J-1 Visa Training Manager Jobs
Training Manager roles in the United States are available to international professionals through the J-1 visa Trainee or Specialist program category, connecting you with U.S. host employers who support structured skill development. Finding a designated sponsor to issue your DS-2019 is the key to securing sponsorship and beginning your exchange placement.
Find J-1 Visa Training Manager JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 11+ Training Manager jobs
See all Training Manager Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Training Manager roles.
Get Access To All JobsAbout NewsBreak
Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.
Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.
Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.
If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
We are looking for a Research Intern to join our Agent RL Training team. You will be paired with a full-time employee as your mentor, working together to explore, from zero to one, how to apply large language models to NewsBreak’s core business, including content understanding, recommendation, agentic web browsing, and autonomous multi-step task completion.
This is a hands-on research role. You are expected to independently drive experiments, propose novel ideas, and iterate quickly. We value self-starters with deep intellectual curiosity and the drive to push boundaries in LLM post-training and agent capabilities.
Location: Onsite in Mountain View, CA office
What You’ll Work On
- Collaborate with your full-time mentor to identify high-impact research directions for applying LLMs to NewsBreak’s products
- Independently run end-to-end SFT experiments on LLM-based agents, and assist with RL-related exploration such as reward design and training iteration
- Curate and build high-quality training datasets: instruction-following, preference pairs, agent trajectories, and synthetic data
- Contribute to public publications; we encourage and support top-venue submissions during your internship
What We’re Looking For
Requirements
- Highly motivated and committed: willing to put in extra hours when needed to push projects across the finish line
- Genuine passion for research: you read papers for fun, tinker with models on weekends, and care deeply about advancing the field
- Independently capable of end-to-end model SFT: with basic understanding of RL-based post-training methods (RLHF, DPO, PPO, GRPO, etc.)
- Excellent taste in model behavior: able to reason about what “good” looks like across user-facing domains and articulate why
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Publication at a top-tier venue (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, or equivalent)
- Experience with multi-node distributed training (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM)
- Proficiency in writing custom GPU kernels with Triton or CUDA
- Experience building synthetic data pipelines for agent training
- Familiarity with open-source RL frameworks: TRL, OpenRLHF, veRL/vLLM
Hourly Pay: $35- $50
The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training. At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents. Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Annual Base Pay Range
$35 — $50 USD
About NewsBreak
Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.
Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.
Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.
If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
We are looking for a Research Intern to join our Agent RL Training team. You will be paired with a full-time employee as your mentor, working together to explore, from zero to one, how to apply large language models to NewsBreak’s core business, including content understanding, recommendation, agentic web browsing, and autonomous multi-step task completion.
This is a hands-on research role. You are expected to independently drive experiments, propose novel ideas, and iterate quickly. We value self-starters with deep intellectual curiosity and the drive to push boundaries in LLM post-training and agent capabilities.
Location: Onsite in Mountain View, CA office
What You’ll Work On
- Collaborate with your full-time mentor to identify high-impact research directions for applying LLMs to NewsBreak’s products
- Independently run end-to-end SFT experiments on LLM-based agents, and assist with RL-related exploration such as reward design and training iteration
- Curate and build high-quality training datasets: instruction-following, preference pairs, agent trajectories, and synthetic data
- Contribute to public publications; we encourage and support top-venue submissions during your internship
What We’re Looking For
Requirements
- Highly motivated and committed: willing to put in extra hours when needed to push projects across the finish line
- Genuine passion for research: you read papers for fun, tinker with models on weekends, and care deeply about advancing the field
- Independently capable of end-to-end model SFT: with basic understanding of RL-based post-training methods (RLHF, DPO, PPO, GRPO, etc.)
- Excellent taste in model behavior: able to reason about what “good” looks like across user-facing domains and articulate why
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Publication at a top-tier venue (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, or equivalent)
- Experience with multi-node distributed training (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM)
- Proficiency in writing custom GPU kernels with Triton or CUDA
- Experience building synthetic data pipelines for agent training
- Familiarity with open-source RL frameworks: TRL, OpenRLHF, veRL/vLLM
Hourly Pay: $35- $50
The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training. At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents. Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Annual Base Pay Range
$35 — $50 USD
See all J-1 Visa Training Manager Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new J-1 Visa Training Manager Jobs.
Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship as a Training Manager
Frame your training plan around measurable outcomes
Designated sponsors require a detailed Training/Internship Placement Plan (DS-7002) before issuing a DS-2019. Map every training objective to a concrete skill gap you're addressing, since vague plans are the most common reason sponsors reject Trainee applications.
Confirm the host employer qualifies as a host organization
Not every U.S. employer can serve as a J-1 host. The host must have adequate staff to supervise you, relevant facilities, and a signed agreement with a designated sponsor. Verify this before accepting any offer.
Target employers with structured L&D or HR departments
Training Manager roles are more likely to receive J-1 host approval at organizations with formal learning and development functions. Use Migrate Mate to filter roles at employers whose organizational structure supports a supervised, program-driven training experience.
Check whether your role triggers the two-year home residency requirement
If your country appears on the Exchange Visitor Skills List, or your training is government-funded, you may face a two-year home residency requirement after your J-1 ends. Confirm your status with your designated sponsor before signing an offer.
Align your program duration with the Trainee category maximum
The J-1 Trainee category allows up to 18 months, or 24 months for hospitality and tourism fields. Negotiate your placement length before the DS-7002 is finalized, since extending beyond the authorized period requires sponsor approval and is not guaranteed.
Document prior training abroad to satisfy the experience requirement
J-1 Trainee applicants must show at least one year of training or work experience outside the United States in their field. Gather employment records, transcripts, or professional certifications now, as sponsors require these before countersigning your application.
Training Manager J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Training Manager role?
Most Training Manager placements fall under the J-1 Trainee category, which is designed for professionals who completed their degree or training abroad within the past 12 months and want structured skill development in a U.S. host organization. If you have significant expertise in instructional design or organizational development, a designated sponsor may consider the Specialist category instead, which applies to recognized experts in fields not easily classified under Trainee.
Who actually sponsors my J-1 visa as a Training Manager?
The visa sponsor is not your employer. A U.S. Department of State-designated sponsor organization, such as CIEE, Cultural Vistas, or IIE, issues your DS-2019 form and bears legal responsibility for your program compliance. Your U.S. employer is the host organization. The host agrees to provide the training environment, but the designated sponsor is the entity that petitions on your behalf and monitors your placement throughout its duration.
How do I find U.S. employers willing to host a J-1 Training Manager?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Training Manager roles at employers whose structure supports J-1 host arrangements. Look specifically for organizations with HR departments, learning and development teams, or established corporate training functions, since these employers are more likely to have the supervision capacity and organizational infrastructure that designated sponsors require when approving a host site.
Can my J-1 Training Manager placement be extended if the program runs long?
Extensions are possible but not automatic. For the Trainee category, the maximum is 18 months, or 24 months in hospitality fields. Your designated sponsor must approve any extension request before your current DS-2019 expires, and the host employer must demonstrate that additional training objectives justify the extra time. Start the extension conversation with your sponsor at least 60 days before your program end date.
What is the two-year home residency requirement, and does it apply to Training Managers?
The two-year home residency requirement obligates certain J-1 participants to return to their home country for two years before applying for an H-1B visa, L-1 visa, or immigrant visa. It applies if your country is on the Exchange Visitor Skills List, if your training was government-funded, or if your home country's government requires it. Check your DS-2019 and confirm with your designated sponsor whether the requirement appears on your form before making long-term U.S. career plans.