Agile Trainer/Coach (German & English)

You: an entrepreneurial, creative, and ambitious trainer and coach.

We: a growing a fast-growing company, dedicated to train and equip the global leaders of tomorrow’s business.

Do you enjoy lighting up people’s minds with fresh ideas about professional collaboration and business agility? Can you thrive in both remote and classroom settings? Can you deliver high quality, high impact training as well as coaching, to the boardroom as well as to the development teams? Apply to join the team at Gladwell!

Your impact

Your primary mission is to deliver, develop and improve our high quality, high impact training courses either in Open Enrollment or at one of our clients.

You will support our sales representatives in client meetings with your knowledge and expertise to draft the best suited training course and coaching approaches to fit the clients’ needs.

Together with Product Development and Marketing you will create new courses or improve existing ones based on the feedback from either the client, colleagues or yourself. You will also train aspiring trainers and coach your colleagues.

Who are you?

You bring at least 5 years of relevant working experience: either as a Product Owner, a Scrum Master, an SPC or an Agile Coach/Trainer). In a perfect world, you might have all these as well:

  • Bachelor or Master’s degree;
  • Fluent in German & English is a must;
  • Hands-on experience with different Agile methodologies (Scrum, LeSS, SAFe);
  • Strong Coaching background;
  • Possesses all relevant Agile certifications (SAFe, Scrum.org etc.);
  • Certified SPC;
  • Certified SPCT (is an advantage, but not required);
  • Excellent training skills and known for your high energy engaging interactions;
  • Available for a minimum of 40 hours per week and willing to travel internationally;
  • Based in Central Europe;
  • Able to travel 50% to, potentially 90% of the time.

What's on Offer

  • Challenging function with good growth perspective
  • Working in a highly involved, motivated and allround amazing international team
  • Competitive salary;
  • A lot of opportunities to socialize on and off work.
  • A plethora of growth and career opportunities.

About Gladwell Academy

Ever since our company’s inception in 2014, Gladwell Academy has been a leading institution in advocating and bringing about Agile Transformations. We have done so through our scheduled courses, through in-company trainings at globally operating businesses, and on dedicated coaching assignments.

Gladwell Academy is proud to be a Highberg Group company. focusses on transformation processes at the forefront of business agility, data, IT and privacy. With its in-house expertise, the Highberg Group offers full spectrum business transformations. Ranging from knowledge transfer to direct implementation and process optimizing, through training, coaching, and consulting. The range of courses and services offered at Gladwell Academy, as well as the amplitude of ways to ensure individuals and businesses continue to grow and stay ahead of the competition, has established Gladwell Academy’s authority in Agile Transformations. We are best known for our expertise with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), being one of the first to introduce the framework in Europe and India.

We believe in a job well done, and our success is reflected in seeing these leaders take on an Agile Transformation and making it their own.
Miranda Goossens, CEO

What motivates us?

As our CEO Miranda Goossens puts it, “What intrinsically drives all of us at Gladwell Academy is the desire to train and equip the global leaders of tomorrow’s business. We are here to coach, mentor, and support these people. We believe in a job well done, and our success is reflected in seeing these leaders take on an Agile Transformation and making it their own. We are here to provide them with the right tools to be successful and give a little push in the right direction."

Next steps

For questions about the position you can call Kimberley Boot (+31 630874916).

If you are ready to apply directly, you can send your CV and motivation letter to career@gladwellacademy.com.

Gladwell Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or national origin.