CircleCI is looking for an Internal Technical Trainer to support the Revenue team in developing technical content and training materials for customer-facing teams. As the Technical Trainer, you will lead development and execution of technical trainings, and work closely with the Senior Enablement Manager, Product Marketing, and Solutions Engineering to plan for and create new content. We are looking for someone to help develop industry-leading sales and customer success professionals, through their expertise, drive, technical knowledge and deep understanding of adult learning theory (or training). You will play a key role in accelerating growth of our geographically distributed Revenue organization as the first Technical Trainer hire on a growing Enablement team.

We are looking for candidates that will bring a combination of strong technical and training skills. You have DevOps or CI/CD experience, and are comfortable facilitating trainings and discussions both in-person and in virtual environments (i.e. Learning Management Systems.) You are excited by the challenge of training non-technical employees on highly technical concepts, and committed to challenging and improving our status quo as it relates to employee learning.

This role reports into the Senior Enablement Manager, and will work cross-functionally with other internal teams to develop best-in-class training materials. This role is vital to CircleCI’s significant growth plans, and we are looking for someone who is excited to be part of a growing organization, and loves technology and teaching. You must be personable, self-motivated, and committed to tackling big challenges.

About CircleCI

CircleCI is the best platform for software teams looking to rapidly build quality projects, at scale. Our intelligent continuous integration and delivery tools are simple yet powerful. Our aim is to provide the wisdom of a connected development ecosystem to every team member making technology decisions.

We run 12M+ builds a month on our platform for companies like Spotify, Kickstarter, Sony, and Coinbase. Over 25,000 organizations and 300,000 developers actively build, test, and deploy on CircleCI. We’ve raised $59.5M in venture capital from Industry Ventures, Top Tier Capital, Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Harrison Metal Capital, and Baseline Ventures.

What You'll Do: 

• Empower Sales, Customer Success, and Sales Development with the technical and platform knowledge they need to communicate business value to customers using CircleCI
• Contribute technical expertise to the full lifecycle of enablement content, from onboarding, to product feature training, to industry skill development
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships across product, engineering, marketing, and revenue, to achieve learning objectives and share best-practice knowledge across the revenue org
• Build training modules and curriculum that can be delivered at scale, in diverse formats to support different learning styles and maximize engagement and understanding (ex. in-person hands-on product workshops, virtual presentations, self-service recorded videos, guided role-plays)
• Develop learning paths for a targeted audience that helps them build the technical skills and language related to the DevOps space
• Evaluate, measure, collect, and track training effectiveness and performance metrics for purposes of continuous improvement to curriculum; produce executive-level reports in order to accelerate the success of the revenue organization
• Partner closely with managers and team leads to quickly address knowledge gaps
• Work with Product Marketing to create instructional videos that can be added to onboarding curriculum
• Stay connected with up-to-date training methodologies to ensure CircleCI is a leader in its field for internal training

About You:

• Comfortable operating in both a virtual and in-person environment
• Eager to work on a growing, cross-functional team and excited by a developing, challenging, and high-visibility role
• Relatable, humble, open to rapid iteration, and learner focused
• Prepared to work with a high-growth, geographically distributed team
• Can work autonomously and collaboratively within a team
• Know how to capture lightbulb moments: you hone your questions and listening skills to recognize, create, and optimize “aha!” moments for learners
• Proven ability to drive engagement through collaboration
• Passionate about coaching, but also love to learn
• Creative and motivated by value-driven storytelling
• Able to translate complex topics into simple and clear explanations
• Organizationally driven and able to prioritize asks from a growing team
• Strong educational instincts and ability to adapt to different types of learners

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of experience in a technical role (solutions engineer, systems engineer, technical marketing, technical training, etc.)
• Knowledge of AWS, GitHub, Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, and the DevOps toolchain
• Strong knowledge base around CI/CD and DevOps (preferably direct CircleCI user experience)
• Advanced facilitation skills for both small and large group discussions, across all levels of the organization, and mixed-level audiences
• Exceptional written and verbal communications, with an eye for design
• Experience designing and facilitating training curriculum
• Comfortable with approximately 20%-40% domestic and international travel annually

We know there’s no such thing as a "perfect"  candidate - we’re all a work in progress and are growing new skills and capabilities all the time. CircleCI welcomes those passionate about learning and evolving, so however you identify and whatever your background, if this looks like a role where you could do your best work, we hope you’ll apply.

If you’re interested in joining the team at CircleCI, please send a resumé and cover letter describing what inspires you and why you think you are a good fit for the team. If you contribute to an open-source project, write a blog, or have a presence on the web (Twitter, Linkedin, etc.) we would love to hear about it

CircleCI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.