Team Lead - Tech Academy

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Team Lead - Tech Academy

The Tech Enablement Team is a cross-functional group that brings together Engineering, Product, and UX to help teams work better together by introducing shared practices and ways of working that reduce friction, and enable scalable, accountable ways of working across our global Tech Hubs. As a key pillar of Tech Enablement, the Tech Academy sits at the intersection of training, enablement and delivery and is aimed to accelerate functional and collaborative skill development, deepen capabilities, and embed consistent, scalable ways of working across our global teams via focused training programs. By aligning people and practices, the Tech Academy helps teams grow and deliver on our strategic priorities.

As the Team Lead Tech Academy, you will set the future direction of the Academy. You will define the strategy, build the team, and work alongside leadership to shape scalable functional learning programs that enable how we build and deliver technology at scale and lead the execution from end to end. This is a hands-on, strategic role for someone who can reimagine and rebuild not just run what already exists.

What you’ll do

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on impact, continuous growth, and shared ownership.
• Define and deliver a new learning strategy for the Tech Academy that strengthens our teams’ capabilities to build and deliver technology at scale.
• Partner with Tech leadership and collaborate with L&D and relevant other Academies to align priorities and position the Academy as a strategic enabler for Tech.
• Drive the creation and adoption of learning solutions covering areas such as Adyen's core tech stack, product landscape, and fundamental UX principles, fostering a shared understanding and collaborative approach across Product, Engineering, and UX teams.
• Drive the adoption of shared practices and technical excellence by embedding learning into the flow of work, supporting the rollout of frameworks, and enabling communities of practice.
• Use data and feedback to assess effectiveness, improve programs, and continually increase relevance and impact across cultures, Tech Hubs, and disciplines.

Who you are?

• You’re entrepreneurial and strategic, with a track record of building learning solutions and teams from the ground up, especially in fast-paced, technical environments.
• You effectively align senior leaders and stakeholders, and you know how to get buy-in and drive initiatives forward with decisive action.
• You proactively identify capability gaps and opportunities across the tech organization and turn them into scalable, practical solutions that raise the bar.
• You foster a culture of inclusion, feedback, and continuous development, and you know how to inspire others around a shared purpose.
• You excel in cross-functional collaboration, aligning teams and stakeholders to deliver on shared goals.

Additional Requirements

• Experience: 5-7 years in learning & development or technical enablement, or a related field in a fast-paced tech environment, including at least 3 years of experience building and leading teams, including hiring, developing, and scaling high-performing talent.
• Cross-functional expertise: Deep familiarity with how Engineering, Product, and UX teams collaborate to deliver technology at scale.
• Strategic communication: Skilled at influencing and aligning technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a proven ability of partnering effectively across functions and leadership levels.
• Continuous improvement: Passion for learning and constantly refining processes to drive better outcomes.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.