• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Organisational Development


• Job Type Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Not specified


• Job Field Human Resources / HR 
  

You will lead one part of a wider People team, a cross-disciplinary group of organisational psychologists, engineers, statistics / analytics experts, talent science and employee relations specialists. We are recruiting globally, and believe we are bringing in outstanding new colleagues in a way that is fearlessly global. Naturally, they come from a wide range of backgrounds, norms and experiences, and our goal in setting up the Org Dev team is simply to lead the leaders to a position of consistent clarity on who we are, how we roll, and how that changes over time.



What your day will look like

• Develop and implement an inspiring and comprehensive talent development and culture strategy


• Host our ongoing discussion about management practices, skills, habits and perspectives


• Deliver an exceptional experience for aspiring and existing leaders who want to become trusted Canonical managers


• Own the renewal and activation of values internally and externally


• Create and implement leadership performance indicators and metrics


• Design, develop, and run management curricula


• Own our management skills matrix for performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, mentorship, virtual learning and career development.


• Lead engagement survey focus groups and change initiatives


• Set up a company learning framework for training


• Build and manage a new team of organisational development specialists


• Analyze data and leading trends to better understand career development


• Own Canonical's personal development budget, currently US$ 2,000 per person

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic track record


• Excellent writing and communication skills


• Experience relevant to have a clear position on remote work and management


• Strong views on the key conditions that create high performing teams


• Ability to lead, create strategy, develop plans, communicate plans, and drive change across a company


• Analytical and problem solving skills, for data driven decision making


• Experience in people management and being accountable for a budget


• Ability to travel twice, sometimes four times a year, for one or two week company events