Organization Development Manager

Roles and responsibilities

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.

Location: This role can be held anywhere in the Europe, Middle East or African time zones.

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

Desired candidate profile

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
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