Head of Talent Development

Canonical; Barcelona; A distancia; USD 60.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An innovative tech firm is seeking a Head of Talent Development to lead a new team focused on enhancing leadership and management practices in a remote-first environment. This role offers the chance to shape the future of workplace collaboration while working with a diverse group of professionals across the globe. The successful candidate will implement comprehensive training programs, develop performance metrics, and utilize data-driven strategies to foster a high-performing culture. Join a pioneering organization committed to open-source technology and a remote-first approach, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the company's growth and success.

Servicios

USD 2,000 annual learning budget

Annual compensation reviews

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Opportunities to travel

Travel upgrades for company events

Formación

• Exceptional academic record from high school onward.
• Experience in creating high-performing teams in a remote tech environment.

Responsabilidades

• Define and implement a comprehensive talent development program.
• Develop leadership and management programs for a remote organization.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

People Management

Strategic Execution

Educación

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree

Descripción del empleo

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are building a Talent Development function that is future-focused and driven to define the future of the workplace within a global, growing open source software company, pioneering remote-first collaboration and employment.

This is an opportunity for a person with outstanding leadership, organization, and intellect to build our Talent Development team, enhancing our leadership and people management practices in our remote setting. We are now 1,200+ colleagues across 75+ countries. We aim to create a new team to deepen our insights and effectiveness as a remote-first and globally distributed organization.

We recognize that effective remote work requires discipline and good habits. We want to invest in research to understand this, along with training, policies, and selection mechanisms that ensure consistency of behaviors. We believe we are quite experienced in remote work, but there is still much to learn. We plan to invest in research, analytics, and tooling to elevate remote collaboration, organization, and leadership. Most importantly, we want to invest in training and multi-directional communication to ensure our leadership team sets and maintains clear expectations, drives desired behaviors, and embeds effective management practices across the company.

This role is the fourth remaining Lead role in our People function, a cross-disciplinary group of organizational psychologists, engineers, analytics experts, talent scientists, and employee relations specialists. We recruit globally and aim to bring in outstanding colleagues from diverse backgrounds. The goal of the Talent Development team is to lead leaders towards a clear understanding of who we are, how we operate, and how that evolves over time.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

1. Define and implement an inspiring and comprehensive talent development program.
2. Develop, drive, and embed effective management and leadership development programs within our remote organization.
3. Design and deliver core training programs, partnering with specialist vendors when appropriate.
4. Create and implement leadership performance indicators and metrics.
5. Own our leadership skills matrix for performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, mentorship, virtual learning, and career development.
6. Set up a global learning framework for training and career fulfillment.
7. Build and manage a new team of Talent Development specialists.
8. Use data to understand trends, strategize, and define career development frameworks.
9. Own and enhance the impact of the learning budget.

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic record from high school onward.
• Insight and experience in what makes people successful in a globally remote tech company at the management level.
• Experience with key conditions and practices that create high-performing teams.
• Ability to create, lead, and execute strategy and drive change.
• Strong business acumen to balance strategy with execution.
• Analytical skills for data-driven decision-making, especially in measuring development program impacts.
• Experience in people management and budget accountability.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

What we offer colleagues

We consider location, experience, and performance in shaping worldwide compensation. We revisit compensation annually to recognize outstanding performance. Benefits include a USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget, annual compensation reviews, recognition rewards, holiday leave, parental leave, wellness programs, opportunities to travel, and travel upgrades for company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key open-source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are changing software's landscape. We hire globally, uphold high standards, and expect excellence. Since 2004, most colleagues have worked remotely, and working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, and learn new skills.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enhances our work environment and products. We consider all applications fairly, regardless of your identity.