Head of Organisational Development

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Canonical Full time
About Canonical

Canonical is a global, open-source software company that is a pioneer in remote-first collaboration and employment. We are well known in tech circles as the publisher of Ubuntu, the preferred OS for cloud computing, containers, software engineering, and AI/ML data science.

Job Description

We are seeking an exceptional leader to join our People team as the Head of Organisational Development. This is a unique opportunity to build and lead a team that develops and harmonises our management practices, helping us to become the world's best, not biggest, global software company.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive talent development and culture strategy
  • Host ongoing discussions 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
  • Analyse data and leading trends to better understand career development
  • Own Canonical's personal development budget, currently USD 2, per person
Requirements
  • An exceptional academic track record
  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Experience relevant to having 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
What We Offer
  • Competitive base pay, dependent on location, experience, knowledge, and skills
  • Additional benefits, including annual bonuses, fully remote working environment, personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, parental leave, employee assistance programme, opportunity to travel to new locations, and priority pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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