Head of Organisational Development

Canonical is seeking a Head of Organisational Development to help shape the future of remote work within their global open source software company. The ideal candidate will lead a team focused on developing and harmonizing management practices for their 1,000+ colleagues across 70+ countries. Responsibilities include creating talent development strategies, implementing leadership performance indicators, and analyzing data to enhance career development. The successful candidate will have strong views on remote work and management, exceptional academic credentials, and experience in people management. This role offers a competitive base pay, personal learning budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, parental leave, and the opportunity to travel for company events. Canonical is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Canonical, a global open-source software company known for publishing Ubuntu, the preferred OS for cloud computing, containers, software engineering, and AI/ML data science, is seeking a Head of Organisational Development to join our team. As a pioneer in remote-first collaboration and employment, we are dedicated to defining the future of the workplace. With almost every team working remotely by default across 70+ countries, Canonical sets the pace for the 21st-century digital workplace. Despite being small for a platform vendor, we prioritize being the world's best global software company over being the biggest.

We are looking for an exceptional individual with outstanding leadership skills to lead our Organisational Development team in developing and harmonizing our management practices. This role involves focusing on deepening insights and effectiveness as a remote-first and globally distributed organization. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing managers and leaders while setting the standard for distributed company management across hundreds of teams worldwide. You will work alongside a cross-disciplinary People team comprising organizational psychologists, engineers, statistics/analytics experts, talent science specialists, and employee relations specialists.

As the Head of Organisational Development at Canonical, your responsibilities will include developing and implementing talent development strategies, hosting discussions about management practices, delivering exceptional leadership experiences to aspiring managers within Canonical, renewing internal and external values activation efforts, creating leadership performance indicators and metrics among others. We require someone with strong views on remote work conditions that create high-performing teams along with excellent communication skills and analytical abilities.

If you are passionate about shaping the future of work in a globally distributed organization like Canonical and possess the necessary drive and leadership skills to make it happen on a large scale, we invite you to apply for this position. This role is ideal for individuals who thrive in dynamic environments where innovation is encouraged at every level. Join us at Canonical as we continue to push boundaries in remote-first collaboration!

• The ideal candidate should have a strong academic track record and relevant experience in remote work and management.
• Experience in people management, budget accountability, and driving change across a company is essential.

• - Outstanding leadership and organization skills
• - Ability to develop and implement talent development strategies
• - Strong understanding of remote work practices and management
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• - Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Seniority Level: Director-Level

• Executive

Job Functions: Telecommunications

• Organisational Development
• Leadership

Industries : Information Technology

• Technology
• Software