Head of Talent Development
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
This role involves leading the development and implementation of talent development programs to enhance leadership and management practices within a remote, globally distributed organization, focusing on research, training, and strategic initiatives to foster high performance and effective remote collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement a comprehensive talent development program
- Develop, drive, and embed management and leadership development initiatives within a remote organization
- Design and deliver core training programs, collaborating with specialist vendors as needed
- Create and implement leadership performance indicators and metrics
- Manage the leadership skills matrix for performance management, talent assessment, and career development
- Establish a global learning framework for training and career fulfillment
- Build and lead a team of Talent Development specialists
- Analyze data to identify trends and strategize career development frameworks
- Own and optimize the learning budget to maximize impact
Requirements
- Possess an exceptional academic track record from High school and beyond.
- Possess insight and experience on what makes people successful in a globally remote tech company at the management level.
- Demonstrated experience with strong insight and perspective on the key conditions and practices that create high performing teams.
- Ability to create, lead and execute strategy, and drive change across a company.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance strategy with execution.
- Analytical and problem solving skills, for data driven decision making with particular experience in measurement of the impact of development programmes.
- Experience in people management and being accountable for a budget.
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
Benefits & Perks
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness Platform
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
Compensation is revisited annually and more often for graduates and associates, including performance-driven bonuses or commissions
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