Global Chief People Officer

Canonical seeks an exceptional People leader to help define the 21st century digital workplace as part of our mission to be the best software company in an open source world. They will lead a global team of People practitioners, researchers and engineers to drive productivity, career development, effectiveness and happiness across our remote-first globally distributed company.

We are seeking an exceptional People leader who brings significant experience leading a global team. Exposure to senior leadership teams and C-Suite level is essential for this role, together with an analytical approach and sharpness interpreting data trends and themes.

Key responsibilities

• Work with Canonical's CEO & COO to define our long term global People strategy
• Lead innovation and execution in talent planning, succession, assessments and HR processes
• Shape performance management, organisational design and workforce planning
• Drive employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Lead research to understand the trends shaping the ways our employees work
• Use data to increase productivity across a global, remote first, organisation
• Deliver compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Oversee our HR technology landscape, driving automation and process improvements
• Ensure our employee value proposition remains relevant, attractive and meaningful

Required skills and experience

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