Director, Talent, Learning and Development

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Talent Leadership & Transformation Strategy

- Develop and execute a talent strategy aligned with Finnings business objectives and workforce plans.

- Proven experience delivering enterprise-wide talent transformation with measurable KPIs that demonstrate improved capability performance and workforce outcomes.

- Partner with executives to identify critical roles high-potential talent and succession pipelines ensuring a strong leadership bench.

- Provide strategic guidance on organizational capability needs workforce readiness and change leadership.

- Champion the evolution of career pathing ensuring alignment with emerging skills and business priorities.

- Drive strategic initiatives that integrate employee voice and feedback mechanisms into all talent programs.

- Bring strong business acumen and experience balancing HR leadership with operational business needs.

Culture Values & Competencies

- Lead culture listening strategies including engagement surveys focus groups and qualitative assessments.

- Strengthen and operationalize organizational values through behaviours competencies and leadership expectations.

- Develop and maintain competency and behaviour frameworks used for performance development and leadership.

- Partner across the organization to embed culture work into everyday processes rituals and decision-making.

- Assess organizational health and culture effectiveness using quantitative and qualitative insights.

Learning & Development

- Lead the design and implementation of a modern learning ecosystem including digital learning blended programs and on-the-job development.

- Ensure optimal learning models are leveraged including experiential learning coaching social learning and innovation channels.

- Oversee the development and delivery of role-based learning pathways enterprise capability academies and functional curricula.

- Build processes for learning analytics evaluation and continuous improvement.

- Champion enterprise learning including mandatory training and learning platform administration.

Performance & Career Development

- Oversee performance enablement with clear expectations continuous feedback and meaningful career conversations.

- Strengthen career development tools frameworks and pathways to enhance internal mobility and engagement.

- Provide thought leadership on competency models job architecture and career frameworks.

Organizational Development & Change

- Lead organizational development initiatives including team effectiveness culture activation and change management.

- Facilitate leadership team workshops strategy alignment sessions and enterprise capability-building.

- Lead breakthrough solutions in succession planning and long-term workforce pipeline development.

- Build systems and structures that scale organizational capability.

Program Systems & Stakeholder Management

- Leverage systems knowledge to design frameworks governance and technology-enabled talent strategies.

- Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to diagnose needs and deliver solutions.

- Manage relationships with external vendors for leadership programs assessments and platforms.

- Ensure all talent programs are inclusive scalable and aligned with DEI goals.

Team Leadership & Operations

- Lead and mentor a high-performing talent learning and culture team.

- Oversee budget planning forecasting and resource allocation.

- Drive operational excellence in program delivery technology platforms and process governance.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree required.

- 8 years of progressive experience in talent management leadership development OD and culture work.

- Demonstrated experience balancing HR leadership with business operational understanding.

- Proven track record in talent transformation succession planning and leadership pipeline development.

- Expertise in culture strategy competency frameworks employee listening and organizational behaviours.

- Skilled in data-driven decision-making and talent analytics.

- Strong relationship-building facilitation and influence skills.

- Technical curiosity and systems mindset to leverage digital tools and AI for talent strategies.

Success Measures:

- Strong leadership bench and robust succession pipelines.

- Increased internal mobility and talent retention.

- Improved organizational culture and employee experience metrics.

- Scalable modernized learning programs meeting business capability needs.

- Embedded culture competencies and values reflected in leader behaviours.

- High trust and engagement among business stakeholders.

At Finning we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we actively encourage all individuals to express themselves and achieve their full potential. As a company we continuously strive to enhance our outreach to individuals of all backgrounds and identities. We do notdiscriminate against applicants based on gender identity race national and ethnic origin religion age sexual orientation marital and family status and/or mental or physical Finning is committed to collaborating with and providing reasonable accommodations /adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you require an adjustment/accommodation at any point during the recruitment process please inform your recruiter.