Global Learning and Organizational Development

Global Learning and Organizational Development Director - ( 2400017K )

**Description**

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 28,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents. Our Functional Services Teams (FSTs) include Corporate Development, Finance, HR, HSSE, IT, Legal, Marketing/Communications, Practice Services and Real Estate and Procurement. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Human Resources.

**Your Opportunity**

**Your Key Responsibilities**

Develop and execute Stantec’s learning and organizational development strategy
- Maintain a strong understanding of the business and structure to create solutions that are aligned with long-term business goals, sound philosophies, and frameworks.
- Build relationships and collaborate with various levels of leadership and stakeholders to effectively develop and implement the learning and organizational development strategy.
- Ensure talent solutions align to and enable a performance culture of accountability, excellence, growth, innovation, and inclusion, in which every employee brings their full self to work and is inspired to do their best work.
- Lead the performance management and career development processes and ensure they reinforce and further develop Stantec’s growth mindset.
- Lead the design of talent segmentation and succession planning processes to understand organizational bench strength and identify talent pools, along with strategies to build and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
- Design and execute engaging approaches to learning. Set direction and manage instructional design and development processes. Partner with HR Business Partners and the business to develop training and learning programs that deliver value to the business.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners and business leaders to ensure programs are meeting the company’s needs.
- Oversee the continued implementation of a global career framework that enables career pathing, skill and competency development.
- Oversee the optimization of the talent management system and related processes.
- Maintain budgets while balancing cost-effective solutions while delivering impactful talent programs.
- Manage relationships with external vendors and consultants.
- Develop metrics and/or benchmarks to measure success against targets and ensure accountability in tracking and monitoring initiatives.
- Lead learning and organizational development efforts for acquisitions

Lead Stantec’s Learning and Organizational Development Team
- Set key performance goals for team members for individual development and contribution to the organization’s success, aligning within the HR organization.
- Provide guidance to regional resources regarding execution of global strategy, leading and integrating with cross-functional internal teams.
- Enhance communication between various team members and clients to promote a positive work environment.
- Develop outstanding internal relationships to deliver a top-notch employee experience.
- Collaborate with team members to effectively communicate programs to our organization.

**Qualifications**

**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
- Strong business acumen and understanding of the HR levers that contribute to talent success.
- Experience in translating current and anticipated business needs to talent strategy, priorities, and plans.
- Able to think big picture, while also being disciplined and detail oriented.
- Proven track record of service-focused design and delivery of high-quality work and achievement of results.
- Comprehensive ability to communicate, influence, and persuade with all levels within an organization and with stakeholders.
- Demonstrates sense of urgency and strong client focus.
- Excellent critical thinking skills, including using good business sense and organizational values to make decisions involving varying levels of risk and ambiguity.
- Collaborative influencer with strong consultative skills, excellent stakeholder management and listening skills.
- Superior organization skills, ability to effectively multi-task and attention to details are critical.
- Dynamic, adaptable to change and enjoys working in a challenging and collaborative environment.
- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills.
- Highly accountable as a leader and holds team accountable; able to provide direction and delegation in a positive, professional manner and ensure follow-through.
- Ability to lead a variety of projects from start to finish (e.g., needs identification and assessment, modeling and analysis, solution design, and implementation).
- Process improvement-oriented and confident in making recommendations and decisions.
- Flexible and proactive problem solver adept at achieving results in a team-oriented and