Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As the Program Specialist, Leadership Development, you will turn strategy into action by implementing and delivering leadership and development initiatives that activate our people, and ignite our culture. You will support the building of internal talent that will allow Arc’teryx to scale globally.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid work.
Meet Your Future Team:
The People and Culture (P&C) team partners with all aspects of the business to drive the continuous evolution of people and business practices. We seek to drive greater alignment, to develop and foster rapport, to create trust and maintain partnership throughout the organization. As the Program Specialist Global Leadership Development you will work to support the design, implementation, and scaling of programs that are founded in the Arc’teryx Leadership Code. You will play a key role in supporting the build of leadership capability across our front-line and mid-level leaders, with a focus on accelerating talent readiness and fostering agile and change ready leaders, while driving business performance to support our next phase of growth.
If you were the Program Specialist Leadership Development, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Executing on the leadership development strategic initiatives through collaboration with the business and the Talent Development team
Collaborating with functional and regional partners to tailor and build leadership development initiatives for local deployment
Designing and developing experiences and leadership development programming to build skills, confidence, and effectiveness in our leaders
Partnering with Talent Development teams to deliver programs and experiences to our global employee base via existing channels (ex. LMS) and new channels (ex. Leadership offsites and summits)
Translating business needs into leadership competency-based development milestones and program goals
Facilitating development experiences to build critical skills and capabilities
Creating and executing communication plans in partnership with Communications Teams for program roll outs
Supporting the integration of the Arc’teryx Leadership Code into existing and new processes, programs and structures (ex. Performance Management, Basecamp)
Maintaining stakeholder and cross-functional partnerships across corporate, retail and manufacturing locations
Measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of leadership development efforts to tangible business outcomes
Supporting the project management of initiatives
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
Consistently innovating and elevating programs, initiatives, and leadership principles, leveraging company-wide feedback and industry developments
Fostering leadership development capabilities within our regions
Growing toward your own career aspirations
Are you our next Program Specialist Leadership Development?
You have 3-5 years of experience in building, developing, and facilitating leadership programs
You have 3-5 years of hands-on experience with learning authoring tools
A bachelor's degree in Leadership Development, Adult Learning, Organizational Learning or other post-secondary education in a related field is a plus
You have a deep understanding of the latest learning and leadership development trends
You have experience translating concepts and theories into tangible learning
You are a skilled facilitator, with exceptional presentation skills – both virtual and in-person
You have experience in leading and managing projects
You have demonstrated success in influencing and mobilizing stakeholders
You are adaptable and ready to move with the energy of the business and readiness of the People & Culture team
You have an understanding of instructional design and adult learning principles
You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
You are able to balance autonomy and collaboration
You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it
Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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