Organisational Development Associate

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. Canonical builds the open-source software that runs the world’s clouds, devices and AI, and we hold our managers to a high standard. Our Talent Development team exists to make leaders and managers at Canonical genuinely excellent. We define what great management looks like here, and we put that standard into the hands of managers and leaders across the company. The Organisational Development Associate is where our most driven early-career people begin. From day one you work with real teams and take on real change, coached hard by senior practitioners on a fast path toward running this work yourself. This is not a support or back-office role, and it is not generalist HR. We hire for potential, drive and coachability over a polished CV, and we back the people we hire to move fast. Applying to this role will enter you into our People Track for consideration across roles in the function. Location: These are remote based positions, available across EMEA and the Americas. The role entails: Being embedded inside a real team; Running diagnostics on a team's health and management effectiveness; Owning an improvement end to end; Supporting managers in delivering effective 360 performance feedback; Helping build the playbook; Learning coaching and organisational development from senior practitioners. What we are looking for: A track record of leading and organising early; A deliberate pull toward developing people and organisations; Drive and eagerness to learn; The presence to discuss change with confidence; An exceptional academic track record; Up to around two years of experience since graduating; Business level English; Organised, reliable, authentic, results-oriented and enthusiastic; Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year. We also expect alignment with values: precise, reliable, accessible, adroit. Nice-to-have: exposure to people/consulting work; interest in management craft; comfort with data. What we offer: distributed work with twice-yearly in-person sprints; learning budget USD 2,000/year; annual compensation review; recognition rewards; annual holiday leave; parental leave; Employee Assistance Programme; travel opportunities; Priority Pass and upgrades for long-haul events. About Canonical: distributed work, equal opportunity employer, diverse workforce. #LI-remote