Manager, Talent Development

**Your opportunity**

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – a revolutionary solution designed by our world-class technical team. The Globe System offers strong, unique, and customer-valued advantages over other treatments on the market, and leading physicians are already using it and helping to share our story.

We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe® Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients!

As the Manager, Talent Development, you will build and scale manager and leadership development at Kardium. You’ll work closely with leaders and the Talent team to assess learning needs and deliver practical, high-impact development that helps managers keep pace with rapid growth.

This is a hands-on role with responsibility for a small team today, and the opportunity to grow and shape the function as the organization scales.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

**Meaningful work you will be a part of**

Your responsibilities will be to

• Assess manager and leadership learning needs using leader input, engagement data, attrition trends, and business priorities.

• Design, build, and deliver manager and leadership development programs, including core foundations for new managers and targeted development for senior managers and directors.

• Set clear expectations, standards, and core skills for people managers and leaders.

• Create a simple, scalable leadership development continuum from emerging leaders (supported by the Learning Specialist) to senior leaders.

• Personally facilitate manager and leadership training and continuously iterate content based on feedback and evolving business needs.

• Build practical leadership tools, frameworks, and learning pathways that leaders can apply immediately.

• Lead and support a small talent development team, providing direction, coaching, and prioritization, with scope to grow the team over time.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Training, and Communications to align leadership development end-to-end.

• Track and share insights on manager readiness, engagement signals, and early attrition with the VP, Talent.

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 7+ years of progressive experience assessing learning needs and building manager or leadership development in a scaling or high-growth organization.

• Experience leading or mentoring others, with interest in growing a team as the function scales.

• Strong understanding of first-time manager challenges and senior leader development needs.

• Hands-on facilitation experience and comfort building programs from the ground up.

• Strong stakeholder partnership skills and the ability to influence without formal structures.

• Data-informed, pragmatic, and biased toward action.

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $120,000 - $145,000 (CAD Annually)

**Your Benefits & Well-being**

****Total cash –**the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Retirement Savings plans to help support your financial goals.

**Comprehensive medical & dental coverage –**for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

**Work-day flexibility** – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

**Support –** for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

**Career progression and learning support.**

**Professional membership support.**

****Family building –**we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.**

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

1. Our Purpose

2. Our People

3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.ca/Reviews/Kardium-Reviews-E800271.htm) to learn more!