Manager, Learning & Development - Japan

• Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
• As the Manager, Learning & Development, you will be responsible for creating a learning culture to enhance capabilities and drive the success of our people and business globally. You will work closely with senior leaders across the business to identify learning & development opportunities within both corporate and retail, bringing to life effective and engaging programs for all business units. You will translate our strategic business needs into learning and development programs that are values-based, people-centric and aligned with our business goals.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Learning & Development and Organizational Effectiveness team operates in strategic partnership with the business, driving the continuous learning and development of people and leadership practices and fostering a culture that generates high performance teams, strengths-based coaching, and values-based leadership.

This position is based in Roppongi, Tokyo, with a hybrid working environment (3 days onsite - 2 days at home). Candidates must be eligible to work in Japan. Some travel may also require of this role to visit retail stores locally in Japan, and must be bilingual with the ability to read, speak, and write fluently in Japanese and English.

If you were the Manager, Learning & Development now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Collaborating with the Director, P&C – APAC for developing the learning strategy and roadmap for the Japan business and providing strategic insights and solutions to leaders on learning priorities and needs

Overseeing and delivering a broad range of training, including leadership and career development, professional skills, functional training, technical training, and elective learning

Executing onboarding program for the Japan teams, being the first source of truth for how we work and play together while showcasing our values

Localizing global programming for effective implementation and training, working with global teams to meet local language standards

Regionalizing program design, development, and management for learning initiatives including BIRDu (our global L&D framework), Leadership Development, Masterclass series, and Talent Acceleration programs

Managing all existing learning technologies (LMS & Authoring tools) and leveraging future technologies as needs arise

Leading all functional partnerships across the Japan business as it relates to training and people development

Overseeing data tracking and regular reporting with senior stakeholders and key functional partners of the effectiveness of learning programs

Maintaining new and ongoing relationships with external vendors and networks to ensure currency and relevancy of training industry trends and best practices

Negotiating contracts and overseeing the delivery of training programs by external providers to ensure high quality and impactful delivery and outcomes.

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

Leading the design and development of a global talent acceleration and high potentials program

Integrating our professional skills training with our competencies and performance management framework

Expanding our offering of digital skills training

Establishing of regional hubs for BIRDu

Leading the continued evolution and expansion of BIRDu global learning framework based on business needs