Location: This hybrid role requires 3 days on-site at our Burnaby, BC office and 2 days remote per week. Ranked the 5th Best Workplace™ in Canada and 12th globally by Great Place to Work®, we’re proud of our optometrist-owned model that makes high-quality, eyecare and eyewear accessible to all Canadians. Today, we are a $7.8 billion global business with over 45,000 colleagues across more than 2,700 retail optical locations.

In Canada, our support office is based in Burnaby, BC. Since entering the market in 2021, we’ve been scaling rapidly, now with over 270 locations nationwide. With advanced clinical equipment and a wide range of affordable, high-quality eyewear, we’re transforming the way Canadians experience eyecare.

The Head of Learning is responsible for defining and leading the Learning & Development strategy, curriculum, and delivery model for Specsavers Canada. This role ensures learning across store teams and current and future franchise partners is relevant, widely adopted, and drives measurable improvements in capability, engagement, and readiness, including ownership of compliance and mandatory training. Learning & Development Strategy ~ Define and own Canada’s L&D; strategy, building a transparent, scalable curriculum that supports store team capability, franchise partner readiness, and development across all career stages, while continuously evolving to meet business growth and changing needs.

Own the end-to-end curriculum architecture, ensuring learning content addresses current operational and commercial needs, closes identified capability gaps, and builds the skills required for sustainable, high-performing Partnerships Adopt a global-first approach — leverage and adapt existing global content wherever possible, avoiding unnecessary local duplication, and develop Canadian-specific content where global solutions do not meet local needs Design and embed a blended learning model (in-person, virtual, on-demand)



that drives strong engagement and integrates learning into day-to-day operations in partnership with cross-functional leaders in Retail, Clinical, Partner Development and Operations. Provide strategic leadership across L&D;, Pathway, and Partner Development, influencing priorities and investment decisions, while representing Canada globally and collaborating across markets to drive alignment and best practice. Senior leadership experience in Learning & Development, capability, or talent functions within complex or high-growth organisations Experience in a franchise model or highly customer-focused retail environment is strongly preferred Experience working with global frameworks and collaborating across international markets Proven ability to build trust and credibility with senior leaders, Partners, and operational teams Compensation: $147,000 - $161,000 base salary, plus quarterly bonus, profit sharing, and benefits. 5 weeks of vacation and 1 paid volunteer day per year ~Health and dental benefits, RRSP matching and a Healthcare Spending Account active from your first day. ~ Mental health and wellbeing support, including $3,000 annually for practitioner care and access to our Employee Assistance Program. ~ Quarterly bonuses, based on your performance. ~ Free parking, access to the building gym, and a fully stocked kitchen with snacks and coffee/tea. ~ On‑site wellness offerings in-office, including RMT and yoga sessions. ~ Team and company social events, including holiday and annual celebrations.

Compassionate : We care, support, and help each other Commercial : We treat money wisely and make decisions that are valuable for our customers, our partners, our people and for the long term At Specsavers, we embrace a hybrid approach that balances in-office collaboration with the flexibility to work from home. We come together in office three days a week to connect, innovate, and keep our culture thriving. If you require accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know by contacting us at careers.ca@specsavers.

📌 Head of Development (Remote) (Burnaby)
🏢 Specsavers
📍 Burnaby