Overview
As Senior Director, Global Functional Development, you will be a key leader on the Global Talent Management & People Strategy Team responsible for designing and operationalizing talent strategies, development programs, and capability planning to help our functions evolve and enhance their capabilities, performance, and effectiveness. Functions include, but aren’t limited to, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Design, and Retail. This role is open to hybrid work, and will be frequently at our HQ offices in North Vancouver, with some international travel. 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 Senior Director, Global Functional Development, you will lead the work to support the capability build within and evolution of our business functions, and will have an prospect to lead a team of dedicated functional development experts. You will partner with key functional leaders to develop strategies, programs, and solutions that help the function
- and Arc’teryx
- to have the right skills and capabilities for today and the future. You will work closely in collaboration with P&C; business partners and Talent Management. Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX
As Senior Director, Global Functional Development, you will be a key leader on the Global Talent Management & People Strategy Team responsible for designing and operationalizing talent strategies, development programs, and capability planning to help our functions evolve and enhance their capabilities, performance, and effectiveness. Functions include, but aren’t limited to, Supply Chain, Merchandising,



Design, and Retail. This role is open to hybrid work, and will be frequently at our HQ offices in North Vancouver, with some international travel. 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 Senior Director, Global Functional Development, you will lead the work to support the capability build within and evolution of our business functions, and will have an opportunity to lead a team of dedicated functional development experts. You will partner with key functional leaders to develop strategies, programs, and solutions that help the function
- and Arc’teryx
- to have the right skills and capabilities for today and the future. You will work closely in collaboration with P&C; business partners and Talent Management. Core activities If you were the Senior Director, Global Functional Development, here are some of the core activities you would be doing: Designing and leading functional development solutions that support the organization's strategic goals, culture, and values Translating business needs into actionable talent development strategies and initiatives,



prioritizing initiatives that drive measurable impact across the organization Developing the organization’s approach to functional development, creating a comprehensive playbook that enables scalable, high-impact deployment across regions and functions Talent Development: Designing and implementing development, upskilling, and reskilling programs that support capability building and are aligned to workforce and succession plans, shaping future talent needs at the functional and enterprise level Strategic capability building: Identifying and developing strategies to build, borrow, or buy the critical skills needed to deliver on our business strategy, including establishing future-focused success profiles and enterprise-wide capability frameworks Performance measurement & maturity assessment: In partnership with functional leaders and strategy team, defining KPIs and maturity models to assess functional effectiveness, benchmark performance, and identifying areas for development. Partnering with regional functional and P&C; teams to ensure effective deployment, adoption, and sustainment of programming. Collaborating with BPs, leaders, and Talent Management leadership to develop workforce plans and org design and functional structure to support long-term evolution and scalability Collaborating with Talent Acquisition to strategically pipeline external talent with critical capabilities, leveraging strategic partnerships Working in partnership to lead the evolution of workforce planning practices to enhance enterprise agility and functional readiness Fostering an environment of collaboration, continuous learning, and evolution Leading through the Arc’teryx Leadership Code Building strength in relationships throughout the Arc’teryx organization Future work Supporting a global mobility

📌 Senior Director, Global Functional Development. (Vancouver)
🏢 Arc'teryx
📍 Vancouver