Senior Director – Global Learning & Development, Performance & Organisational Effectiveness

In short

At On, we believe performance isn’t just measured in output, it’s reflected in how people feel, grow, and thrive. As we continue our global expansion, we’re looking for a bold, visionary, and deeply human (Senior) Director of Learning & Development, Performance, and Organisational Effectiveness to lead us into our next chapter. You’ll shape how our team grows, not just in skills, but in confidence, clarity, and community. This is about leadership, learning, culture, and high performance. At scale. With soul.

Your Mission

Learning & Development

• Craft and scale global learning experiences that unlock potential at every level, from interns to execs.
• Design best-in-class leadership development programs tailored to On’s pace, culture, and future needs.
• Drive continuous learning, blended, bold, and built for impact.

Performance & Talent Management

• Lead the design and execution of our performance approach, empowering high performers and fuelling team growth.
• Shape and run our talent management cycle, including feedback, succession planning, and development tools.
• Embed a performance culture rooted in trust, clarity, and ambition.

Organisational Design & Effectiveness

• Partner with leadership and HR to design agile, high-performing org structures that match our scale and ambition.
• Use data and diagnostics (engagement, performance, structure) to identify opportunities and improve team health.
• Champion thoughtful, human-centred change, balancing stability and evolution.

Future Talent

• Oversee and scale our global intern and apprenticeship programs, building the pipeline for On’s next generation.
• Ensure early-career experiences are structured, inspiring, and tied to real business outcomes.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence

• Work closely across Talent, and senior leadership to co-create solutions that drive business goals.
• Build strong connections across geographies and functions, influencing through insight, not hierarchy.

Data & Impact

• Define success metrics across learning, performance, and org effectiveness. Use insights and feedback to iterate and improve, continuously.
• Tell a clear, compelling story of impact, grounded in data, amplified by outcomes.

Team Leadership

• Build, coach, and scale a high-performing, multidisciplinary team across L&D, Performance, OD/Effectiveness, and Early Careers.
• Be a beacon of culture and leadership, leading with purpose, clarity, and care.

Your story

Experience

• 10+ years in global Talent Development, Learning, and OD/Effectiveness roles, ideally in large, complex, high-growth environments (+3,000 FTEs / +$4B revenue).
• Proven strategic planning and execution across performance, learning, and organisational development.
• Experience leading large, diverse teams across geographies and disciplines.
• Strong background in change management and transformation in matrixed organisations.
• Bonus points for experience in fast-paced, creative or innovation-led companies (e.g. tech, media, consumer, sportswear).

Mindset & Skills

• You think long-term but act decisively.
• You can distill complexity into clarity, making sense of ambiguity with calm and precision.
• You’re a systems thinker who can connect learning, performance, and structure.
• You tell stories with data, balancing intuition with insight.
• You thrive in global, multicultural environments and love working across borders.
• You speak the language of business and people, influencing at every level with credibility and heart.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.