Dropbox is a Virtual First company. For this role, we are currently only authorized to hire candidates from the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today.

Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots.

The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history.

Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

The People team are ambassadors of enlightened work, delivering meaningful experiences that empower us all to do our best work.

Role Description

Dropbox is well known for being a high impact place to work, and has won accolades for being not only a great place to work, but also a great place to learn and build a career. Our Virtual First model of working is a pace-setter in terms of the future of work - while remote work is our primary experience, we come together in-person quarterly for team offsites and special learning programs.

We are seeking an exceptional learning and development leader to help build the future of learning in Virtual First - which includes innovative and impactful leadership programs that drive behavior change and business outcomes, engaging onboarding that helps our Droplets integrate faster to Dropbox, and best-in-class digital and AI-enabled learning to support employees to learn in the flow of work.

This role is is a part of the Learning and Organization Development team, and reports into the VP of L&OD for Dropbox. It’s a high-visibility role that will allow you to influence the overall strategy for learning as well as build and design future programs. You’ll be a key partner with our HRBP team, the Office of the CEO, Communications, and Virtual First teams as we design and deliver enterprise-wide learning programs. You’ll be a people manager for the Learning Design team, and will have two Learning Business Partners as peers who will drive function-specific and/or tailored programming for senior leaders and team effectiveness through the business.

The ideal candidate is an experienced practitioner and people manager with a strong track record of designing innovative learning programs that drive behavior change. You have deep expertise driving results in leadership development and manager effectiveness. Experience with learning innovation through digital learning/AI is a must. You should be energized by collaborating cross-functionally, and able to balance strategic thinking, team operations, and practitioner work. You are an energetic and effective facilitator and drive engagement through gatherings, programs, and team experiences. You demonstrate agility in the face of competing demands and organization change, and are able to deliver high quality work at speed and scale.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with Office of the CEO, Virtual First, Talent Management, and HRBP teams to understand Dropbox skill gaps and desired behaviors and influence our overall talent strategy
Articulate a vision for learning at Dropbox, within a Virtual First context
Create understanding around the learning strategy and learning offerings with crisp verbal and written communication
Leadership Development

Craft Dropbox’s leadership development vision, strategy, and curriculum (with input from business leaders, org Learning Business Partners and HRBPs)
Design and execute manager and HiPo programs to drive skills transfer and behavior change at scale, leveraging a variety of learning modalities and a portfolio of vendors
Facilitate learning programs as needed, especially for HiPo and manager programs
Learning Innovation & Technology

Pilot and test learning innovations to create memorable, unique, and impactful learning experiences
Understand the latest developments in learning technology, in order to build a best-in-class learning architecture for Dropbox (leveraging AI, digital learning content, gamification, etc.)
Understand and leverage AI to reduce the administrative burden of running learning programs as well as customizing and personalizing learning in the flow of work
Lead engineering enablement in an interim capacity, leveraging digital platforms to improve specific tech skills
Learning Design

Leverage a product development mindset for our learning programs, ensuring that our programs address employee needs and drive the right outcomes in a remote-first environment
Utilize foundational adult learning theory and best in class design methods for maximum learner engagement and skills transfer/behavior change
Provide direction for curating an organized learning content library that can be used to support existing learning programs and emergent learning requests
Execution & Program Management

Manage a team of 5 that executes the following programs: HiPo Programs, Leadership Development for early and middle managers, Dropbox Orientation, Employee Development, Digital Learning, Engineering Enablement
Ensure that all our learning programs are planned thoughtfully to optimize for the employee experience and for maximum ROI - discovery, design, enrollment, communication, marketing, feedback, and metrics
Partner with other teams (such as the Virtual First team) to integrate best practices, and desired behaviors to existing trainings, workflows, etc. Support the creation of self-serve resources for team effectiveness with the Virtual First team
Roll out new programs and experiences in alignment with stakeholders, with an eye for change management and engagement
Operational Excellence & Planning

Measure ROI and impact across all learning programs
Plan and allocate team resources to deliver a large portfolio of programs on time and on budget
Manage the learning team budget and quarterly budget updates with the Finance Team
Requirements

15+ years of relevant experience
Expertise in learning strategy and execution for leadership and employee development
Expertise in learning design, adult learning methodologies
Expertise in leadership development and learning technology (including application of AI/ML)
Strong people management skills, managing a team in a remote/hybrid context
Experienced facilitator
Background / familiarity with analytics and leveraging insights to inform strategy and decision-making
Strong written and verbal communication
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Qualifications

Experience delivering effective learning experiences in a distributed/remote-first environment
Team Effectiveness certifications (Enneagram, Insights, CliftonStrengths)
Coaching Certification
Master’s Degree in Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology or related business field (e.g. OD, OE, Learning and Org Change, etc.)
Compensation Canada Pay Range $166,600—$225,400 CAD

The range listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE for this role, subject to change.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage*

Retirement savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan**

Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off policy in addition to statutory holidays, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh

Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance*

Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance*

Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more

Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support

Mental health and wellness benefits

Additional benefits details are available upon request.

Where group plans are not available, allowances may be provided

**Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.

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