Senior Manager Leadership Development

Who we are

In a life without sound, our work provides meaning. As a leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions, we are not just a company that makes products: we are a team on a mission to help people enjoy the delight of hearing. To enable a life without limitations, we - through our core business brands Phonak, Unitron, Connect Hearing, and Advanced Bionics - develop, manufacture and distribute solutions that push the limits of technology and redefine the future of our industry. Our talented and committed employees all over the world know they contribute to something greater than themselves - they create sense.

The Way We Work

At Sonova we value our employees and prioritize their well-being. We believe people do their best and most innovative work in an inclusive environment that provides opportunities for engagement and collaboration across teams while offering flexibility in how work gets done. We designed our work model team by team, empowering teams to customize a working environment that balances individual team needs with business outcomes. By offering work options, we foster more flexible and individualized time management, contribute to a healthy work-life integration, increase employee satisfaction, build meaningful partnerships at work, and calibrate productivity to acknowledge you have a life outside of work. Sonova has chosen a HYBRID WORK MODEL- Customized by team that keeps our employees motivated and engaged.

Sonova Values

At Sonova, we come to work every day knowing that continuous innovation across all disciplines, our shared engagement as a team and our responsible approach to all things we do, brings the delight of hearing to millions of people: to hear better, to listen to music, to communicate effortlessly with friends and loved ones, and to fully enjoy life with all its great variety of sounds. In doing so, our shared core values reflect the corporate culture that defines and unites us as a company across all brands and regions.

1. We Care -- We care for our employees, customers and consumers,as well as our shareholders and society.
2. We drive innovation -- We courageously pioneer new ideas and approaches to come up with impactful innovations, to delight customers and consumers.
3. We strive for excellence -- We act with agility. We aim to excel. We are continuously working on improving products, services, processes and skills, to realize growth.
4. We take accountability -- We deliver on our commitments. We take accountability to provide outcomes in agreed quality and time, always acting with integrity.
5. We build the best teams -- We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place.

SeniorManager Leadership Development

Purpose of role: The SeniorManager Leadership Development, reporting into the Director Learning and Leadership Development, will lead, design and drive leadership programs for Sonova globally, working in close collaboration with HR colleagues and business leaders.

This role must bring both strategic vision and program design expertise, working hands-on in the design, development, deployment and evaluation of innovative and multi-platform learning and development programs that improve performance and engagement levels across the organization.

The facilitation of group and customized leadership programs/ journeys will play a dominant part in this role.

Our Offer to You:

• Improving the quality of life of millions of people suffering from hearing loss
• A challenging and motivating assignment as part of a dynamic team
• Modern mindset and processes, accommodating flexible working conditions
• Opportunities for further responsibilities and support for further training and development
• A company that values diversity and inclusion
• Sonova's outstanding opportunities and career growth

Main Tasks and Responsibities:

• Develop and design group and customized leadership programs / journeys throughout various career stages, experience levels and professions, in alignment with Sonova Leadership Principles

• Facilitate and/or present leadership development programs, workshops and webinars including assessment, 360 feedback debriefs and coaching leaders

• Champion a learning culture that focuses on putting the customer at the heart of learning strategies and policies, and create solutions that drive engagement, performance, productivity and innovation

• Build and implement specific initiatives for talents and strategic capabilities in focus (critical skills, succession planning, diverse talents), in close collaboration with other Talent CoE SMEs (inclusive leadership, resilience, talent management etc.)

• Act as a strategic L&D partner with senior leaders and local HR teams to understand business needs and contribute to relevant, integrated learning and leadership development solutions to support business strategies and critical business needs

• Develop, design, produce and execute materials to meet leadership development needs and set harmonized L&D standards

• Design and establish benchmarks that measure the impact and effectiveness of learning and development programs on business performance, and create corresponding enhancement plans
• Provide seamless integration of workshop facilitation with the use and advancement of learning technologies, including, but not limited to: online facilitation, on-the-job development, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials, building and leveraging the Learning Management System, mobile, eLearning, and social learning technologies, integrating adult learning theory into multi-platform leadership development solutions

• Select and manage external vendors, in line with the Delegation of Authority (DOA), to achieve strategic initiatives balancing cost-to-build and cost-to-purchase against time and impact

• Identify, train and certify internal partners as SME's and Facilitators

• Oversee organization of training venues, logistics, transport, accommodation as required to achieve efficient training attendance and delivery

• Be a champion for innovation in the leadership development space; know what best in class companies are doing and look to integrate those best practices

• Ensure appropriate controls and reporting are in place to manage resources, planning, budgets, risk and compliance processes and demonstrate business impact

• Frequent Travel required

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Education and Skillset:

• Bachelor's Degree in Coaching/Mentoring or related field or equivalent work experience
• 1O+ years in Learning & Development
• 5+ years in management positions
• Ability to identify intercultural needs and challenges and adapt accordingly
• Excellent facilitation skills
• Ability to interact across all levels of the organization and bringing people together
• Coaching and counseling skills
• Professional network outside the organization
• Stakeholder management, Contextual leadership
• Creative/innovative, conceptual, solution oriented, experience with assessment & 360 feedback tools

A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova

Don't meet all the criteria? If you're willing to go allin and learn we'd love to hear from you!

We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact wholesale.HR@Sonova.com

Health Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage*
• Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
• TeleHealth options
• 401k plan with company match*
• Company paid life/ad&d insurance
  
  
  
  • Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available
  
  
  
  
• Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  
  
  
  • STD LTD Buy-ups available
  
  
  
  
• Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Legal/ID Theft Assistance
• PTO, floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)
• Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Hearing aid discount for employees and family
• Internal social recognition platform
• D&I focused: D&I council and employee resource groups

*Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group Company/location.