Manager, Talent Development; Hybrid

Kardium Inc., 155-8518 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Posted Friday, February 6, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – a revolutionary solution designed by our world-class technical team. The Globe System offers strong, unique, and customer-valued advantages over other treatments on the market, and leading physicians are already using it and helping to share our story.

We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe® Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients!

As the Manager, Talent Development, you will build and scale manager and leadership development ’ll work closely with leaders and the Talent team to assess learning needs and deliver practical, high-impact development that helps managers keep pace with rapid growth.

This is a hands-on role with responsibility for a small team today, and the opportunity to grow and shape the function as the organization scales.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Assess manager and leadership learning needs using leader input, engagement data, attrition trends, and business priorities.
• Design, build, and deliver manager and leadership development programs, including core foundations for new managers and targeted development for senior managers and directors.
• Set clear expectations, standards, and core skills for people managers and leaders.
• Create a simple, scalable leadership development continuum from emerging leaders (supported by the Learning Specialist) to senior leaders.
• Personally facilitate manager and leadership training and continuously iterate content based on feedback and evolving business needs.
• Build practical leadership tools, frameworks, and learning pathways that leaders can apply immediately.
• Lead and support a small talent development team, providing direction, coaching, and prioritization, with scope to grow the team over time.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Training, and Communications to align leadership development end-to-end.
• Track and share insights on manager readiness, engagement signals, and early attrition with the VP, Talent.

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of progressive experience assessing learning needs and building manager or leadership development in a scaling or high-growth organization.
• Experience leading or mentoring others, with interest in growing a team as the function scales.
• Strong understanding of first-time manager challenges and senior leader development needs.
• Hands-on facilitation experience and comfort building programs from the ground up.
• Strong stakeholder partnership skills and the ability to influence without formal structures.
• Data-informed, pragmatic, and biased toward action.

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications,…