About the Role
At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities by enabling safe, sustainable and seamless people flow. Our success depends on the capabilities of our people—from frontline teams to global leaders. We are now looking for a Senior Vice President, Learning & Development, to lead the next evolution of learning at KONE. This is a strategic, enterprise-level leadership role with a clear mission: to build a future-ready workforce and position learning as a key driver of performance, transformation, and growth.
Your Impact
· Transform how learning is delivered and experienced across KONE
· Build capabilities at scale in a digital and AI-enabled business
· Drive measurable business impact through skills and capability development
· Ensure KONE’s global field workforce has the critical safety, method, product, and technical capabilities needed to perform safely, efficiently, and productively
· Strengthen a high-performance, continuous learning culture globally
What You Will Do
Shape the Future of Learning
· Define and execute a vision for AI-powered, skills-based learning
· Embed learning into the flow of work across the field, sales, and leadership roles
· Build a data-driven learning ecosystem
· Scale high-quality content and personalised learning journeys globally
Ensure Field competences
· Own and advance KONE-wide learning for the field workforce, ensuring scalable, high-quality training across safety, methods, products, and technical capabilities
· Support Field Trainer network to perform at its best to ensure field training quality, impact, and efficiency
Drive a High-Performance Learning Culture
· Foster continuous, self-directed learning across a global workforce
· Ensure learning is accessible, practical, and relevant
· Enable knowledge sharing across geographies and functions
Lead a Global Function
· Lead and develop a global L&D organisation (~100 professionals)
· Ensure scalable delivery across global, area, and local environments
· Evolve operating model, governance, and ways of working
Leverage Data and Insights
· Build learning analytics and skills intelligence capabilities
· Use data to prioritise development and demonstrate business value
Partner at the Highest Level
· Act as a key member of the P&C Leadership Team
· Partner with business leaders to align capabilities with strategy
· Influence enterprise workforce and capability decisions
What We Are Looking For
Experience
· Senior leadership experience in L&D, Talent or similar
· Track record in large-scale transformation in global organisations
· Experience in operational or service-driven environments is an advantage
Expertise
· Strong understanding of digital and AI-driven learning solutions
· Experience leveraging data and analytics for decision-making
· Ability to translate innovation into business impact
Leadership
· Strategic thinker with strong business acumen
· Proven leader of high-performing teams
· Strong influencing skills at the executive level
Mindset
· Passion for learning and transformation
· Collaborative and forward-looking approach
· Adaptable and impact-driven
Why Join KONE
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of learning in a global, purpose-driven company at the intersection of people, technology and transformation. You will have the platform to create meaningful impact at scale and help build the capabilities that power KONE’s future.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
Skills Required
- Senior leadership experience in L&D, Talent or similar
- Track record in large-scale transformation in global organisations
- Strong understanding of digital and AI-driven learning solutions
- Proven leader of high-performing teams
- Experience leveraging data and analytics for decision-making
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
Kone Insights
What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
