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At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing - and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.\nWorking at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.\nAbout the role:\nR&D Enablement helps our Product, Engineering, and Design teams build the capabilities, access the knowledge, and develop the ways of working required to deliver for our customers. We are looking for a Principal, R&D Learning Products & Enablement to define the future of this function: understand how R&D teams work, identify the highest-value capability and performance needs, and translate emerging technologies and business priorities into scalable learning products and enablement solutions.\nThis is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role for someone who can move between strategy, technical product understanding, learning-product design, and end-to-end program delivery. You will build and prioritize the R&D Enablement roadmap; create tools, automations, knowledge solutions, and learning experiences; and work directly with R&D leaders, engineers, technology vendors, Global Learning & Development, People, and Business Technology partners to bring the right solutions to life.\nThis is a remote position open to candidates residing in Canada.\nYou should apply if:\nYou want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact - helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.\nYou are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.\nYou’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.\nYou want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best. \nIn this role, you will: \nDefine the R&D learning-products and enablement strategy, roadmap, service model, and measures of success by developing a representative understanding of the needs of R&D employees and leaders at all levels.\nBuild trusted relationships across R&D and conduct discovery to identify the most important capability, knowledge, adoption, and performance needs.\nDiagnose whether the appropriate solution is a learning experience, structured knowledge, workflow change, automation, self-service tool, community, manager resource, or another intervention.\nStay current on emerging technologies, AI models, developer tools, and changes in how technical teams work; translate those developments into practical recommendations for how R&D employees can use AI and agents, validate their outputs, and determine where automation is appropriate versus where human judgment, expertise, or coordination remains essential.\nBuild alongside R&D employees, technical leaders, Business Technology, Security, enterprise AI teams, and external technology providers to move high-value ideas from concept to practical tools, workflows, prototypes, and scalable adoption.\nTranslate complex technical concepts into scalable learning products, developer-onboarding experiences, knowledge resources, playbooks, tools, automations, and communities that help R&D employees learn and self-serve.\nCreate and test functional prototypes, tools, and workflow automations using AI-assisted development environments, APIs, low-code platforms, and other appropriate technologies.\nDevelop clear product and program requirements, user stories, workflows, success criteria, and implementation plans for solutions requiring support from Engineering or Business Technology.\nLead complex programs from discovery through launch and adoption, establishing clear ownership, milestones, dependencies, risks, communications, feedback loops, and decision points across interdependent teams.\nMake informed recommendations about what to build, configure, buy, integrate, transfer, scale, or stop.\nOwn and continuously improve R&D and developer onboarding, ensuring employees can efficiently access the systems, knowledge, resources, and communities required to become productive.\nDefine outcome measures that go beyond attendance and satisfaction, using adoption, behavior, capability, time-to-proficiency, self-service, efficiency, quality, and business evidence to determine whether solutions should continue, change, scale, transfer, or stop.\nServe as the senior functional leader for R&D Enablement, creating clear ownership, reusable practices, and execution leverage across employees and partners contributing to the roadmap.\nProvide guidance and mentorship to more junior team members and partners while leading through expertise and influence rather than formal authority.\nChampion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.\nMinimum requirements for the role:\n8+ years of experience in technical product management, technical program management, developer enablement, technical learning, learning technology, product enablement, or a related field.\n5+ years of experience working directly with software engineering, product, data, or AI teams to deliver technical products, programs, or enablement solutions.\nExperience supporting Product, Engineering, Design, or another highly technical organization and developing a credible understanding of how technical employees work.\nDemonstrated ability to understand emerging technologies, developer tools, AI platforms, and technical workflows and translate them into practical adoption and enablement strategies.\nExperience partnering directly with engineers, technical leaders, and technology providers to understand product capabilities, implementation considerations, dependencies, and tradeoffs.\nHands-on experience creating functional prototypes, tools, workflow automations, or self-service solutions using AI-assisted development environments, APIs, integrations, low-code platforms, or comparable technologies.\nExperience helping technical teams adopt AI-enabled tools and workflows, including identifying appropriate use cases, redesigning work, evaluating outputs, and establishing appropriate human judgment and oversight.\nExperience translating business and user problems into product requirements, user stories, workflows, success criteria, implementation plans, and scalable solutions.\nExperience defining strategy and roadmaps in an ambiguous environment, prioritizing a portfolio, and making build, configure, buy, integrate, or stop recommendations.\nStrong product and program leadership, including managing interdependencies, delivery risks, competing priorities, and decisions across teams you do not directly manage.\nExperience designing and scaling learning products, technical onboarding, knowledge solutions, developer education, or adoption programs.\nAn ideal candidate also has:\nExperience leading developer onboarding, developer education, engineering enablement, developer advocacy, or technical community programs.\nExperience with generative AI, developer-focused AI tools, retrieval-augmented generation, knowledge architecture, enterprise search, agentic workflows, or conversational user experiences.\nExperience working with external technology providers to design and scale product-adoption or enablement programs.\nExperience creating product requirements, process flows, integration requirements, technical documentation, or comparable delivery artifacts.\nFamiliarity with adult-learning principles, performance consulting, learning-product design, or partnering with instructional and learning-experience designers.\nA portfolio of learning products, prototypes, internal tools, automations, knowledge solutions, or technical programs demonstrating hands-on building and measurable impact.\nExperience establishing or materially redesigning a technical learning, developer enablement, learning-product, or internal-product function.\nExperience measuring adoption and effectiveness and using evidence to determine whether a product or program should continue, change, scale, transfer, or stop.\nDemonstrated ability to lead through influence, provide functional direction, and create clarity and accountability across contributors without relying on formal authority.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate among technical, business, and learning audiences and influence senior stakeholders.\nThe compensation range shown spans approved pay zones for this role. Your primary work location determines the range applicable to you, which may be narrower than the full range displayed.\nThe range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions. Learn more about our total rewards and benefits below.\nAnnual Base Salary\n$140,000—$192,500 CAD\nTotal Rewards\nAt Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company. We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above-market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time.\nBeyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more. If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here.\nFlexible Working \nAt Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams. Our offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements. For certain positions, being close to one of our offices or within a specific geographic area is important to facilitate collaboration, access to resources, or alignment with our service regions. In these cases, the job description will clearly indicate any working location requirements. Our goal is to ensure that all members of our team can contribute effectively, whether they are working on-site, in a hybrid model, or fully remotely. 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