Organizational Effectiveness Strategist
JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsible for the design of activation and sustainment strategies tailored to organizational goals-aligning change and transformation programs with key business objectives. The Organizational Effectiveness Strategist plays a key role in design, enablement and execution of high-impact strategies and initiatives to drive adoption, engagement, tracking/reporting, and sustainment of strategic shifts across the enterprise. This role will partner directly with senior leaders and business owners to advise and influence on best approach for solution creation to drive engagement and sustainment. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define and drive enterprise-wide change management strategies for adoption and sustainment of critical initiatives.
- Partner with business leaders and key stakeholders to design end-to-end transformation programs, ensuring alignment across strategy, people, processes, and technology.
- Develop and scale organizational capability in change management and organizational effectiveness, including tools, training, resources, templates, playbooks, frameworks, etc.
- Serve as a key resource and partner for organizational effectiveness and change management-related guidance, ensuring clarity, consistency, and adaptability as business needs change.
- Advise and influence senior leaders and business owners to adopt change management best practices for any and all associate impacts.
- Lead and drive change impact assessments, readiness reviews, and stakeholder mapping.
- Partner with stakeholders to develop targeted engagement plans and facilitate feedback loops.
- Develop adoption metrics and KPIs to track progress, adoption, and indicate where opportunities and additional support is needed.
- Provide consultative solutions to business functions to close capability gaps by driving interventions, partnering with key leaders, and creating adoption strategy.
- Travel 10% to field and business locations.
- Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment.
- Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner.
- Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information.
- Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues.
- Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum
- High School Diploma or GED
- 5+ years of experience in strategy execution, transformation management, organizational change management, organizational effectiveness, organizational development, or management consulting
- Demonstrate understanding of organizational effectiveness and ability to lead strategy design, enablement, and execution
- Experience leading change enablement and organizational development within fast-faced, matrixed organization
- Expertise in change management and organizational effectiveness methodologies and frameworks, digital tools and platforms
- Strong leadership, analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to lead workshops, stakeholder discussions, and executive communications
- Demonstrated time management and project management skills with ability to adapt to changing priorities and workload
Desired
- Bachelor's degree in industrial/organizational psychology, organizational leadership, human resources, business administration or related fields
- Master's degree in industrial/organizational psychology, organizational leadership, human resources, or related fields
- Prosci Certification, Six Sigma Certification
- Experience leading large cross-functional strategic change initiatives and business transformations
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- Pension
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Leadership Training Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
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