Job Summary:

This senior director position is primarily responsible for directing a team in the deployment of change management programs or initiatives, overseeing the planning and implementing organiziational design and integration programs and initiatives, and directing and providing executive/leadership coaching and transition consulting.This position also oversees cultiure and climate assessments, and directs a team in the delivery of consulting support for work focused on the design and/or implementation of organizational strategy and initiatives focused on enhancing or accelerating the development of partnerships and the evolution of high performance teams. This also includes overseeing data analyses to support organizational initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Models and drives continuous learning and maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning cross-functional resource plans with business objectives; overseeing the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; motivating and empowering teams; building organizational capacity and grooming high potentials for growth opportunities and advancement; staying current with industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; providing guidance and leadership when difficult decisions need to be made; and ensuring performance management guidelines and expectations drive business needs.

• Oversees the operation of multiple units and departments by identifying customer and operational needs; analyzing resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; engaging strategic, cross-functional business units to champion and drive support for business plans and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; anticipating and removing obstacles that impact performance; addressing performance gaps and implementing contingency plans accordingly; ensuring products and/or services meet customer requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies; serving as a subject-matter expert and trusted source to executive leadership; and providing influence and consultation in the development of the larger organizational or business strategy.

• Oversees and directs a team in the deployment of change management programs or initiatives including changes in organizational structure, work processes, the introduction of new kinds of work, and the implementation of new technologies by partnering with executive leadership to design, develop, direct, and deliver change initiatives; providing change management strategies and tactics to enhance effective implementation or delivery; and ensuring change programs are appropriately monitored and effectiveness measures are in place.

• Directs and consults on the planning and implementation of organizational design and integration programs and initiatives by providing oversight and direction on changes in organizational structures, functions, and other organizational components as needed; partnering with key stakeholders and leadership on visioning and culture awareness and development; driving changes that embrace diversity, inclusion, and equity; ensuring structures are aligned to fit the broader organizational strategy; and integrating units to work together effectively.

• Directs and provides executive/leadership coaching and transition consulting by serving as a trusted lead advisor; working with executives and leaders in a thought-provoking manner; leveraging a creative process that inspires clients to maximize their professional potential and business results; and serving as a lead coach and consultant for leadership onboarding, new leader transitions, and formal coaching processes including 360-degree feedback.

• Oversees a team in the delivery of consulting support for work focused on the design and/or implementation of organizational strategy, and strategic goals and initiatives for large and complex organizations, functions or units by ensuring HR leaders and business executives have access to content experts; and consulting on 3-year strategic planning, annual goal development and/or review, and the alignment between organizational culture and business goals.

• Directs consulting support on initiatives focused on enhancing or accelerating the development of partnerships and the evolution of high performance teams by overseeing the delivery of developmental assessments; facilitating targeted interventions to address unique team needs; and consulting on mission and goal development and role clarification.

• Oversees culture and climate assessments by leveraging partnerships with clients to ensure an understanding of culture and/or climate and its impact on strategic goals or performance outcomes; directing the delivery of assessments for cross-functional teams, work groups, or large and complex functions or organizations; and overseeing consulting and designing solutions to support strategic and cultural alignment.

• Directs team members in performing complex data analyses to drive organizational initiatives by recommending appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess team, leader, or business performance; determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, quantitative data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining client agreements, including client requirements as appropriate; and identifying and alleviating risks through data-driven analysis.

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Organizational Development, Business, Behavioral/Social Science, Public Administration or related field and twelve (12) years experience in organizational development, including but not limited to change management, organizational design, leadership development, cultural transformation, and/or performance improvement. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

• Six (6) years experience in a leadership role, including at least four (4) years experience managing direct reports.

  Additional Requirements:

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Senior Director, Organizational Effectiveness

LOCATION: Portland, Oregon

REQNUMBER: 1301083

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.