Senior Manager – Organizational Design, HR Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +31 more states.

📋 Description

• Assist in the execution and support of organizational design initiatives within the strategic framework set by the People Team leadership.

• Oversee organizational diagnostics, analysis, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and implementation activities.

• Convert organizational design priorities into detailed project plans and execution roadmaps.

• Perform assessments of organizational effectiveness, initiate restructuring efforts, design roles, analyze spans of control, and evaluate organizational health.

• Create workforce models, conduct skills gap assessments, engage in scenario planning, and provide data-driven workforce recommendations.

• Develop and sustain organizational design tools, frameworks, guidelines, and best practices documentation.

• Examine organizational data to pinpoint inefficiencies, role ambiguities, alignment gaps, and opportunities for optimization.

• Lead cross-functional discovery sessions, working sessions, stakeholder input, and communications.

• Produce current-state assessments, future-state organizational charts, role profiles, implementation plans, and executive presentations.

• Collaborate with People Analytics to inform decisions regarding organizational design and measure effectiveness.

• Manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, risks, and issues effectively.

• Offer organizational design consulting and practical recommendations that align with university priorities.

• Act as a strategic HR Business Partner for designated client groups.

• Collaborate with People Team functions to provide integrated people solutions.

• Assist with succession planning, leadership coaching, organizational change, employee relations, and workforce planning.

• Utilize workforce analytics and HR technology to identify trends and support data-driven decisions.

• Test organizational design solutions and provide feedback for enterprise-wide strategies.

• Engage and influence university stakeholders to drive alignment, adoption, and execution.

• Support change management related to organizational transformations, including communication, training, and adoption.

• Contribute insights from organizational design and HRBP to the strategic planning of the People Team.

• Carry out other responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in human resources focused on organizational design, workforce planning, and HRBP functions.

• At least 3 years of experience in a strategic HRBP role.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Proven experience in developing organizational design projects.

• Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation, with the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.

• Experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and translating strategy into actionable execution plans.

• Familiarity with organizational design methodologies, including role design, organizational assessment, and workforce planning.

• Knowledge of compensation principles, including job evaluation, leveling, and market benchmarking.

• Strategic HRBP experience with established credibility as a business partner and consultant to leadership.

• Proven ability to communicate and present effectively to influence stakeholders across various organizational levels.

• Proficiency in HRIS systems; Workday experience preferred.

• Experience collaborating effectively in a matrixed environment while adapting to stakeholder feedback and changing business needs.

• Must reside and work from one of the employer-approved states.

• A reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace free from distractions are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive, low-deductible medical insurance.

• Affordable dental and vision plans.

• 5 weeks of paid time off.

• Nearly a dozen paid holidays.

• Employer-funded retirement plan.

• Tuition assistance program.

• Parental leave benefits.

• Resources for mental health and wellbeing.

• A reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace for remote employees.