Job Openings Organizational Development Manager

About the job Organizational Development Manager

The OD Manager drives enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen organizational capability, structure, leadership effectiveness, and ways of working. The role partners closely with business leaders and People & Culture teams to improve organizational performance through organization design, change management, workforce effectiveness, and capability-building interventions.
This position plays a key role in enabling business transformation by translating organizational insights into scalable, practical, and sustainable people solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Organizational Effectiveness & Diagnostics
  • Lead organizational assessments and diagnostics including org health reviews, workforce capability analysis, engagement insights, and performance trend evaluations
  • Translate findings into actionable recommendations and measurable improvement plans
  • Identify organizational gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve effectiveness and employee experience
Organization Design & Workforce Planning
  • Design and implement organization structure improvements, operating models, governance frameworks, and role clarity initiatives
  • Support workforce planning initiatives including job architecture, spans and layers analysis, and capability alignment
  • Partner with business leaders to optimize team structures and decision-making processes
Change Management & Transformation
  • Drive change management initiatives for transformation and business improvement programs
  • Develop change and adoption strategies including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, and readiness activities
  • Monitor adoption progress and support leaders through organizational transitions
Leadership & Team Effectiveness
  • Develop and facilitate leadership and team effectiveness programs focused on collaboration, accountability, decision-making, and ways of working
  • Lead workshops, strategic alignment sessions, and problem-solving discussions with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
  • Coach leaders on organizational effectiveness and change leadership practices
Talent & Performance Enablement
  • Collaborate with HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence to strengthen performance and capability-building initiatives
  • Support succession planning, leadership pipeline development, and organizational capability programs
  • Contribute to the enhancement of talent management and performance frameworks
OD Governance & Continuous Improvement
  • Develop OD frameworks, methodologies, playbooks, and toolkits to standardize and scale organizational interventions
  • Establish governance routines and tracking mechanisms to monitor initiative effectiveness and business impact
  • Track key effectiveness metrics including adoption, productivity, engagement, and organizational health indicators
Key Deliverables:
  • Organization design recommendations and implementation roadmaps
  • Change management and stakeholder adoption plans
  • Organizational health and capability assessment reports
  • Leadership and team workshop outputs with action plans
  • OD frameworks, playbooks, and governance tools
  • Performance and effectiveness dashboards with measurable outcomes
Qualifications:
Must-Have
  • Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Human Resources, Behavioral Science, Organizational Development, or related field
  • At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in Organizational Development, Organization Design, HR Transformation, or Change Management
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in a leadership or managerial capacity
  • Proven experience managing OD initiatives end-to-end, from diagnosis to implementation and measurement
  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging senior leaders and cross-functional teams
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management capabilities
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment across stakeholders
  • Certification or formal training in Organizational Development or Change Management
Nice-to-Have:
  • Post-graduate studies or certifications in Change Management, Agile, Project Management, or related disciplines
  • Experience in fast-paced, matrixed, or transformation-driven environments
  • Exposure to HR technologies and collaboration tools such as SuccessFactors, Tableau, JIRA, Confluence, or employee survey platforms
Core Competencies:
  • Organizational design and workforce effectiveness
  • Change management and transformation leadership
  • Facilitation and stakeholder engagement
  • Systems thinking and continuous improvement
  • Data-driven decision making and insight generation
  • Leadership coaching and collaboration
  • Strategic execution and project governance