Assoc Dir, Organization Design

Description

Associate Director, Organization Development

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: **

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE**

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Summary

The Associate Director of Organization Development is a member of the Organization Effectiveness & Change (OEC) team within the Enterprise Transformation Office and serves as an internal OD expert. This role consults on and/or leads key strategic initiatives in partnership with business executives, Learning & Development, and HR Business Partners in the areas of organization analysis, organization design and team effectiveness.

• Serves as a subject matter expert in organizational development, using industry principles and best practices.
• Supports the business through consultation, design, and deployment of innovative OD solutions.
• Partners with HRBPs and business stakeholders to define their needs and develop creative solutions in support of business goals.
• Leverages established team effectiveness toolkit to evaluate needs, recommend solutions and facilitate, or support HRBPs in facilitating, team effectiveness sessions with leadership teams and cross-functional workgroups.
• Determines appropriate analysis techniques and leads completion of analyses related to organizational structures, responsibilities, reporting relationships and work processes to determine business unit structures and/or programs that need to be changed and/or implemented to increase organizational effectiveness and meet business goals.
• Synthesizes results into briefings and reports with recommendations for review by HR and Business Unit leadership. Breaks down recommendations into specific projects with defined objectives.
• Leads organization design projects, from developing conceptual design options through detailed design and implementation planning.
• In partnership with OE colleagues, develops and delivers train-the-trainer sessions to broaden OD capabilities across the HR organization.
• Consults on managing change and incorporates change management principles and tactics in the design and implementation of OD solutions.
• Manages a portfolio of complex initiatives that span multiple lines of business.
• Understands interdependencies within an organization and accounts for them in plans and recommendations.
• Works creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Provides status reporting regarding defined milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Participates and/or drives feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

Bachelor’s Degree Required. Advanced Degree Preferred

• 8-10 years’ experience in progressive OD roles
• Expert knowledge of organizational and cultural awareness
• Expert ability to extract insights from data with demonstrated analytical mind set
• Expert ability to communicate complex concepts clearly in both verbal and written form across all levels of the organization
• Expert ability to use facts, expertise and persuasive techniques to influence others, particularly senior leaders
• Expert ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple projects
• Expert ability to adapt style and use persuasion in delivering messages. Develops recommendations to sell ideas or services. Frequently advises others on complex matters.
• Expert ability to adapt style and collaborate effectively to get things done in a dynamic matrix environment
• Strong business acumen
• Proven track record in managing organizational development projects, ideally in a global environment, with both local and geographically dispersed teams
• Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office

Additional Information:

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.