Senior Lead - Organisation Design and Implementation
On-siteMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end delivery of Organisation Design & Implementation initiatives, including operating model development, restructuring, M&A people streams, and workforce transformation. Conduct organisational diagnostics to identify risks and recommendations, then develop evidence-based implementation plans that balance business outcomes with workforce experience. Lead cross-functional project teams, manage interdependencies, and drive decision-making through critical path analysis and risk mitigation. Provide strategic advice to senior business leaders on operating model design and implementation considerations while supporting governance, budget, and resource management. Account for administrative people management responsibilities and the professional development of OD&I Consultants.
Required Qualifications
- Depth and breadth of experience in at least one of the OD&I core capabilities: organisation design, operating model design, restructuring, M&A people streams, workforce transformation, location strategy or data management
- Proven experience leading complex people, workforce or business transformation initiatives from mobilisation through to implementation
- Strong understanding of organisation design principles, operating model design, workforce analysis, role design, governance and implementation planning
- Ability to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders, including business leaders, T&C Business Partners and cross-functional delivery partners
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams or project teams to execute complex business change and deliver agreed outcomes
- Strong project and program management experience, including governance, critical path analysis, dependency management, issue and risk management, stakeholder management, and support for budget, resource and scope management
- Ability to quickly understand complex business problems, diagnose root causes and develop practical, evidence-based solutions
- Strong consulting, problem-solving and facilitation skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and bring stakeholders together around clear recommendations
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear papers, updates, recommendations and executive-level messaging
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline
- Experience in supporting the professional development and capability uplift of teams
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