Director - Organisational Strategy

MAKE STRATEGY A REALITY | ACCELERATE YOUR GROWTH | CHOOSE YOUR PATH

As the world's leading change and transformation consultancy, we're helping businesses move from strategy to reality by taking a pragmatic and practical approach to build solutions that last.
We're seeking a Director in London in Organisational Strategy practice to help us take vision to value and create lasting impact.

SUMMARY

We help our clients grow and become more customer-centric and make-for-change businesses by modernising client operations and transforming their workforce. You will work alongside our industry and practice leaders, identifying opportunities and shaping and delivering work to make this happen. 

You will work across FTSE 100 and the largest public sector clients and be able to bring deep knowledge of the latest workforce/people thinking into business transformation engagements. You will work and lead collaborative teams, bringing together talent and people strategy, operating model, organisational design, and talent/career development to embed results with our clients.

You will be comfortable working at an enterprise level, but also confident in bringing leading-edge perspectives to senior HR professionals and/or other functional leaders with workforce challenges.


YOU WILL:
 

• Use your knowledge of workforce transformation strategy and design to influence senior clients and bring a workforce lens to organisational design, processes, and ways of working. You will be expected to collaboratively design strategies, align leaders, and manage project scope in ambiguous environments, delivering desired business outcomes and high-quality deliverables.

• You will work closely with other Strategy Practice colleagues to bring cross-capability expertise as integrated solutions to clients.

• Actively drive business development through the identification of new opportunities with new and existing clients and shaping and leading proposal development. Influence senior buyers through expertise, market knowledge, and across workforce transformation to support business growth.

• Participate in Strategy Practice initiatives to build and grow our approach to driving customer-centric businesses by modernising client operations and transforming their workforce? objectives.

• Contribute to the formal development of tools, methodologies and go-to-market applications, and inspire innovative approaches and techniques.

• Nurture talent in a high-growth team, building scale as we expand our business and promoting our people-centric culture as an ambassador for driving a great working experience.

IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE:
 

• 10+ years' professional, hands-on experience in workforce transformation at an established consultancy and/or experience working in industry within an HR, People, Employee Engagement/Experience or Workforce transformation function.

• A demonstrated track record of successfully working on large, complex consulting engagements. This will include leading the Workforce / People transformation strategy and design.

• Evidenced history of delivering projects across workforce transformation initiatives, including organisation and operating model re-design, people strategy, upskilling/reskilling, HR transformation, strategic workforce planning, talent management and more.

• Experience using practical tools and methodologies in workforce engagement, employee experience strategy development and operating model design.

• An ability to build, lead and develop teams in thinking in a design-led, employee and/or customer-focused way.

• Successful business development focus, specifically in crafting proposals and pitching to clients. Establishing immediate credibility with C-suite clients to build consensus and achieve goals through influence.

Total Rewards associated with this position include a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial security. Unique perks include flexible time off, a private medical plan, a health cash plan, a workplace savings scheme (including ISAs and GIAs), and enhanced parental leave.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United Kingdom, without the need for visa sponsorship by North Highland. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided, either now or in the future, for this position.

North Highland is an equal opportunity employer, and we adhere to all applicable laws and regulations to ensure a fair and equitable workplace. All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We handle all information in accordance local privacy standards and maintain strict confidentiality.