Global HR Organisational Effectiveness Director

Overview

Based in the UK, this leadership role reports directly to the Global HR Director and oversees a team of three. The Global HR Organisational Effectiveness Director is instrumental in driving the strategic and operational aspects of people, organisation design, systems, and change initiatives critical to extensive company-wide transformation projects.

Core Responsibilities

• Partner closely with senior leadership, including the Executive Leadership Team and Transformation Office, to align people and organisation strategies with broader enterprise transformation goals.
• Develop comprehensive HR transformation plans, outlining clear milestones, dependencies, and risk management frameworks.
• Lead the HR segments of transformation workstreams encompassing organisation design, workforce transitions, capability development, communications, engagement, and risk management related to people.
• Define and implement future operating models and organisational structures that reinforce accountability, reduce redundancy, and enhance effectiveness across global business units and support functions.
• Design and execute a global change management strategy including stakeholder engagement, leadership alignment, training programs, and adoption monitoring across diverse international markets.
• Collaborate with Global IT and HR leadership to improve HR system strategies, data governance, and reporting capabilities that support reliable, actionable insights into workforce metrics.
• Strengthen and optimize HR operating models and processes to better support business transformation, drive efficiency, and enhance the overall user experience.

Key Deliverables for First 12-18 Months

• Establishment of a clear HR transformation roadmap aligned with corporate strategies.
• Successful implementation of organisational design changes in prioritized areas.
• Development and deployment of a comprehensive global change management framework and practical tools.
• Improved standards for people data management and consistent HR reporting.
• Updated HR systems roadmap aligned with enterprise-wide system strategies.
• Enhanced governance, risk management, and progress monitoring of HR initiatives.
• Improved organisational effectiveness metrics, including workforce structure, cost, capability, attrition, and engagement.
• A practical, adaptable change adoption model that ensures both global consistency and local flexibility.

Experience & Qualifications

The ideal candidate is an accomplished HR or organisational effectiveness leader with substantial experience in large, complex international settings. They should possess:

• Proven success leading HR and organisational workstreams in large-scale transformation programmes.
• Experience collaborating within global, matrixed, and operationally intensive environments at a scale comparable to multinational corporations.
• Strong skills in change management, including senior stakeholder engagement and adoption assessments.
• Specialised knowledge in organisational effectiveness, HR transformation, organisation design, or people analytics.
• Experience influencing HR systems, workforce data governance, and HR analytics frameworks.

Preferred Backgrounds

• Experience in FTSE 100, Fortune 500, or equivalent multinational firms.
• Familiarity with operationally intensive industries such as business services, facilities and healthcare management, logistics, and telecommunications.
• Work in organisations with widespread branches, regional structures, and significant frontline operations.
• Past roles including Global OE Director, HR Transformation Director, Organisation Design Director, or senior consultant roles focused on organisational effectiveness.

Leadership Attributes

• Ability to connect organisational strategies with business outcomes, demonstrating strategic and commercial acumen.
• High influence and credibility among executive leadership and diverse global stakeholder groups.
• Strong delivery orientation, translating strategic initiatives into effective execution.
• Pragmatism with operational insight ensuring solutions are practical and implementable in complex environments.
• Data-driven mindset leveraging workforce analytics to guide decision-making and measure progress.
• Collaborative approach valuing partnership across multiple business functions.
• Resilience and agility to navigate ambiguity, complex challenges, and varying stakeholder perspectives.