Director, Transformation Office

Albemarle • Charlotte, NC

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind. Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet. Albemarle is hiring for a Director, Transformation Office. This position is hybrid and located in Charlotte, NC. As Director, Transformation Office, you will support the Chief Transformation Officer and the enterprise transformation office by driving rigorous program management, executive synthesis, cross-functional coordination, and value capture. This role serves as a trusted and challenging thought partner to pillar sponsors, workstream leaders, and initiative owners—elevating decision quality, strengthening plans, and helping ensure delivery of enterprise value across the transformation portfolio. This role is defined by three core responsibilities: D riving transformation performance and value realization across the portfolio, S erving as a trusted challenger and thought partner to senior leaders, and T ranslating complex performance data into clear executive insights and decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Operations, or a related field
• Approximately 6 - 10 years of experience in management consulting, transformation, PMO, strategic program leadership, operating model redesign, or enterprise performance improvement roles
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise transformations, cost and productivity programs, operating model redesign, or large-scale cross-functional change initiatives
• Strong executive communication and presentation capabilities, including the ability to synthesize complex information into concise leadership materials and recommendations
• Proven ability to challenge assumptions constructively, influence senior leaders, and drive accountability without direct line ownership
• Strong program management discipline with experience tracking KPIs, milestones, risks, dependencies, and value realization across a portfolio of initiatives

Nice To Haves

• MBA or other advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Experience in a top-tier strategy consulting or transformation advisory environment strongly p ref erred
• Approximately 2+ years of post-MBA consulting experience in transformation, performance improvement, or strategic execution
• Experience in industrials, chemicals, mining, manufacturing, energy, or energy-transition sectors
• Experience working with executive governance processes, transformation offices, enterprise PMOs, or value capture offices
• Track record of operating effectively in high-visibility roles that require sound judgment, executive presence, and the ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments

Responsibilities

• Serve as a constructive challenger to pillar sponsors, workstream leaders, and initiative owners—stress-testing assumptions and elevating plans to be more ambitious, executable, and aligned to enterprise value
• Operate as a senior extension of the Chief Transformation Officer, reinforcing expectations, driving alignment, and selectively intervening to sustain performance momentum across the transformation
• Drive performance rigor across initiatives by identifying underperformance early, challenging root causes, and ensuring clear actions are clearl y defin ed and owned
• Coordinate across multiple transformation workstreams and functional teams to maintain alignment, sequencing, and delivery discipline
• Support executive governance processes, leadership reviews, and decision-making forums with clear recommendations and actionable insights
• Develop concise executive-level materials, strategic synthesis, and performance updates for senior leadership
• Translate complex transformation performance into clear, concise executive narratives that drive decision-making and alignment
• Track KPIs, milestones, risks, dependencies, and value capture – en suring o utcomes a re cred ible, me as urabl e and r ealize d (n ot just r eporte d)
• Escalate risks, gaps, bottlenecks, and underperformance proactively to enable timely intervention and decision-making
• Identify and help resolve cross-functional barriers that could slow delivery or reduce impact
• Support prioritization and evolution of the transformation portfolio through data-driven insights, scenario analysis, and clear trade-off recommendations to lea dership
• Transformation initiatives are delivered against plan with clear visibility to value, risks, and mitigation actions
• Underperformance is surfaced early, with clear root cause and corrective actions in place
• Pillar sponsors and initiative owners operate with higher rigor, accountability, and consistency
• Executive leadership has clear, concise views of performance and key decisions
• Cross-functional bottlenecks are proactively identified and resolved before impacting delivery
• The transformation office is viewed as a critical driver of performance—not just reporting

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director