Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness

Edwards Lifesciences Corp•Irvine, CA

58d•$136,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you'll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives. Edwards is looking for a Senior Manager of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) to join our Organizational Effectiveness team. Our Organizational Effectiveness team is a tight knit internal consulting team responsible for running multiple strategic projects across different Business Units, regions, and functions at Edwards Lifesciences. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact to a wide variety of functional areas within our multibillion-dollar global organization. Our ideal candidate possesses a management consulting background with proven experiences in leading a cross-functional teams to deliver strategic projects that are high-profile and fast. This role will partner with Executive Leadership, HR Leaders, and business stakeholders to address the people and organization factors as Edwards scales for growth. This position will be on-site located at our Irvine headquarters.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science or other related technical areas and 10 years direct experience in Organizational Effectiveness (e.g., OE/Workforce Planning/ or organizational design strategy, including business case analysis and communications) or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
Or a Master's degree in engineering, Computer Science or other related technical areas and 8 years of experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
Occasional travel, up to 30% annually, may be required to support business needs

Nice To Haves

Strong technical/science-based backgrounds that foster systems thinking, or management consulting experience with strong facilitation and problem-solving skills
Expert Business understanding of organizational effectiveness
Excellent presentation and facilitation skill
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
Proven success in managing two or more concurrent projects and initiatives
Recognized as an expert in one area (e.g., Organizational Design, OCM, Workforce Planning) with specialized depth within the organization
Expert knowledge and understanding of EW policies, procedures, and requirements as it relates to organizational effectiveness
Excellent leadership and influencing skills
Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion
Strict attention to detail
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
Ability to represent leadership on projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and team
Ability to consult in project setting within specific area
Provide leadership to outsourcing partners on a task level

Responsibilities

Lead a team of OE and OCM professionals to support the Business and HR leaders in delivering key strategic talent and org imperatives and/or OE initiatives
Collaborate with key partners to the develop Edwards-wide org & talent strategies and imperatives to enable business objectives over the 7-year strategy horizon
Consult on enterprise wide, high impact business initiatives, with focus on the people and organizational impact to ensure ROI on significant initiatives
Partner with the business & HR leaders to build Talent & Org Strategies and capability plans to enable Edwards for rapid growth
Plan and direct initiatives including prioritizing and selecting appropriate projects with overall responsibility for meeting business objectives
Direct initiatives with overall responsibility of planning, staffing, managing priorities, recommending, and implementing changes to methods through several managers
Continue to build out and elevate Edwards Org Change Management capability, advocate "change management" knowledge and capabilities into the organization
Develop a robust talent development and succession planning in alignment with functional growth strategies across the global organizational effectiveness team
Direct responsibility for assessing and building organizational effectiveness capabilities within direct team, global HR organization, and across the EW organization

Benefits

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

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