Senior Organization Design & Change Management Consultant

Cargill • Wayzata, MN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Organization Design & Change Management Consultant leads complex organization design, operating model, and change management initiatives that align structure, culture, talent, and ways of working with business strategy. With minimal supervision, the consultant partners with business leaders, HR business partners, centers of excellence, and corporate strategy and development to assess organizational needs, design practical solutions, and drive adoption of new structures, processes, and behaviors.

The role supports operating model design, organizational assessments, transformation and transaction-related change management, implementation planning, and internal capability building. It is based in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant work experience in organizational transformations, organization design, and change management.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, mobilize cross-functional efforts, and work across global, matrixed organizations.
• Experience designing and leading workshops, training sessions, and/or stakeholder alignment meetings.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in client-facing roles or consulting.
• Organization design or change management certifications.
• Familiarity with organization analytics tools such as org.manager.
• Proven ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to assess organizational effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities.
• Experience supporting people and organizational aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or joint ventures, such as integration or separation planning.

Responsibilities

• Guide design teams through key choices for future-state operating models aligned with business strategy.
• Build and validate hypotheses for translating operating models into organizational structures.
• Facilitate activity analysis to clarify how work evolves into roles, responsibilities, and job descriptions.
• Define success metrics and track implementation, adoption, and performance outcomes.
• Assess operating model effectiveness, including spans and layers, governance, decision rights, role clarity, and ways of working.
• Apply organization design principles and workforce analytics to model options, evaluate tradeoffs, and support leadership decisions.
• Develop and deploy change management deliverables for complex transformations and mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Prepare stakeholder analyses, change impact assessments, readiness and adoption plans, engagement strategies, and communications.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagements to co-create solutions and build ownership.
• Partner with senior leaders, HR business partners, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and sponsorship.
• Lead complex initiatives from end to end by building roadmaps and partnering with leaders on execution.
• Coach and support managers and teams navigating change and transformation.
• Build internal capabilities for centers of excellence, HR business partners, and organizational leaders through training, toolkits, and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program, including medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered and hours worked.
• Eligible for a discretionary incentive award dependent on company and personal performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed