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The Senior Organization Development & Talent Lead serves as a strategic partner to OCLC leaders, HR senior leaders, and HR Business Partners, advancing enterprise talent and organizational effectiveness priorities. A primary feature of this role is serving as a trusted advisor to leaders at all levels.
This role uses consultative approaches, interpersonal skills, and evidence-based OD practices to assess organizational and talent needs, design scalable solutions, and embed sustainable change. The senior lead plays a critical role as an individual consultant to leaders or teams and structures. This position also engages in talent planning, leadership development, succession, and change initiatives aligned to current and future business strategy.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Consulting & Partnership
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Partner closely with HR leaders and senior leaders to assess organizational and talent needs and deliver applied solutions aligned with business priorities.
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Build trusted advisory relationships with leaders at all levels, providing guidance on team dynamics, talent strategies, structures, and leadership capability.
Leadership & Interpersonal Capabilities
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Strong consulting, influencing, and interpersonal skills across all organizational levels.
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Leadership presence with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
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Ability to navigate organizational complexity, build credibility quickly, and drive alignment.
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Adaptability and comfort with the ability to adjust speed to organizational priorities.
Organization Development & Change Management
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Lead the design and delivery of organization development initiatives, including organization design, change management, manager and team effectiveness, and cultural alignment.
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Apply structured change management methodologies to drive adoption, embed desired behaviors, and ensure integration across HR disciplines.
Talent Management & Leadership Development
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Design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise talent processes including performance management, talent calibrations, succession planning, high-potential identification, and leadership development.
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Partner with HR leadership (including global counterparts) to develop high-potential talent programming.
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Lead competency and experience frameworks, assessment strategies, and measurement approaches to strengthen talent readiness and internal bench strength.
Data, Analytics & Technology
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Leverage talent data, assessments, dashboards, and HR systems (e.g., Workday) to generate insights and inform talent and development strategies.
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Measuring effectiveness of talent initiatives (ROI, readiness, leadership pipeline health) and Linking talent work to business outcomes.
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Collaborate with HRIS, HR Director, OD Consultant, and HR Business Partners to aggregate, analyze, and translate data into actionable recommendations.
Program & Project Leadership
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Lead enterprise-wide talent and OD initiatives requiring matrix leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Supports global initiatives. Designs solutions scalable across regions.
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Partner with external consultants and vendors to design and deliver cost-effective solutions as needed.
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Serves as a subject matter expert and thought partner, influencing enterprise talent strategy and standards.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Instructional Design, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
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10+ years of progressive HR, OD, or Talent Management experience, including significant experience in organization development, leadership development, talent planning, and change management.
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Demonstrated experience consulting with functional leaders and executive leaders on enterprise talent initiatives.
Technical & Professional Skills
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Deep knowledge of OD methodologies, talent management practices, and change management frameworks.
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Proven experience designing and delivering leadership and learning programs using adult learning principles.
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Strong facilitation skills with leadership audiences
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Experience using talent assessment tools (e.g., Birkman, DISC, or similar).
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Strong project and program management capabilities with a bias toward execution.
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High level of comfort using data, analytics, and HR technology to help inform decisions where appropriate.
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Experience integrating emerging HR technologies and AI-enabled tools preferred.
Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
ADA/EAA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
