Specialist Organization Alignment

Join WMATA's Human Capital Solutions (HCS) team and help shape the future of our workforce. As our new Organization Alignment Specialist, you will lead strategic initiatives that align workforce capabilities, talent programs, and organizational goals to support WMATA's mission.

In this role, you will help design, validate, and implement WMATA’s competency architecture, creating the foundation for integrated skills, behaviors, and career pathways across the organization. Working with cross-functional partners, you will use job analysis, workforce data, and stakeholder input to develop and manage competency models and career growth frameworks that support employee development and help meet current and future business needs.

Success in this role involves strategic thinking, sound judgment, and innovation, as well as the ability to translate complex concepts and quantitative findings into practical solutions. We are seeking an excellent communicator who can build strong relationships, influence stakeholders at all levels, and clearly communicate ideas and recommendations. The ideal candidate brings experience in competency modeling, assessment and validation methods, emerging technologies, including AI, and the design and execution of large-scale human capital initiatives.

If you are passionate about using workforce data, applied research, and innovative practices to diagnose organizational needs and develop evidence-based solutions, we invite you to join us in shaping WMATA’s workforce of the future.

The Specialist, Organization Alignment assists Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talent by developing and implementing innovative and practical organizational design and talent management solutions, ensuring integration with existing programs, processes, and emerging technologies. The incumbent applies extensive knowledge of the talent management life cycle, specifically in the areas of competency management, workforce planning, career development, Artificial Intelligence (AI) application, and organizational design to provide subject matter expertise, analytical support, and recommendations to client stakeholders.

• Conducts needs analysis to determine organizational needs related to key strategies and business changes and develops and implements organization strategies that support improved future-state organizational design and service delivery. Recommends organization design alternatives, testing them against design criteria, and aligning leadership groups around design selection and implementation.

• Designs, validates, and leads the implementation of competency frameworks and models. Aligns required skills and behaviors to business goals and programmatic requirements. Addresses behavioral, technical, and leadership requirements and guides performance improvement initiatives. As necessary, designs jobs and roles, creates competency models and career paths to aid in the selection and transition of employees.

• Establishes key metrics to accurately define the competencies and skills required for each role/department within the organization. Also establishes individual performance mapping to set up Key Performance Indicator (KPI) frameworks.

• Creates frameworks and tools for performance matrix, development plans, performance plans, and other required documentation needed to support competency models.

• Serves as a subject matter expert and leads the integration of competency architecture into related Human Capital systems (Oracle cloud), processes, and programs (e.g., talent acquisition, training/development, performance management,…