Head of Organizational Effectiveness

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 14

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to join our team as the Sr. Director, Head of Organizational Effectiveness. This pivotal role leads our Change Management, Organizational Design capabilities. This role will partner closely with Organizational Planning & Intelligence and People Analytics to leverage data and analytics to inform organizational health initiatives, as well as the Culture and Engagement team to understand sentiment within the organization.

Additionally, the Head of OE and their team will provide internal consulting services to People Partners and business stakeholders, leveraging internal capacity and external partners when necessary. They will play a critical role in building and implementing consistent frameworks, methodologies, and approaches across the organization to drive excellence and innovation. This is both a hands‑on and leadership position, requiring strong relationship‑building skills with business stakeholders and People Partners (our term for HR Business Partners).

• Lead and oversee the Change Management, Organizational Design, and Job/Work redesign capabilities.
• Develop and implement organizational strategies that align with SPGI’s mission and business objectives.
• Provide visionary leadership and serve as trusted advisor on organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, COE leaders, and People Partners.

• Design and establish consistent frameworks, methodologies, and best practices for organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure these frameworks are integrated and utilized across all business units.

• Develop change management strategies that minimize resistance and maximize employee engagement, along with the tools and resources to execute.
• Partner with the business to consult and support change management initiatives to facilitate smooth transitions during organizational changes.
• Work with leaders to develop great change leadership and capability.

• Oversee organizational design efforts to optimize structures, processes, and roles.
• Provide expertise in restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures.
• Develop tools and resources to provide more consistency and support to People Partners and the businesses they support in guiding OD efforts.

• Partner with senior executives to architect the future of work by translating organizational strategy into actionable workforce transformation initiatives.
• Create scalable and robust frameworks for job redesign and AI augmentation that support business growth and how work is defined, developed and delivered.
• Serve as our ‘dynamic job architecture subject matter expert, providing critical role, task, and capabilities demand strategic recommendations to diverse various technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Bridge the job architecture,‑redesign and organizational design that underpins the demands of our workforce transformation with our skills‑based talent ecosystem and future of work initiatives.

• Deliver internal consulting services to People Partners and business stakeholders.
• Leverage internal team capacity or engage external partners to provide specialized expertise when needed.
• Address specific organizational challenges by offering tailored solutions and strategic advice.

• Partner with Organizational Planning & Intelligence to leverage data and analytics to inform organizational health.
• Utilize workforce data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of initiatives.
• Report on progress, challenges, and successes to senior leadership.

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $136,935 to $257,059. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications. In addition to base…