Associate Principal

Associate Principal

Requisition

24984

Country

France

Location type

Hybrid

State / Province

Paris

City

Paris

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business - synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That's why the world's most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us - for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, our over 9,000 colleagues globally serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core capabilities that span the full talent lifecycle:

* Organizational Strategy

* Assessment and Succession

* Talent Acquisition

* Leadership Development

* Rewards and Benefits

Job description

About Organizational Strategy

Technology. Customers. Markets. They are all changing faster than ever. And businesses are transforming to keep up or keep ahead. Auto brands are selling services, not just cars. Manufacturers are selling data, not just products. Some businesses are pushing into new territories, others are merging. No sector is immune.

Korn Ferry's Organizational Strategy team provides end to end support to organizations who want to transform their business. We help them translate their strategy into something they can operationalize, by aligning both the tangible elements of the organization - people, structure and process - and the intangible elements - motivations, relationships and culture. This enables us to anticipate and react to evolving markets, drive true behavioural and organizational change - and make it stick.

At Korn Ferry we work with leaders to first clarify their strategy, then cascade the results into an operating model, organizational structure and processes. We leverage industry-leading tools and methodologies and work collaboratively with leadership to:

* Align leaders around a shared and compelling purpose.

* Clarify the strategy so it's fit-for-purpose and can be implemented.

* Develop an operating model that manages competing priorities and ensures that everything the business does adds value to the bottom line.

* Design a detailed organizational structure that aligns with the operating model and focuses people on doing the right things.

* Develop effective governance processes that help the organization work.

Purpose of the Position

To deliver organizational strategy, including operating model design, detailed organizational structure design and to be able to develop effective governance processes, as part of project teams, for a variety of clients and industries.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

* Scope, define, and lead transformation interventions using knowledge of the client and market, leveraging expertise in organizational design, analytics, process review, strategy implementation, change management, and behavioural/cultural change.

* Manage engagement delivery, monitoring areas such as client satisfaction, project management, scope, communication, quality, collaboration and profitability.

* Designing and rolling out organizational health checks and diagnostics.

* Understanding the links between leadership, structure, talent, and culture.

* Articulating a compelling case for change and generating commitment for that change within the client organization; coaching client leaders to champion and drive change.

* Facilitate difficult discussions/workshops with leaders (up to Board level) in small/large groups; help balance stakeholder needs, weigh options, prioritize, and make decisions.

Client relationship

* Interface with senior and executives in large organizations, Build relationship for project and beyond

* Act as relationship manager for at least one large and complex client including those with international points of contact and needs.

* Supporting the "translation" of strategic direction onto organizational constructs and organizational capabilities.

Business development & Sales

* Develop business and lead proposals by articulating a compelling vision for transformation; grow existing accounts and identify new business opportunities.

Development of our offerings & solutions

* Proactively enhance our solutions' approach, tools and skill set

The Candidate

Experience and Professional Qualifications

* A relevant higher (Master's or Doctorate) degree plus relevant work experience in a consultancy and/or a client HR/OD function in progressively larger and more complex/high impact client situations.

* Alternatively, significant work experience in a top tier professional services firm.

* Substantial experience solutioning and leading large-scale business transformation and strategy implementation interventions within/for complex, multinational organizations.

* Significant experience in change management and leading project teams.

* Significant business acumen and experience advising senior executives on business challenges across a variety of…