Sr. Director, Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management

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Daikin Applied is seeking a Senior Director, Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management who is responsible for advancing Daikin Applied's enterprise transformation and organizational effectiveness agenda in support of profitable growth. Reporting directly to SVP, Human Resources and serving as a member of the HR Leadership Team, this role partners with executive leaders to design and implement organizational structures, operating models, and enterprise change strategies that improve business performance, increase organizational effectiveness, and enable sustainable growth.

This leader serves as a trusted enterprise advisor on major business transformation initiatives, organizational redesign efforts, operating model evolution, shared services, and post-acquisition integration. While the role is primarily focused on enterprise change management, it also serves as the organization's primary point of expertise for organizational design and effectiveness. The role requires a balance of strategic thought leadership and hands-on execution, including facilitating executive discussions, leading complex projects, building practical solutions, coaching leaders, and driving implementation through measurable adoption and business results.

This role will partner with executive leadership to develop change strategies that accelerate business results while leading the execution of critical change initiatives. This role requires a unique balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution—the ability to influence executives, build enterprise capability, and also roll up their sleeves to solve problems, develop practical solutions, create deliverables, coach leaders, and drive implementation.

Success in this role requires an enterprise-minded leader who can connect organization and change strategies to growth, profitability, productivity, and business performance. The ideal candidate has led multiple complex, cross-functional transformations and organizational design efforts, earns credibility with senior executives, and can move seamlessly between strategic advisory work and hands-on delivery.

Success will be measured by the organization's ability to execute transformation, accelerate adoption of strategic initiatives, improve operating model effectiveness, strengthen organizational capability, and build scalable change and organizational design practices across the enterprise. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location:

Plymouth, MN, Hybrid

What You Will Do:

Lead enterprise change management and organizational effectiveness strategies that drive business transformation, growth, and productivity

Partner with executive leaders to design and implement organizational structures, operating models, and workforce transformation initiatives

Lead large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs from strategy through execution, adoption, and sustained results

Develop and execute change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, coaching, and readiness planning

Assess organizational effectiveness and recommend solutions that improve performance, scalability, governance, and workforce productivity

Establish enterprise frameworks, tools, and best practices for change management, organizational design, and effectiveness

Build organizational capability by coaching leaders, managers, and HR partners while leading high-impact enterprise initiatives

Define and monitor success metrics to measure adoption, organizational performance, and business outcomes

What’s in it for you:

The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth

The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business, or a related field
10+ years of progressive experience in organizational effectiveness, change management, organizational design, enterprise transformation, consulting, or HR, including 6+ years of people leadership experience

Proven success leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation and change initiatives in complex organizations

Deep expertise in organizational design, operating model transformation, workforce…