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The Wall Street Journal · 2 months ago

Senior Manager, Organizational Development

NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$145K/yr - $165K/yr

10+ years exp

Dow Jones & Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Organizational Development to enhance the organization's effectiveness strategy through advanced design consultation and strategic change management. The role involves partnering with various leaders to assess and improve organizational health, culture integration, and workforce planning, while also supporting the Change Management Center of Excellence.

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Responsibilities

Partner closely with the broader Talent Management & Development team to design, develop, and implement an integrated Talent strategy, ensuring the focus is on the high impact programs and initiatives that support Dow Jones corporate strategy and goals

Lead complex organizational design and operating model projects to align structure, capabilities, and ways of working with business strategy

Partner with executives and functional leaders to assess organizational effectiveness and design future-ready teams

Provide strategic consulting on capability building, workforce planning, and role architecture to enable scalable growth

Apply data-driven insights, scenario modeling, and diagnostic tools to inform design recommendations

Design and facilitate interventions that enhance team effectiveness, collaboration, and decision-making at the leadership and enterprise level

Partner with cross-functional teams to drive culture integration initiatives post-merger, restructuring, or transformation

Develop frameworks and measures for organizational health

Establish and support the Change Management Center of Excellence (COE) to standardize methodologies, tools, and metrics for enterprise change initiatives

Build organizational change capability by coaching leaders and equipping project teams with effective change management strategies

Serve as an internal OD consultant to senior leaders on strategic initiatives such as transformation, restructuring, and digital enablement

Monitor external trends and emerging practices in OD, organizational design, and change leadership to inform strategy, recommendations, and OD continuous improvement efforts

Qualification

Organizational DevelopmentChange ManagementOrganizational DesignStrategic Workforce PlanningData AnalysisConsultative SkillsCommunication SkillsFacilitation SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Required

A Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, HR, or related field preferred, or equivalent education, or experience preferred

10+ years of progressive experience in Organizational Development, with demonstrated expertise in organizational design, change management, and leadership consulting

A strong understanding of organizational development, design methodologies, strategic workforce planning, and change management best practices with experience translating these into practical application

Experience building scalable organizational models to support business growth

Experience designing, developing, and delivering large-scale, cross-departmental programs and/or strategic change initiatives, culture transformation

Experience collecting, assimilating, and analyzing data, then using the insights to take action

Strong communication, presentation/facilitation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to interact at all levels in the organization

Strong consultative, facilitation, and diagnostic skills