Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation

Kone México; Espoo; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking a Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation in Espoo, Finland, with flexibility for a European time zone. You will translate transformation priorities into actionable plans, drive programs across planning, execution, adoption and outcome tracking, and partner with senior leaders to ensure measurable business value and disciplined execution.

Your role requires strong program leadership, structured problem solving, and the ability to influence across global

Qualifications

• Proven track record in strategic problem solving and transformation management.
• Experience delivering measurable business impact in international, fast-moving environments.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management with evidence of effective senior-level influence.

Responsibilities

• Translate transformation priorities into decision-ready project plans with clear scope and KPIs.
• Drive programs from planning to adoption, tracking benefits and value realization.
• Build integrated plans across workstreams and surface interdependencies for global impact.
• Prepare executive materials and run LT meetings to enable faster, evidence-based decisions.

Skills

Strategic problem solving

Transformation management

Senior stakeholder influence

Facilitation skills

Data-driven decision making

Tools

AI tools for productivity

Data analytics tools

Job description

The People & Communications team enables business performance and competitiveness through engaged and capable people, strong reputation management, impactful internal and external communications and great employee experience. We bring KONE’s strategy to life, supporting competence, capability and culture development as well as strengthening the KONE purpose and company story for all our stakeholders. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of topics, while also working closely with our businesses, to help drive the People and Communications agenda. We are looking for a high-impact Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation to join KONE’s (E&T) team. This is a strategic problem-solving role for someone who can combine structured program leadership, analytical thinking and senior stakeholder influence to help People & Communications (P&C) deliver measurable business value, accelerate transformation execution and build the organizational capabilities KONE needs for the future. Success in this role is not measured by activity, meetings or materials. It is measured by clear decisions, visible business impact disciplined execution and adoption globally. Your short-term focus will be on strategic P&C transformation priorities, while also supporting integration readiness, people insights and selected E&T priorities that require strong program leadership, senior stakeholder alignment and follow-through. This role is for someone energized by complexity, high expectations and visible impact: a strategic program solver who brings structure, challenges constructively and turns ambiguous transformation topics into measurable progress. This role is located in Espoo, Finland, with flexibility for another location within a European time zone. This role reports to the SVP, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation.

Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation

What you will deliver

Translate P&C transformation priorities into decision ready project plans with clear scope, outcomes, milestones, owners, risks, dependencies, KPIs and business value. Drive selected E&T and P&C transformation programs from planning to execution, adoption, benefit tracking and impact review: turning operating model choices, capability shifts and governance decisions into plans that reduce duplication, release capacity and clarify ownership. Support possible KONE-TKE integration‑related P&C planning by building integrated plans across workstreams, surfacing interdependencies, clarifying people and organization implications, tracking risks and ensuring disciplined execution. Facilitate selected P&C LT meetings, workshops and working sessions so each session results in clear choices, decisions, owners and next actions. Prepare decision‑ready executive materials, agendas, pre‑reads and proposals to support the EVP and SVP in P&C, P&C LT and other senior forums so leaders can make faster, better and more evidence‑based decisions. Build simple, meaningful scorecards to track transformation progress, value realization, risks, decisions and adoption, translating data into executive insight and practical actions. Build stakeholder alignment across P&C and business stakeholders in a way that reduces rework, accelerates implementation and improves adoption.

What success will be measured

Key E&T priority projects have clear scope, outcomes, governance, timelines, owners, risks, dependencies and KPIs within agreed timeframes. Strategic P&C transformation workstreams progress against agreed milestones, with visible capacity release, reduced duplication, clearer ownership and improved execution discipline. P&C LT and other senior forums result in clear decisions, documented owners, timely follow‑up and improved decision quality. Transformation outcomes are evidenced through cycle time reduction, productivity improvement, efficiency gains, adoption, stakeholder satisfaction, quality of decisions and capability uplift. Scorecards and progress reporting provide leaders with clear visibility on transformation status, value realization, risks, decision needs and actions required. Integration‑related P&C planning has visible interdependencies, risks, decision needs, people and organization implications and measurable progress across agreed workstreams.

What we’re looking for

Strong track record in strategic problem solving, transformation management, management consulting or complex business change in an international, fast-moving environment, with evidence of delivering measurable business impact. Proven ability to turn ambiguous, strategic topics into clear plans, decision ready options, practical deliverables, accountable owners and visible progress. Experience from management consulting and/or people, HR or P&C transformation is highly valued, ideally combined with exposure to operating model development, strategy implementation, integration planning or large-scale business transformation. Excellent facilitation skills, with the courage and judgment to lead senior stakeholder discussions, clarify choices, surface trade‑offs, challenge constructively and drive committed decisions. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence through trust, logic, collaboration, high‑quality preparation and fact‑based recommendations. Ability to drive progress in a matrix environment where ownership is distributed, priorities require alignment and results depend on influence rather than formal authority. Understanding of people processes, business partnering, shared services, people analytics, strategic workforce planning, organization design, change management, leadership forum governance or integration execution. Strong analytical mindset and ability to use data, business cases, KPIs, milestones, workforce insights and evidence to improve prioritization, decisions and execution quality. Comfortable using AI and digital tools to improve productivity, quality of insights, executive communication and program transparency, with a practical understanding of how automation and digital ways of working can simplify P&C work, reduce manual effort and release capacity for higher‑value activities. High standards for quality, accountability and pace, with a strong bias for execution and the ability to distinguish between activity and real value creation. Comfort operating in high‑ambiguity, high‑visibility and time‑critical situations where priorities may change and strong judgment is required.

Why join us

A rare opportunity to shape how P&C enables KONE’s transformation, business performance, integration readiness and future operating model in a truly global company. High visibility role at the center of the P&C, organizational effectiveness, people insights, AI‑enabled ways of working, leadership forum effectiveness and integration execution. At KONE, you will join a diverse international community shaping the future of cities and enabling safe, sustainable and intelligent people flow for millions of people every day. You will be part of an ambitious team where clarity, practical problem solving, high standards and measurable impact matter.

For additional information please contact Sanna Valtonen, Senior Vice President, People & Communications Operations Development and Services, [e-mail].

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At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow®. In 2025, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11.2 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.