Associate Director, Organizational Effectiveness

S&P Global Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in the UK is looking for an experienced Organizational Effectiveness Consultant. This role involves serving as an internal consultant, designing organizational solutions that align with the company's strategy. Candidates should have significant experience in management consulting or internal organizational initiatives, coupled with strong facilitation and data analysis skills. The company offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits, including options for continuous learning and professional growth.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

Flexible Downtime

Continuous Learning

Family Friendly Perks

Qualifications

• 3+ years in management consulting or 5+ years in internal roles.
• Experience delivering end‑to‑end organizational initiatives.
• Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose how work is done across teams using insights.
• Support job and work redesign efforts aligned with talent vision.
• Design change management strategies to minimize disruption.

Skills

Strong facilitation and stakeholder management

Structured problem-solver

Excellent communication skills

Data-savvy

Strong project management skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Psychology

Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS in OD/IO Psychology)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and pragmatic Organizational Effectiveness (OE) Consultant to join S&P Global's People team. In this role, you will serve as an internal consultant to business leaders, People Partners (HRBPs), and Centers of Excellence to design and implement organizational solutions that enable our strategy and accelerate performance. The OE team leads our change management, organizational design, and job/work redesign capabilities and partners closely with Organizational Planning & Intelligence, People Analytics, and Culture & Engagement to understand organizational health and sentiment.

Responsibilities

• Organizational Assessment & Design
  • Diagnose how work is done across teams, functions, and regions using qualitative and quantitative insights.
  • Translate business strategy into operating model and organizational design choices.
  • Design clear roles, accountabilities, and ways of working that improve effectiveness, speed, and collaboration.
  • Develop options that balance efficiency, scalability, risk, and employee experience.
• Job & Work Re‑Design / Future of Work
  • Support job and work redesign efforts aligned with S&P Global's skills‑based talent vision.
  • Analyze critical work, roles, and tasks to identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and AI augmentation.
  • Contribute to scalable frameworks, tools, and guidelines for job architecture and work redesign.
  • Connect organizational design and work redesign outputs to talent, skills and rewards programs.
• Change Management & Implementation
  • Design and execute change management strategies and plans that minimize disruption and increase adoption.
  • Develop stakeholder analyses, change impact assessments and practical change plans.
  • Integrate change leadership with delivery by building feedback loops and adjusting plans based on field insights.
  • Coach leaders and managers to be effective change sponsors and communicators.
• Internal Consulting & Stakeholder Partnership
  • Act as a trusted adviser to People Partners and business stakeholders.
  • Facilitate executive and cross functional working sessions that drive decisions, alignment and clear next steps.
  • Collaborate with external consulting partners where appropriate.
• Data, Insights & Measurement
  • Partner with Organizational Planning & Intelligence and People Analytics to use workforce data to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Translate data and diagnostics into clear, actionable narratives and recommendations.
  • Define success measures, KPIs and benefits tracking for OE and change initiatives and monitor progress.
• Frameworks, Tools & Capability Building
  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of OE frameworks, methodologies, playbooks, and toolkits.
  • Build capability in People Partners and business leaders through coaching, training and practical guides.
  • Share lessons learned, case studies and reusable assets to advance OE practice maturity across the People team.

Qualifications

• Education – Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field; advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS in OD/IO Psychology) is an asset.
• Experience – 3+ years in management consulting or 5+ years in internal roles delivering end‑to‑end organizational or change initiatives where something new launched and stuck.
• Skills & Capabilities
  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder management across levels.
  • Structured problem‑solver able to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into clear insights.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling and slide development skills; adept at creating executive‑ready materials.
  • Data‑savvy: able to interpret dashboards, KPIs and organizational metrics and use them to inform design and measure impact.
  • Strong project and time‑management skills; able to manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a global, matrixed environment.
• Preferred
  • Experience with operating model / organization design (roles, spans & layers, governance forums, decision rights).
  • Experience in program, transformation or portfolio management; familiarity with Agile or iterative delivery approaches.
  • Prior experience supporting or working closely with corporate/enterprise functions (Technology, Finance, Commercial, HR/People, Operations).

Benefits & Compensation

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $102,387 to $176,946.75. Final base salary will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

Benefits include Health & Wellness; Flexible Downtime; Continuous Learning; Invest in Your Future; Family Friendly Perks; Beyond the Basics.

Our Values

• Integrity, Discovery, Partnership