Director of People-Centric Transformation

Royal Holloway; Egham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Holloway, University of London, is seeking an exceptional Director of Organisational Development, Culture and Transformation to shape our People, Culture and Transformation agenda and support RH2030s strategy.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will lead organisational development, culture and leadership effectiveness, and oversee change adoption across a large, complex institution. This hybrid role requires on-campus presence 3–4 days weekly.

Qualifications

• You will bring significant senior-level experience across organisational development, culture and transformation.
• Expertise in organisation design, leadership effectiveness, culture change and change adoption.
• Experience of leading the people-centred dimensions of major organisational change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the University’s OD, culture and people-centred transformation agenda.
• Shape organisation design and improve organisational effectiveness, collaboration and accountability.
• Develop consistent approaches, frameworks and tools for sustainable change.
• Build leadership and management capability to lead through complexity and change.
• Help leaders engage teams, address cultural barriers and embed new ways of working.
• Use organisational insight, workforce data and evidence to prioritise activity and evaluate impact.
• Lead and develop a high-performing OD and Change team with strong internal consultancy capability.

Job description

Royal Holloway, University of London, is seeking an exceptional Director of Organisational Development, Culture and Transformation to shape our People, Culture and Transformation agenda and support RH2030s strategy.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will lead organisational development, culture and leadership effectiveness, and oversee change adoption across a large, complex institution. This hybrid role requires on-campus presence 3–4 days weekly.