Director, HR Solutions & Transformation

Lumen

Olympia (WA)

Remote

USD 167,000 - 223,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Lumen is driving AI-enabled transformation and enterprise change across its US footprint. The Director of HR Solutions partners with senior leaders and COEs to design workforce strategies, impacts of AI adoption, and change management practices that enable enterprise transformation.

This remote role demands strong leadership, strategic advisory skills, and a track record of delivering measurable outcomes. The role focuses on organizational design, workforce readiness, and cross-functional

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in HR, Organizational Development, or related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive HR experience with expertise in organizational design, workforce transformation, change management and related disciplines.
4+ years of direct or matrixed leadership experience.
Demonstrated experience assessing and addressing the people implications of transformation, including organizational redesign, operational model evolution, workforce planning, role design, capability development, and change adoption.
Deep expertise in organizational design and effectiveness, including organizational structures, spans and layers, decision rights, governance, team effectiveness, and organization diagnostics, with the ability to develop recommendations and guide senior leaders through organizational tradeoffs and decisions.
Demonstrated working knowledge of generative AI and AI agents, including their impact on workforce design and operating models, with a commitment to responsible AI practices and continuous learning.
Strong executive experience with demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, influence senior leaders and executive stakeholders, facilitate alignment and drive decisions across complex, matrixed organization.
Exceptional organizational, consulting, problem-solving, and strategic execution capabilities, with the ability to lead multiple high priority initiatives simultaneously.
Strong analytical skills and business acumen with the ability to leverage data and insights to inform decisions, develop recommendations, and drive measurable business outcomes.
High learning agility and ability to thrive in ambiguity, navigate complexity, and adapt to shifting priorities in a rapidly evolving business environment.
Self-motivated, self-directed leader with a continuous improvement mindset and a passion for enabling organization transformation and enterprise change.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic advisor to senior business leaders on enterprise transformation initiatives, including AI-enabled ways of working and evolving business operating models, ensuring organizational impacts, people implications, and change requirements are identified and addressed.
Advise leaders on the people implications of AI adoption and technology-enabled transformation, including organizational capabilities, role redesign, workforce planning, skills evolution and change readiness.
Lead multiple cross-functional initiatives to assess organizational impacts and develop integrated people strategies that advance business transformation, organizational effectiveness, workforce readiness, and employee experience.
Lead the development and execution of organizational design and workforce strategies that align with evolving business operating models, improve organizational effectiveness, clarify accountability, and enable sustained transformation.
Lead enterprise change management strategies that enable a successful transformation, ensuring organizational readiness, stakeholder alignment, capability building, adoption, and measurable business outcomes.
Collaborate closely with project sponsors and cross-functional teams to define initiative scope, deliverables, resource requirements, success measures, work plan, implementation strategies, change plans, and governance frameworks.
Drive effective execution of transformation initiatives by ensuring timely delivery of milestones and deliverables, facilitating effective project and stakeholder meetings, providing progress updates, and driving accountability throughout the transformation lifecycle.
Identify and mitigate transformation risks, inform initiative prioritization, and integrate employee engagement, experience, and capability-building strategies to enable lasting adoption and long-term transformation success.