Global Head of People – Major Projects & Programs

Worley; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley in Houston, USA, seeks a Senior Group People Director to lead the People and organisation agenda for Worley’s Major Projects & Programs (MPP). You will translate business priorities into integrated workforce, talent and organisational strategies to strengthen project delivery capability and leadership effectiveness.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will advise senior leaders on workforce planning, global mobilisation, organisation design, succession, culture and employee

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, organisational development, psychology or a relevant field, or equivalent directly relevant experience.
• Significant People leadership experience in large project-based, consulting, engineering, construction, infrastructure, energy or resources organisations.
• Experience as a principal People partner to senior executives responsible for major project delivery, project portfolios or global delivery organisations.
• Deep expertise in strategic workforce planning, global mobilisation and deployment, organisation design, succession, executive talent management, leadership development, culture and large-scale change.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including project delivery models, resource planning, labour markets, workforce cost and workforce risk management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Group Executive President, MPP, the MPP leadership team and project executives to translate portfolio, project and customer priorities into integrated People plans with clear outcomes.
• Lead strategic workforce planning across the MPP portfolio, anticipating capacity constraints, scarce-skill requirements, critical capability gaps and material workforce risks.
• Develop strategies to secure, mobilise, deploy, redeploy and retain project talent and specialist capability globally, balancing schedules, customer commitments, cost, risk and employee experience.
• Shape leadership and talent strategies, including executive and senior leadership succession, talent reviews, leadership assessment, development, mobility and hiring actions.
• Coach senior leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness, team performance, decision quality, accountability and project execution capability.
• Lead organisation design, operating-model and transformation initiatives, including project start-ups, transitions, restructuring, integrations and close-outs.
• Oversee complex workforce and employee-relations matters, ensuring appropriate governance, risk management and compliance.
• Mobilise People Business Partners, People Strategy & Governance and Global Process Owners, People Operations and regional People teams around MPP priorities.
• Lead, coach and develop People professionals supporting MPP, building project and commercial acumen, disciplined execution and enterprise orientation.
• Represent MPP within the People Leadership Team and contribute to enterprise People strategy, governance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic workforce planning

People partner to senior executives

Global mobilisation

Organisation design

Analytical judgment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Job description

Worley in Houston, USA, seeks a Senior Group People Director to lead the People and organisation agenda for Worley’s Major Projects & Programs (MPP). You will translate business priorities into integrated workforce, talent and organisational strategies to strengthen project delivery capability and leadership effectiveness.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will advise senior leaders on workforce planning, global mobilisation, organisation design, succession, culture and employee