Senior Culture & Experience Consultant

RTI International; Few (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI International is seeking a Senior Culture & Experience Consultant to design and deliver initiatives that enhance enterprise culture and employee experience. You will work across culture, employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and enterprise change, offering expertise in listening, belonging, and change management.

This role combines consulting, facilitation, data insights, communications, and program execution to translate priorities into practical, measurable solutions and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of related experience.
• Master’s Degree with 12 years of related experience.
• PhD with 8 years of related experience.
• Fields may include Human Resources, Organizational Development, IO Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Business, or Communications.
• Strong consulting and relationship-building skills with leaders and stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver integrated initiatives that strengthen enterprise culture and employee experience.
• Translate priorities and insights into practical programs, experiences, tools, and leader interventions.
• Consult with HR and business leaders to diagnose needs and support organizational change.
• Design and facilitate workshops, listening sessions, and team interventions to strengthen connection and collaboration.
• Apply qualitative and quantitative data to identify trends, inform decisions, and measure impact.
• Lead projects from concept through implementation, communications, and measurement.
• Develop change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, tools, and leader enablement materials.
• Build partnerships across HR, Communications, and business functions to advance priorities.
• Serve as portfolio lead or key contributor in areas like employee experience, belonging, and change management.
• Contribute flexibly across the Culture & Experience portfolio as needs evolve.

Skills

Consulting

Relationship-building

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Why RTI

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world’s most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach-one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

About the Hiring Group

We are currently seeking a Senior Culture & Experience Consultant to design and deliver integrated initiatives that strengthen enterprise culture and employee experience and help employees, leaders, and teams navigate change, strengthen connection, and perform effectively.

Working as a generalist across culture, employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and enterprise change, the role also provides deeper expertise in one or more portfolio areas, such as employee listening, belonging, or change and organizational development.

This role combines consulting, facilitation, data and insights, communications, and program execution to translate enterprise priorities into practical, measurable solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise culture, employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and change initiatives.
• Translate organizational priorities, culture aspirations, and employee insights into practical programs, experiences, tools, and leader interventions.
• Consult with HR and business leaders to diagnose needs, recommend integrated solutions, and support significant organizational change and enterprise initiatives.
• Design and facilitate workshops, listening sessions, focus groups, team interventions, and other experiences that strengthen connection, collaboration, role clarity, and effectiveness.
• Apply qualitative and quantitative employee data, organizational insights, research, and leading practices to identify trends, inform decisions, and measure impact.
• Lead projects and workstreams from concept through implementation, communications, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Develop change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, toolkits, resources, and leader enablement materials that support understanding, adoption, and sustain new ways of working.
• Build partnerships across HR, Communications, business functions, and enterprise stakeholders to advance shared culture and experience priorities.
• Serve as a portfolio lead, subject‑matter resource, or key contributor in one or more areas, including employee experience and listening, belonging and connection, or change and organizational development.
• Contribute flexibly across the Culture & Experience portfolio as organizational priorities, team capacity, and business needs evolve.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree and 15 years of related experience, Master’s degree and 12 years of related experience, PhD and 8 years of related experience. Relevant fields may include Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Business, Communications, or a related discipline Strong consulting and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to work effectively with leaders and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Ability to connect enterprise priorities, employee needs, and organizational insights to practical, integrated solutions. Strong facilitation, communication, influence, and stakeholder‑engagement skills.
• Demonstrated program and project management capability, including managing multiple priorities in a changing environment.
• Ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data, identify patterns, and translate insights into recommendations and measures of impact.
• Working knowledge of culture, employee experience, organizational effectiveness, belonging, and change management principles.
• Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, learn quickly, and adapt portfolio responsibilities as organizational needs evolve.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office.

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EEO & Pay Equity Statements

For San Francisco, CA USA Job Postings Only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Further information is availablehere.

RTI accepts applications to our job openings from candidates with criminal histories or conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

For Applicants in Massachusetts Only:It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States. RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.

Equal Pay Act Minimum/Range

$180,000.00-$225,000.00