Strategic Leader, Organization Design & Operating Models

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. seeks an Executive Director of Organization Design who will lead enterprise-wide design efforts translating business strategy into practical operating models and governance.

This hands-on senior role requires deep expertise in structure, decision rights, and ways of working within a global matrix. You will leverage workforce data, develop clear design options, advise senior leaders, and drive change management to realize future-state organizations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in operating model design or organizational effectiveness.
• Experience guiding senior executives through operating model choices in a global, matrixed organization.
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide organization design and operating model engagements translating strategy into design principles.
• Assess organizational challenges using qualitative and quantitative evidence and identify root causes.
• Use workforce data (spans, layers, cost, management ratios) to inform design decisions; partner with analytics teams.
• Develop and compare design options, clearly explaining benefits, risks, dependencies and tradeoffs.
• Advise senior leaders on critical organizational decisions and facilitate alignment and decisions.
• Translate chosen direction into future-state structures, governance, interaction models, and ways of working.
• Lead change management for organization and operating model redesigns, including stakeholder alignment and adoption planning.
• Build methodologies, tools, standards and playbooks for organization design and operating model efforts.

Skills

Organization design

Operating model design

Change management

Executive communication

Stakeholder facilitation

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. seeks an Executive Director of Organization Design who will lead enterprise-wide design efforts translating business strategy into practical operating models and governance.

This hands-on senior role requires deep expertise in structure, decision rights, and ways of working within a global matrix. You will leverage workforce data, develop clear design options, advise senior leaders, and drive change management to realize future-state organizations.