Organisations Design Director

Smith+Nephew

Director shaping work, talent, and organisational models in AI-environment at Smith+Nephew. Leading Digital Talent Win Room, ensuring agile talent activation and organisational agility.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeAndover • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $136,000 - $194,125 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Digital Talent Win Room as a core operating model
Partner across HR COEs to create the vision and roadmap for an evolved digital talent experience
Oversee the DTWR for a six-month period
Manage an agile interim cross-Center of Excellence team comprising approximately five CoE leads
Set and evolve DTWR vision, roadmap, and value proposition aligned to enterprise priorities
Own end-to-end delivery of digital talent outcomes from demand through deployment
Lead cross-CoE agile pod and manage backlog, priorities, and delivery rhythm
Embed a candidate-centric, design-led approach to talent solutions
Define and track DTWR KPIs and communicate progress to stakeholders
Act as integrator across HR, digital, and business stakeholders
Partner across TA, SWP, AI People Partner and CoEs to deliver integrated talent strategies
Translate business priorities into build, buy, borrow, bind, bot talent plans
Connect talent, organisation design, and transformation priorities
Design enterprise-wide organisation frameworks integrating human and AI roles
Define future-of-work models including hybrid and AI-augmented roles
Align organisation design with talent strategy and workforce planning
Embed product owner discipline including backlog, sprints, and stakeholder reviews
Define and measure business value of talent interventions
Establish governance, decision rights, and design standards
Build capability across HRBPs and leaders through tools and coaching

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep expertise in digital, data, AI/ML and product talent landscapes
Talent supply strategy (internal mobility, hiring, ecosystem partnerships)
Organisational design & workforce architecture (roles, structures, spans/layers)
Strategic workforce planning inputs (skills taxonomy, segmentation, future roles)
Talent analytics and insight generation (pipeline, velocity, capability gaps)
Transformation programme delivery (e.g. digital/AI, agile working)
Strategic Thinking & Innovation
Decision Making & Judgement
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Influencing & Stakeholder Leadership
Delivery Discipline & Accountability
Adaptability & Learning Agility
Communication Impact
Collaboration & Partnership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Medical leave programs
Parental leave
Generous PTO
Paid company holidays
8 hours of volunteer time annually
Variety of wellness offerings such as EAP
401k Matching Program
401k Plus Program
Discounted Stock Options
Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital talent managementdata analysisAI/ML expertiseproduct talent landscapesorganisational designworkforce architecturetalent analyticstransformation programme deliveryagile methodologiesskills taxonomy

Soft Skills

strategic thinkinginnovationdecision makingcritical thinkingproblem solvinginfluencingstakeholder leadershipdelivery disciplineaccountabilityadaptability