Director, Organization Design

Syneos Health

Director of Organization Development leading key organizational strategies and initiatives at Syneos Health. Overseeing organizational effectiveness and team development while partnering with business executives.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeNew Jersey, New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $118,700 - $207,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as an enterprise thought leader on organizational development, staying up to date on industry trends and leveraging external network to bring new solutions and/or enhance existing OD tools.
Partners closely with senior leaders, Corporate Strategy, HRBPs, Finance BPs to translate business strategy into effective organizational solutions.
Leads assessments to identify organizational gaps and design customized interventions.
Translates organizational goals into measurable org effectiveness interventions that drive sustained impact.
Develops and oversees OE initiatives, including org analysis, org & role design, operating model design, strategy alignment and culture transformations.
Designs organizations and operating models for future success by creating and assessing options, creating phases/interim designs that take current context into account, facilitating a participative process to gain buy-in and decision, and creating plans to bridge from design to implementation.
Serves as an internal OE consultant to senior teams; may design and deliver leadership development sessions and strategic alignment workshops.
Ensures all OD solutions are scalable, evidence-based, and anchored in business priorities.
Leads, develops, and inspires a small, high-performing team of OD professionals.
Works across the matrix within the OEC team to align resources to work to support high quality execution and team member growth and development.
Sets clear goals, establishes accountability, and promotes continuous growth and innovation within the team.
Fosters a culture of collaboration, psychological safety, and high performance.
Determines appropriate analysis techniques and leads completion of analyses to determine business unit structures and/or programs that need to be changed and/or implemented to increase organizational effectiveness and meet business goals.
Synthesizes complex concepts and data into digestible, actionable insights and recommendations.
Understands interdependencies within an organization and accounts for them in plans and recommendations.
Manages a portfolio of projects, defining milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risks and ensuring on-time, high quality delivery.
Leans into difficult conversations and productively works through conflicting viewpoints to advance an idea or project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
Expert knowledge of organizational and cultural awareness.
Expert ability to extract insights from data with demonstrated analytical mind set.
Expert ability to communicate complex concepts clearly in both verbal and written form across all levels of the organization.
Expert ability to use facts, expertise and persuasive techniques to influence others, adapting own style for the audience, particularly senior HR and Business leaders.
Expert ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple projects.
Expert ability to adapt style and collaborate effectively to get things done in a dynamic matrix environment.
Strong learning agility and business acumen.
Proven track record in managing organizational development projects in a global environment, with both local and geographically dispersed teams.
Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
Company match 401k
eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

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Hard Skills & Tools

organizational developmentorganizational analysisrole designoperating model designstrategy alignmentculture transformationdata analysisproject managementleadership developmentorganizational effectiveness

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationinfluenceadaptabilitylearning agilitybusiness acumenteam leadershipproblem-solvingaccountabilitypsychological safety