Senior Transformation Manager

Location: Brussels + Remote

Languages: Dutch/French + English

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: 30/09/2026

Deadline: 27/05/2026

Department Description and Responsibilities:

The Transformation Manager – Organization Design/Effectiveness operates within the People & Organization (P&O) landscape, acting as a strategic partner to Business Leaders, HR Business Partners, and P&O Centres of Excellence. The role is responsible for driving organization design and effectiveness across the enterprise by creating clear, scalable organizational frameworks and operating models. This ensures structures, roles, and governance enable the business to deliver its strategic objectives. The function supports the organization in evolving how work is structured and governed, while building OD capability across HR and line leadership through tools, training, and evidence-based insights.

Project Description:

This role leads and supports enterprise and functional organization design initiatives such as:

• Designing future-state organizational structures and operating models aligned to business strategy and functional priorities.
• Enabling workforce and structural decisions through analytics.
• Embedding consistent OD methodologies, toolkits, and governance to ensure efficient scaling and adaptation with minimal disruption.

Primary Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Organization Design & Operating Model Development:
  • Translate business and functional strategy into organization design frameworks, principles, and target structures.
  • Apply existing career framework principles to evolve operating models and ensure consistent role clarity.
  • Design and optimize organizational structures, roles, reporting lines, spans, and layers.
  • Conduct impact assessments for structural changes and define mitigation and transition actions.
  • Partner with Total Rewards and Talent Management to align levelling, pay structures, career paths, and succession implications.
• Data Analysis & Strategic Insights:
  • Provide strategic, evidence-based insights to P&O Business Partners and senior business leadership.
  • Analyze organizational data to identify optimization opportunities and run scenario comparisons.
  • Translate insights into clear recommendations and “decision narratives.”
  • Coach HRBPs and line managers on interpreting organizational analytics.
• Process, Tools & Capability Building:
  • Establish and maintain scalable OD tools, templates, and methodologies.
  • Facilitate workshops to co-create organization designs and align stakeholders.
  • Build OD capability across HRBPs and business leaders through training sessions and hands-on coaching.
  • Ensure data integrity and reliability within organization design systems.
• Reporting & Governance:
  • Produce dashboards and recurring reports on key organizational metrics.
  • Define and drive governance for structural changes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Change Enablement:
  • Partner with HRBP, Talent Management, Finance, and business leaders to align OD initiatives.
  • Support adoption of new structures/operating models through structured communication, training, and transition planning.

Technical Profile Requirements:

• 10+ years in organization design, operating model work, job architecture, transformation, or related consulting/enterprise roles.
• Deep expertise in Organization Design/Effectiveness methodologies.
• Strong analytical capability.
• Knowledge of job architecture and levelling.
• Strong process optimization skills.
• Proficiency with HR systems and organizational analytics/reporting tools.
• Advanced facilitation skills.

Non-Technical Profile Requirements:

• Consultative mindset; acts as a trusted advisor.
• Strategic thinking; connects OD work to business strategy.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Critical thinking and constructive challenge.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Continuous improvement orientation.
• Coaching and capability building.

Methodology/Certification Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Psychology, Communications, IT, Engineering, or related field (Master’s is a plus).
• Change management certification and/or experience supporting adoption of structural/operating model change are a plus.

Language Proficiencies:

• Advanced/Fluent English (spoken and written).
• Additional languages (e.g., Dutch, French, German) are an asset depending on stakeholder geography.

Location:

• Remote contractors are accepted.
• If local contractor, 3 days/week onsite presence required in Brussels.

Contract:

• Start ASAP
• First contract duration TBC