Senior Consultant, Org Effectiveness

If you’re passionate about becoming a Nationwide associate and believe you have the potential to be something great, let’s talk. At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This Columbus based hybrid role is compensation grade H3.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced organizational change management practitioner and thought leader to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing strategic change management consulting to HR executives, HR business partners, and business executives across the enterprise. You will consult on the development and activation of change management strategies and plans to ensure the successful implementation of business change initiatives. Your expertise will be crucial in recommending approaches and supporting the building of change management capabilities for executives and their teams. Additionally, you will provide thought leadership in HR change management by developing tools, methodologies, and capabilities related to change management, change leadership, and resilience.

The ideal candidate will have a strong awareness of new trends, standards, and best practices in change management. You should have extensive experience leading enterprise and business strategic change management efforts, as well as consulting experience. Experience with leading HR-related changes, such as reorganizations, job eliminations, and business transformations, is essential. Comfort with interacting, presenting, and influencing at the executive level is a must. Preferred qualifications include PROSCI change management certification and Level 1 and 2 CQ® Certification. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for driving organizational effectiveness, we encourage you to apply.

Position reports to Director, Organization Change Enablement.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

Job Description Summary

Are you excited to work with a highly-engaged team who does amazing work that impacts our company-wide culture and overall organizational effectiveness? Our team has influence on the work environment and success of our associates and the enterprise. If you are an excellent communicator, can manage large scale programs, and are customer-focused, adaptable and creative we want to know more about you!

As Senior Consultant, Organization Effectiveness, you'll contribute to strategy development and planning, and lead programs and initiatives that help teams across Nationwide achieve business goals and desired outcomes. We'll count on you to partner with leaders, Human Resources and vendors to advance consistency, effectiveness and excellence!

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Leads one or more organization effectiveness (OE) program processes and methodologies, such as associate engagement, change management, culture transformation, leader and team effectiveness and rewards and recognition.

• Designs and implements strategies to improve enterprise-wide organization effectiveness.

• Provides thought leadership, builds tools and methodologies and manages processes, budgets, results and program metrics to ensure program effectiveness.

• Collaborates with Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) and business leaders to design and implement organization effectiveness initiatives to achieve desired outcomes with a focus on aligning business strategies, people, and culture.

• Partners with vendors to identify and develop solutions to accelerate desired results for the organization.

• Coordinates and completes annual award submissions, which includes developing the story, writing submissions and developing visually appealing presentation to accompany the submission. 

• Evaluates new and complex business requirements and makes alternative and/or improvement recommendations.

• Ensures associate development, including performance management, salary planning and administration, training and development, workflow and organizational planning, and hiring and placement when required.

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