Associate Director, Organization Effectiveness

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

We are looking for candidates from all across the US or Canada, preferably in the East Coast time zone, as this role is fully remote.

We’re looking for a forward-thinking Associate Director of Organizational Effectiveness to drive talent management strategies that fuel growth, performance, and engagement. In this role, you’ll lead and collaborate on high-impact initiatives across career pathing, job architecture, onboarding, and talent management frameworks—ensuring our people practices are built for scale and aligned to business priorities.

You’ll be a key architect of how we develop, retain, and mobilize talent, creating systems that allow our people to grow with purpose and clarity throughout their journey with us.

Key Responsibilities:

• Talent Management Strategy & Frameworks
  • Collaborate with HR and business leaders to define and evolve talent management strategies that promote internal mobility, skills development, and career progression.
  • Lead efforts to embed career growth frameworks across functions, ensuring employees and leaders have clear visibility into opportunities and expectations.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development to create an integrated talent lifecycle experience.

• Career Pathing & Talent Development Models
  • Design functional and enterprise-wide career pathing frameworks that support role clarity and upward mobility.
  • Create tools and resources for employees and managers to navigate development pathways aligned with business needs and workforce planning.

• Skills and Career Frameworks
  • Manage projects supporting the evolution of the enterprise skills and career architecture, consulting on utilization of  job families, leveling, and capability definitions.
  • Ensure alignment between job structure, career frameworks, performance management, and talent planning as they relate to new enterprise Talent programs and initiatives.

• Onboarding & Talent Integration
  • Partner with HR CoE leaders working to develop differentiated onboarding experiences for Kyndryls globally.
  • Endure systems and processes are aligned to accelerate time-to-productivity and deepen early engagement.
  • Establish onboarding KPIs and continuously evolve programs based on feedback and business outcomes.

• Change Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and HRBPs on OD and talent strategy.
  • Use change management best practices to drive adoption and alignment of new talent programs and organizational models.

• Talent Analytics & Insights
  • Leverage data and trends to inform program design and measure the impact of career development and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
  • Translate complex findings into actionable insights for leaders and teams.

Your Future at Kyndryl

Kyndryl has a global footprint, which means that as an Associate Director, Organization Effectiveness at Kyndryl, you will have opportunities to work on projects and collaborate with colleagues from around the world. This role is dynamic and influential – offering a wide range of professional and personal growth opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies.  Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.

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