Organizational Design & Effectiveness Director Enterprise Center Of Excellence
Location : This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if the candidate resides within a commutable distance from an office. Please note that per our policy on hybrid / virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
The Organizational Design And Effectiveness Director serves as a strategic enterprise leader responsible for architecting, enabling, and advancing Elevance Health's Organization Design & Effectiveness (OD&E) capabilities as part of the enterprise Center Of Excellence. This role drives enterprise transformation by building organizational agility, aligning structure to strategy, and developing the human and digital capabilities needed to power our future workforce.
How You Will Make An Impact :
Strategic Partnership With Senior Leadership : Serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), engaging daily with the most senior business leaders to design future-ready organizational models that enable strategic growth, innovation, and operational efficiency.
Designing Future Ready Workforce : Champions the integration of human-centered design and digital transformation principles into Elevance Health's workforce strategyreimagining how we work by blending human, digital, physical, and virtual experiences into a seamless ecosystem that empowers teams with agility, innovation, and impact.
Organizational Strategy & Design Execution : Partners with business and HR leaders to activate organizational strategies, including structure, governance, and process redesign. Crafts and implements scalable, data-informed organization models (e.g., matrix, networked, agile) to align with evolving business priorities.
Data-Driven Organizational Insight : Leverages data analytics, dashboards, and portfolio tracking tools to generate actionable insights into organizational health, talent optimization, and capability growthensuring evidence-based decisions drive performance outcomes.
Knowledge & Change Enablement : Designs and builds custom tools and AI-powered knowledge solutions to curate, manage, and scale access to OD&E methodologies, playbooks, and best practices. Develops and deploys engagement and change strategies to accelerate adoption, enhance learning, and drive enterprise-wide proficiency in Organization Design and Effectiveness capabilities.
Human-Centered And Digital Fluency : Applies human-centered design principles to reimagine work experiences, streamline processes, and enhance collaboration and decision-making across a hybrid enterprise.
Organizational Effectiveness Consulting : Provides expert consultation to business leaders to enhance team effectiveness, leadership alignment, and operational performance. Drives initiatives that improve enterprise collaboration, decision speed, and workforce engagement.
People Leadership & Coaching : Influences a team of COE partners, executive leadership, project teams and HRBPs; provides mentorship and development support. Serves as a coach and thought partner to elevate leadership capability across the enterprise.
Talent Strategy & Advisory : Influences workforce and succession planning, competency modeling, and talent programs; partner with HR COEs.
Business Acumen : Interpret P&L drivers, market trends, and customer needs; frame people recommendations in business-impact terms.
Enterprise Capability Building : Leads and manages large-scale programs to build OD&E capability across Elevance Health. This includes designing and delivering enterprise-wide workshops, creating Communities Of Practice, establishing advanced learning paths, and convening executive advisory groups to elevate organizational design maturity.
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a BS / BA in organization development, management, human resources or related field and 10 years of progressive experience in organization design, organizational development, change management or enterprise effectiveness; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in Organization Development, Business Administration, or related discipline. Demonstrated success leading large-scale OD / OE initiatives and influencing senior executives in a complex, matrixed organization. Proven ability to translate business strategy into organizational solutions that drive measurable outcomes. Previous experience working in a Center Of Excellence or shared services model. Experience in healthcare or a regulated industry preferred. Deep expertise in strategic organizational design, operating model transformation, and enterprise change enablement. Demonstrated ability to integrate digital, AI, and analytics-driven insights into organizational strategies. People leadership experience and certified executive coach credentials highly desirable.
In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.
Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.
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