Organizational Development Strategist

New York, NYPosted Oct 23, 2026

Job description

Responsibilities

Operational Assessment and Process Improvement

  • Partner with department leaders to identify and prioritize operational improvements.
  • Understand each unit’s operations, strategy, challenges, service needs, and workforce requirements.
  • Map workflows, responsibilities, procedures, reporting lines, structures, and staffing to identify gaps and opportunities.
  • Conduct interviews, audits, data-gathering sessions, and workshops with staff and management.
  • Assess process times, workflows, service goals, technology opportunities, system upgrades, and organization-wide impacts. Strategic Recommendations and Implementation Support
  • Identify sustainable solutions that improve operations and leverage existing talent.
  • Present strategic insights, findings, and recommendations to senior management.
  • Support departments in planning and implementing approved operational changes.
  • Advise business unit management teams on strategic decisions.
  • Identify improvements in culture, accountability, role clarity, and change readiness during transitions. Performance Metrics, Dashboards, and Facilitation
  • Develop dashboards tracking key performance indicators across Funds.
  • Identify data tools, sources, benchmarks, and targets for reporting and analysis.
  • Facilitate employee-management teams to resolve complex departmental issues.
  • Evaluate and communicate performance trends, service issues, operational risks, and improvement opportunities for management review.
  • Requires collaboration with senior management, department leaders, staff, labor-management teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • May require periodic movement throughout work areas to observe operations, conduct interviews, and support process review activities.
  • Perform additional duties, analyses, and special projects as assigned by management .

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or a related field.
  • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management, business process analysis, operational improvement, organizational assessment, workforce alignment, or a related area.
  • Experience analyzing business processes, evaluating staffing alignment, supporting operational change, and implementing system or process improvements.
  • Strong knowledge of business process analysis, project management, operational assessment, workflow mapping, organizational development, and continuous improvement practices.
  • Ability to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret operational data, staffing information, policies, procedures, service trends, and performance metrics.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and related productivity or workflow management tools.
  • Experience preparing recommendations, dashboards, reports, or presentation materials for management review.

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