Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll play a role in enhance business performance by improving organizational strategy, structures, processes and culture. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.  

Edwards is looking for a Senior Director of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) to join our Organizational Effectiveness team. Our Organizational Effectiveness team is a tight knit internal consulting team responsible for running multiple strategic projects across different Business Units, regions and functions at Edwards. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact to a wide variety of functional areas within our multibillion-dollar global organization.  

Our ideal candidate possesses a management consulting background with proven experiences in leading a cross-functional teams to deliver strategic projects that are high-profile and fast. This role will partner with Executive Leadership, HR Leaders and business stakeholders to address the people and organization factors as Edwards scales for growth.   

How you’ll make an impact:  

Lead a team of OE and OCM professionals to support the Business and HR leaders in delivering key strategic talent and org imperatives and/or OE initiatives  Collaborate with key partners to the develop Edwards-wide org & talent strategies and imperatives to enable business objectives over the 7-year strategy horizon Consult on enterprise wide, high impact business initiatives, with focus on the people and organizational impact to ensure ROI on significant initiatives Partner with the business & HR leaders to build Talent & Org Strategies and capability plans to enable Edwards for rapid growth Plan and direct initiatives including prioritizing and selecting appropriate projects with overall responsibility for meeting business objectives Direct initiatives with overall responsibility of planning, staffing, managing priorities, recommending, and implementing changes to methods through several managers Continue to build out and elevate Edwards Org Change Management capability, advocate “change management” knowledge and capabilities into the organization Develop a robust talent development and succession planning in alignment with functional growth strategies across the global organizational effectiveness team Direct responsibility for assessing and building organizational effectiveness capabilities within direct team, global HR organization, and across the EW organization 

What you’ll need (Required): 

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science or other related technical areas and 14 years direct experience in Organizational Effectiveness.Or a Master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science or other related technical areas and 12 years direct experience in Organizational Effectiveness.Demonstrated track record in people management Experience working in a regulated industry 

What else we look for (Preferred):  

Expert Business understanding of organizational effectiveness while looking beyond existing methodologies and own discipline to define and resolve complex problems Excellent people leadership and influencing skills Proven successful complex, multi-dimensional program management leadership skills required Strong business acumen; understanding of the business as the foundation for driving productivity through people Strong facilitation and presentation skills  Strong experience using and developing OE tools and methodologies, including change management approaches, team alignment processes, organizational assessment methodologies, communications strategies and tactics, and team and personal work profile assessments Experience managing complex organizations with multiple stakeholders, as well as approaches to demonstrate ROI and value propositions Merger and acquisitions experience  Product commercialization experience Process improvement methodology experience Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and related tools and systems Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives Expert knowledge and understanding of EW policies, procedures, and requirements as it relates to organizational effectiveness Expert knowledge of financial mechanism that relates to organizational effectiveness Demonstrated ability to direct teams and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations Ability to develop and integrate metrics into the projects and operations that clearly demonstrate the value of organizational effectiveness to the business Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control 

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $187,000 to $265,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.