Group Director - Head of Organizational Effectiveness, NA
Company: GroupM North America
Location: New York
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
At GroupM, we believe that work is a part of life, not the other
way around. To support that belief, we have recently adopted a
"collaboration-led" hybrid approach to work in order to provide
employees with the flexibility to do the best work of their lives
no matter where they are working. This means that for roles where
it makes sense, you'll spend some of your time in our incredible
workspaces (when it's safe to do so) and some of your time remote.
Check out this updated list of where we can hire:
- California - LA or SF
- Colorado - Denver
- Florida - Miami/Fort Lauderdale
- Georgia - Atlanta
- Illinois - Chicago
- Massachusetts - Boston
- Michigan - Detroit
- New York - New York City tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT)
- North Carolina - Raleigh/Durham
- Texas - Austin or Dallas/Fort Worth
- Utah - Salt Lake CityREGIONAL HEAD OF ORGANISATIONAL
EFFECTIVENESS (NAM) NEW YORK / WIDER USA ALSO CONSIDERED OVERVIEW
OF JOB GroupM is the world's largest media investment company and
is a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every
three ads you see globally. In this role, you will lead and direct
all aspects of the regional organizational effectiveness strategy
for all GroupM agencies in NAM. You will be a critical leader in
our regional learning & effectiveness leadership -team, working
collaboratively with the Global L&E team as well as your
regional business leaders. REPORTING OF THE ROLE This role has dual
reporting to Global Head of Organisational Effectiveness and the
NAM Chief People Officer. MEASURES OF SUCCESS: IN THREE MONTHS ---
Understand GroupM's business goals and talent objectives and
understand the role Learning & Effectiveness plays to drive our
people and business forward. (i.e. meet the business) --- Commence
your role as a regional product owner, supporting the
implementation of our new effectiveness solution across
performance, effectiveness, and engagement. IN SIX MONTHS ---
Define any regional adjustments to effectiveness practices and
commence building a roadmap for delivery and overall improvement in
consultation with leadership. (Initial focus on performance and
succession) --- Upskill regional people partners on effectiveness
practices. IN 12 MONTHS --- You should be recognized as the
regional SME for Effectiveness. As a regional head, you should be
able to demonstrate competence of our business and the learning
effectiveness role within it. --- Beyond management of the regional
effectiveness function, your time should be distributed between
leading the strategic development of OE interventions aligned to
global OE direction and regional objectives. RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE ROLE --- Regional responsibility for leading the strategic
development of organizational effectiveness, performance
management, leadership capability, and culture aligned to the
Global Effectiveness strategy and regional business priorities. ---
Aligned to the Global Effectiveness strategy, own the
implementation of our new approach (and solution) to Performance
management across the region. Ensure annual performance management
processes are completed within specific timeframes, and that all
activities (goal/objective setting, reviews, evaluation,
calibration, etc.) are achieved and are in alignment with regional
business objectives --- Drive a culture of talent management and
succession planning across the region. Build and deliver talent
identification assessments and development centers for high
potentials, factoring in succession pathways, the filling of
critical roles, and global/regional mobility. --- Deliver team and
organizational effectiveness initiatives that are based on regional
requirements and business priorities. These initiatives should
drive team cohesiveness, improved culture, and deliver impactful
change within the business unit in question. --- Be the regional
champion and SME in driving high-performance teams and enhanced
organizational effectiveness, providing the support and building
the capability of our People Practitioners and Leaders. --- Working
with Learning leads to close development gaps of talent based on
effectiveness data. (building a plan for development and learning).
--- Support annual career development planning and review. ---
Create coaching and mentoring opportunities that can be scaled up
or scaled down, dependent on requirements. ---
Cascade/create/localize effective communication strategy, training
materials to support change and regional adoption of effectiveness
practices overall. --- Represent GroupM externally for promotion,
EVP, and advocacy. ROLE EXPECTATIONS: IMPACT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ---
Collaborates with functional leadership to develop strategic goals
for one or more job families. --- Establishes and oversees the
execution of operational plans for job families with short- to
mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-2 yrs.). --- Provides
significant input into new products, processes, standards and/or
operational plans for the job family group. --- Manages large,
complex, cross-functional projects of strategic importance to
GroupM. AUTONOMY AND MANAGEMENT --- Takes actions and makes
decisions within a job area or job family with complete latitude.
--- Works independently on complex assignments that span multiple
job family groups for which outcomes improve the competitive
position of the organization. --- Formulates recommendations on
large, complex business issues due to extensive knowledge and
expertise across multiple job families. INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
--- Responsible for implementing guidelines and processes based on
multifaceted conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation. ---
Solutions are often significant breakthroughs developed using
market-leading technical expertise. --- Champions creative ideas
and provides thought leadership to solve highly technical issues
impacting one or more job family groups. --- Self-supervisory; acts
independently to uncover and resolve highly technical problems.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE --- The ideal candidate has a background
in Organisational Psychology with experience operating on an
enterprise scale change projects. --- Experience facilitating and
debriefing psychometric evaluations a significant advantage (e.g.,
Hogan) --- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent
experience and minimum 8-12 years of prior relevant
experience.ABOUT GROUPM:GroupM is the world's leading media
investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media
investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence
and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience
company, Xaxis. GroupM's portfolio includes Data & Technology,
Investment and Services, all united in vision to shape the next era
of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging
all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates
and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do
business. Take A Virtual Office Tour: GroupM and all its affiliates
embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal
opportunity.---We are committed to building a team that represents
a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a
worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The
more inclusive we are, the more great work we can create
together.
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