Sr. Director, Org Strategy and Design – Grid Engineering

Job Description SummarySr. Director, Org Strategy and Design – Grid Engineering will serve as a strategic advisor and operator for the SVP and leadership team, ensuring the organization is structured, resourced, and positioned for long-term success. This role will drive strategic workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, location strategy, and workforce mix optimization (contractors vs. employees) to enable Grid Engineering to deliver on its ambitious goals in the energy software space. The position combines business insight, organizational design expertise, and execution discipline to align people, structure, and strategy at scale.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Workforce Planning – Develop forward-looking capacity and skills plans aligned to product and business priorities.
• Workforce Mix Strategy – Build and execute the strategy for balancing contractors vs. employees, optimizing for cost, flexibility, compliance, skills, and long-term capability.
• Conversion Planning – Recommend where contractor-to-employee conversions will maximize organizational stability, capability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Location Strategy – Partner with leadership to advise on global footprint decisions, aligning workforce mix and capabilities with business needs in addition to long-term site health strategies.
• Organizational Effectiveness – Assess and recommend organizational structures, role design, and leadership models that enhance agility and performance.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Partner with HR, Finance, Product, and Operations to align strategies and drive execution across functions.
• Change Leadership – Lead organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions during transformations, restructuring, or new operating models.
• Leadership Advisory – Serve as a trusted advisor to the SVP and leadership team, providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
• Capability Development – Identify future skill requirements and partner on early-career programs to build long-term organizational readiness.
• Strategic Projects – Lead high-impact initiatives such as scaling new markets, building new engineering hubs, or piloting intra-organizational innovations.

Characteristics of the Role

• Operates as a strategic partner, not an administrator.
• Balances big-picture strategy with execution discipline.
• Anticipates organizational needs and proactively designs solutions well ahead of the organizational need
• Builds trust and influences across leadership teams without direct authority.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating clarity and structure.
• Uses data-driven insights to guide workforce and organizational decisions.
• Keeps focus on business outcomes, resilience, and organizational health.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in organizational strategy, workforce planning,  business partnership, or business operations within global, fast-paced companies.

Additional Qualifications

• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives that delivered measurable business impact.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organization.
• Experience in technology or energy industries strongly preferred.

Additional Information

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