Senior Organisational Effectiveness Manager – Edinburgh

Overview

In this role, you will lead large-scale transformation efforts to strengthen organisational effectiveness and performance. You collaborate with executive leaders and HR to design future-fit operating models and organisation structures aligned to strategy. You will drive improvements, facilitate workshops, and bring best practice to complex change initiatives. This is a high-visibility position shaping the business through influential partnerships and practical delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary 115,000–120,000
• Pension contribution up to 15%
• Annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits adaptable to lifestyle
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Lead organisation design and operating model transformation programmes.
• Partner with Executive and HR leadership on strategic priorities.
• Develop future-state organisational structures aligned to business strategy.
• Provide insight and recommendations to support major decisions.
• Drive improvements in organisational effectiveness and ways of working.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to define target operating models.
• Bring external best practice and innovative thinking to challenges.
• Coach and develop leaders and HR teams in organisation design and effectiveness principles.

Key requirements

• Proven experience in organisational design and effectiveness within financial services or similar industry.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex data and propose actionable insights.
• Expertise in change management and process improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic mindset with ability to align organisational strategies with business objectives.

• stakeholder management
• communication
• analytical thinking
• Organisational design
• Operating model design
• Change management

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