Sr. Manager, Organization & Talent Planning

Job Purpose:

The Organization & Talent Planning Sr. Manager is integral to the success of the enterprise Talent Management function, ensuring that Panera has the right structures and capabilities, at the right cost, needed to propel enterprise business growth. This individual will lead Panera’s organizational design initiatives, serving as a strategic partner to business leaders, delivering leading-edge consulting services and maturing the company’s organization design and effectiveness methods and tools. The Organization & Talent Planning Sr. Manager is accountable for the planning and execution of organization development initiatives at the BU, function, and team levels.

Remote eligible in the St. Louis and Boston markets.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a broad scope of influence over all parts of the organization and appropriately prioritize the deployment of talent, balancing internally designed versus vendor supplied solutions
• Supervise senior level, highly experienced OD/E consultants.
• Consult with leaders on a variety of management and team effectiveness issues, for both current needs and future growth and development.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, HR, department clients, and project team members to ensure systemic focus, alignment and integration of organization design and effectiveness strategies, projects and programs for successful implementation and results.
• Design and build OD capabilities (organization design and effectiveness, change & transition management, team performance) in alignment with business needs and in collaboration with other COE and HR functions.
• Provide leadership, coaching and active development to organization design team members, HR peers and teams, and business leaders.
• Oversee the design and development of validated and legally defensible organizational development programs that result in an effective and efficient workforce and organization.
• Promote and facilitate the use of proven organization design methods, processes and tools across Panera while educating leaders and HR business partners on them.
• Recognize when business partners require organization design team involvement and ensure results that contribute to company success.
• Operate as a Talent Management Leadership team member.

Leadership Competencies:

• Collaborates: Builds cross functional bridges and inspires collective action against shared goals
• Builds Trust: Operates with courage, integrity, empathy and authenticity
• Delivers Results: Drives exceptional results in the right way – executes with excellence
• Is a Lifelong Learner: Is curious and seeks to learn, thinks in possibilities & solutions
• Demonstrates Resilience: Has the tenacity and confidence to recover quickly from setbacks and is comfortable with ambiguity

Qualifications (Education & Experience):

• Multiple experiences within an organization, working as an internal consultant on major strategic change and organization design initiatives
• Experience required in a Talent Management role including, but not limited to performance management, leadership development and organization effectiveness
• Solid knowledge and experience with Talent Management methodologies (Performance Management, Succession Planning, Leadership Development and implementation processes
• Expert level knowledge and commercial consulting experience with Organization Design and Effectiveness methodologies and implementation processes
• Experience required in implementation and upgrading of core Talent Management processes
• Solid knowledge and experience with Team Performance methodology and implementation processes
• Experience in a large Fortune 500 company and/or retail/restaurant is highly desired
• Solid knowledge and experience with Change and Transition Management methodology and implementation processes
• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources, Education, Business Administration or related field
• 5+ years of business experience with a variety of industries, job functions and experiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Effectively organizes, integrates, and directs people and activities
• Graduate degree (MBA or Master s in I-O Psychology or related field)
• Knowledge of relevant employment laws and regulations
• Negotiation, collaboration, and influence skills at all levels of the organization, including C-suite audience
• Knowledge of Talent Management current trends, research, and best practices
• Faces adversity and challenge with confidence
• Excellent consulting and communication skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to effectively deal with ambiguity, uncertainty, and change
• Excellent coaching skills
• Understanding of HR concepts and procedures
• Strong strategic thinking skills; must understand strategic business needs and how to support those through talent management

Working Conditions:

• This role works from the Support Center office (Boston or St. Louis). Occasional overnight travel necessary when attending team and/or corporate events and meetings.