Senior Specialist, Strategy & Functional Excellence
Fresenius Medical Care · Waltham
Remote – You will be able to work from your home location within the United States.
The Senior Specialist, Strategy & Functional Excellence applies expertise in industrial/organizational psychology to support the strategic planning, execution, and continuous improvement of the Global People Analytics & Experience (GPAE) function. Working closely with the Manager, Strategy & Functional Excellence and the Head of GPAE, this role helps translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, coordinates enterprise initiatives, and strengthens how the function operates.
This role supports strategic project planning and is a trusted partner across GPAE, collaborating with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), HR Business Partners (HRBPs), and internal stakeholders to ensure successful execution of high-impact initiatives. The Senior Specialist plays a critical role in developing project plans, facilitating governance, preparing executive materials, and driving cross-functional collaboration.
The ideal candidate has strong I/O psychology expertise and is highly organized, consultative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities while influencing stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Execution & Portfolio Management
- Support development and execution of the GPAE strategic roadmap and annual priorities.
- Coordinate enterprise strategic initiatives across the GPAE portfolio.
- Develop project plans, implementation roadmaps, milestones, and success measures.
- Track progress, identify risks, and proactively escalate issues.
- Coordinate governance activities and ensure timely execution of strategic commitments.
Strategic Projects
Support planning and execution of enterprise initiatives, including:
- Culture Journey and Employee Experience
- Global Job Architecture
- Global Assessment Strategy
- Workforce Planning
- Organizational effectiveness initiatives
- Executive-sponsored strategic projects
Responsibilities include:
- Leveraging best practices, knowledge, and research, as needed, to inform project recommendations and solution design.
- Coordinating cross-functional workstreams.
- Facilitating project meetings.
- Maintaining action plans/timelines and monitoring process.
- Supporting implementation planning.
- Preparing status updates and executive summaries.
Analytics Excellence
Support continuous improvement across GPAE by:
- Leveraging people data, organizational insights, and stakeholder feedback to inform project recommendations and solution design.
- Partner with technical analytics teams to interpret findings and incorporate data into project planning and decision-making.
- Evaluate needs and initiative effectiveness by collecting and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative feedback.
- Supporting implementation of consistent methodologies across GPAE.
Stakeholder Partnership & Communications
- Partner with HR Business Partners, COEs, and GPAE leaders to coordinate strategic initiatives.
- Leverage I/O expertise and knowledge of best practices to provide thoughtful consultation and responsive support to internal stakeholders throughout project execution.
- Help translate GPAE products, services, and capabilities into clear communications and stakeholder resources, including workshops, executive presentations, briefing materials, communications, and project updates.
- Support change management and stakeholder engagement activities for strategic initiatives.
- Build collaborative relationships across HR and the broader organization.
Leadership & Team Contribution
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Manager, Strategy & Functional Excellence.
- Lead assigned initiatives with a high degree of independence.
- Influence project teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
- Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Share best practices and contribute to building strategic capability across GPAE.
Qualifications
Required
- Master's degree (M.A. or M.S.) in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and 3+ years of experience (or Ph.D. and 1+ year) in Organizational Effectiveness, People Analytics, Employee Experience and Culture, Talent Strategy, HR Consulting, Program Management, or related strategic HR disciplines.
- Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong understanding of organizational psychology and evidence-based people practices.
- Experience developing and facilitating presentations, strategic communications, and related deliverables.
- Strong consulting, problem-solving, and project execution skills, including organization, attention to detail, and managing multiple priorities.
- High level of initiative, judgment, and accountability.
Preferred
- Experience supporting large-scale, complex initiatives in the people/HR space, including project management and/or change management.
- Experience with workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, job architecture, assessment strategy, or employee listening.
- Skill in designing and facilitating workshops, focus groups, or training sessions.
- Experience with or exposure to job-design in the context of technology advancement (e.g., automation, generative AI, agents).
- Technical data collection, analytics, visualization, or automation skills (e.g., Qualtrics, R, Python, Power BI, Tableau, Power Automate).
- Experience working with sr. stakeholders within a large, complex, or global organization.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be demonstrated through:
- Effective coordination and execution of GPAE strategic initiatives.
- High-quality project planning, governance, and executive deliverables.
- Strong partnerships with HR Business Partners, COEs, and GPAE teams.
- Timely delivery of strategic projects and milestones.
- Improved collaboration, communication, and operational effectiveness across GPAE.
- Positive stakeholder feedback regarding project support and execution.
- Consistent delivery of high-quality work with minimal oversight.
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Benefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave and potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance.