Organizational Effectiveness Senior Lead

Location: Chicago, Illinois; hybrid work arrangement

Salary: $129,100–$184,000 annually if located in Illinois, plus bonus eligibility and comprehensive benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a law firm with a complex professional-services environment and business professional functions including Finance, Marketing, and Data & AI.

What you will do

• Lead or support complex cross-functional initiatives involving operating model and organization design, process improvement, implementation planning, stakeholder engagement, and change management.
• Assess current-state processes by gathering stakeholder input, reviewing data, identifying themes, and documenting improvement opportunities.
• Structure ambiguous business problems using consulting-style approaches, develop hypotheses, identify root causes, and evaluate practical options.
• Synthesize complex information into findings, recommendations, executive-ready presentations, and decision-support materials.
• Facilitate meetings and working sessions to align stakeholders, clarify needs, surface risks, and drive agreed outcomes.
• Develop project charters, integrated workplans, milestone trackers, RAID logs, status reports, and action logs while contributing to Organizational Effectiveness tools and delivery standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Operations, Communications, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in organizational effectiveness, management consulting, business transformation, organizational development, process improvement, change management, strategy, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed, confidential, or professional-services environments with a high degree of independence.
• Experience with operating model or organization design, process excellence, implementation planning, project delivery, or change management.
• Experience preparing executive presentations, project plans, status updates, dashboards, meeting materials, action logs, and decision-support documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook; strong organizational, analytical, communication, judgment, confidentiality, and multitasking skills.

Nice to have

• Management consulting, internal consulting, business transformation, or corporate strategy/transformation experience.
• Experience in a law firm, professional-services firm, or similarly complex partnership environment.
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools, process mapping, Lean, Six Sigma, change management, project management, or organization design methodologies.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Visio, Miro, Qualtrics, Workday, or similar platforms; PMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, SHRM, or comparable certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Chicago, Illinois.
• Bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program.
• Work involves confidential information, cross-functional collaboration, and multiple priorities with competing deadlines.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities.