Estée Lauder Companies Organizational Effectiveness Engagement Director
- Location
- New York City New York USA
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Department
- Human Resources, People & Culture
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
About Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.
Estée Lauder Companies seeks an Organizational Effectiveness Engagement Director in New York to lead enterprise design and transformation engagements.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex organizational effectiveness engagements, with accountability for outcomes, quality, and stakeholder alignment.
- Advise senior leaders on organizational strategies aligned with business priorities.
- Define engagement scope, objectives, delivery plans, and governance.
- Manage stakeholder alignment, risks, and competing priorities to ensure successful execution.
- Lead organizational design and operating model initiatives covering structures, governance, roles, decision rights, and ways of working.
- Translate strategic objectives into practical, scalable organizational solutions.
- Use workforce planning and analytics insights to inform recommendations.
- Apply consistent methodologies while accommodating business-specific needs.
- Design and lead change strategies for large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Drive leadership alignment and sponsorship to support adoption and sustained outcomes.
- Oversee communication and engagement plans that build clarity, commitment, and momentum.
- Connect change efforts to measurable business outcomes and value realization.
- Establish disciplined delivery practices, including planning, governance, milestone tracking, and quality assurance.
- Proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks.
- Ensure alignment across concurrent initiatives and prevent duplication or conflicting design decisions.
- Maintain high standards for execution, quality, and results.
- Partner with HR Business Partners to integrate organizational design and workforce planning into strategic initiatives and ongoing business operations.
- Collaborate with People Experience Team leaders to support effective implementation and change adoption.
- Lead and develop Engagement Partners and cross-functional teams.
- Coach team members to strengthen consulting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Model a pragmatic, results-oriented approach that balances strategy and execution.
- Contribute to the evolution of organizational effectiveness methodologies, tools, and playbooks.
Qualifications
- 12–15+ years of progressive HR, Organizational Effectiveness, or related experience.
- Deep expertise in organizational design, operating models, and change management.
- Proven success leading complex enterprise transformation initiatives from design through implementation.
- Experience influencing senior leaders in a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate strategy into actionable organizational solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and stakeholder trust.
- Exceptional judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Skills
Experience
12–15+ years of progressive HR, Organizational Effectiveness, or related experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Workplace
This position is based in New York City, New York, USA.
Culture
The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.
About Cerulean
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