Organizational Development & People Strategy Senior Manager

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

We believe that diversity adds value to our business, our teams and our culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunities that foster an inclusive environment.

The Organizational Development & People Strategy Senior Manager plays a key role in shaping how the organization operates, evolves, and enables the people function to deliver company goals.

This role combines strategic and hands-on responsibilities across two dimensions:

• Organizational Effectiveness & Development (CoE): designing and embedding frameworks, methodologies, and tools to strengthen organizational health, efficiency, and culture.
• People Strategy & Transformation Projects: partnering with HR Leadership Team to translate strategy into people initiatives that accelerate business outcomes.

What your responsibilities will be

• Organizational Effectiveness & Design (Center of Excellence)

Design, develop, maintain, and continuously enhance the global frameworks, methodologies, and tools for organizational effectiveness and governance.

Partner with HR and business leaders to assess organizational effectiveness, structure, and capabilities, ensuring alignment with strategy and operating model principles.

Lead diagnostics and design reviews to identify opportunities to simplify, optimize, and strengthen the organization.

Define metrics and measurement systems to assess organization health, productivity, and effectiveness.

Support capability building across the HR community on organization design, effectiveness, and change management practices.

Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing expertise on organizational design and transformation dynamics.

Communicate complex organizational concepts in a simple, clear, and impactful way.

Support large-scale transformation initiatives, including restructuring, integration, or organizational evolution projects.

• People Strategy

Partner with the HR Senior Leadership Team to translate business strategy into people and organization priorities.

Co-lead the development of the People Strategy, ensuring clear linkage between strategic intent and organizational implications.

Act as a thought partner for the HR Leadership Team in identifying organizational risks, gaps, and opportunities.

Develop materials and frameworks to deploy people strategy and internal governance.

In cooperation with the Data Analytics area, provide data-driven insights and recommendations to enhance decision-making on organizational and talent matters.

• OD Project Leadership & Governance Deployment

Serve as a project leader or key contributor in global OD and People Strategy projects, ensuring high-quality execution and adoption.

Contribute to the deployment of the new governance and operating model designed through the OD area.

Ensure project governance, milestones, and deliverables are effectively managed and communicated.

Foster cross-functional collaboration between HR Centers of Excellence, HRBPs, and Business Leaders to deliver integrated solutions.

Provide strategic support to pilot initiatives, proof-of-concept exercises, and continuous improvement loops.

Engage proactively with global and regional stakeholders to ensure organizational initiatives are understood, embraced, and embedded.

Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and leadership discussions to co-create solutions and ensure buy-in.

Who you are

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, education, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions).

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, HR, or related field.
• Experience: 8+ years of experience in Organizational Development, People Strategy, or related areas, ideally within a global matrix environment.

Proven experience driving organizational design and transformation initiatives at enterprise scale.

              Experience working in or with Centers of Excellence or OD Consultancy firms is a plus.

• Skills:

Strong conceptual and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to connect strategic objectives to organization and people implications.

Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Proficient level in English

Success in this role means:

• Translating strategic ambitions into tangible organizational outcomes.
• Delivering high-quality frameworks, tools, and insights that empower HR and business leaders to act with clarity.
• Strengthening the organization’s capacity to adapt, perform, and thrive in a changing environment.
• Acting as a key enabler of the new governance and effectiveness model within the HR function and across the business.

What we offer

It is a brilliant opportunity for you, Grifols is fully aware that its employees are one of its major assets. We are committed to maintaining an atmosphere that encourages all our employees to develop their professional careers in an excellent working environment. 

Information about Grifols is available at www.grifols.com. If you are interested in joining our company and you have what it takes for such an exciting position, then don’t hesitate to apply! 

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Grifols is an equal opportunity employer. 

Flexibility for U Program: Hybrid Model

Flexible schedule: Monday-Thursday 7-10 to 16-19h and Friday 8-15h.

Benefits package 

Contract of Employment: Permanent position

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Location: SPAIN : España : Sant Cugat del Valles:[[cust_building]] 

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