Manager, Organizational Effectiveness

Job Description

Organizational Effectiveness Manager

About the Organizational Effectiveness Program Office:

Our program office ensures People Enablement (HR) resources are delivering on the People Enablement portfolio priorities that most directly improve business performance. We specialize in portfolio and project management, guiding teams through change, designing better ways to work, and designing measures and using data to realize better business outcomes. By carefully managing how different parts of the People Enablement function and company work together, we connect big-picture strategy with tangible outcomes.

Position Summary:

As the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) Manager, you will be a strategic driver responsible for shaping and delivering critical People Enablement initiatives. You will partner closely with HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to prioritize work and ensure initiatives are delivered with discipline and sustained impact. This role requires a blend of systems thinking and hands-on execution to improve organizational performance, clarity, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Execution and Portfolio Management: Own and drive defined portfolios of work that translate enterprise strategy into executable initiatives, managing plans, milestones, and risks to ensure delivery against agreed outcomes.
• OE Solution Design: Lead the design and delivery of comprehensive solutions, including operating model refinements, organizational design, ways of working, role clarity, and process optimization.
• Change Leadership: Embed change management methodologies and engagement strategies into all initiatives to ensure leaders and employees understand, adopt, and sustain new ways of behaving and working.
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with COE leaders and HRBPs to assess needs, align priorities, and tailor OE solutions to specific functional and business contexts.
• Data-Driven Insights: Establish and track success measures to monitor adoption and business impact, surfacing risks and tradeoffs to the OE Director and governance forums.
• Standardization and Coaching: Apply consistent OE standards and methodologies to reinforce a repeatable approach across the enterprise while providing coaching to project teams to ensure high-quality analysis and execution.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• Experience: 8-12+ years in organizational effectiveness, HR transformation, Strategic HRBP, or related roles, with a proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Technical Expertise: Strong expertise in organizational design, performance improvement, and change management.
• Certification: Prosci certification is required.
• Soft Skills: Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, operate effectively in ambiguity, and apply strategic judgment to complex problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) in Organizational Development or a related field.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale transformations, mergers and acquisitions, or large-scale change initiatives.
• Experience leading or mentoring other OE/OD practitioners.
• Familiarity with workforce analytics and advanced change frameworks

Core Competencies

• Systems Thinking: Ability to see the "big picture" and understand how various organizational components interact.
• Executive Presence: Confidence and clarity when partnering with and influencing senior leadership.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Building strong, collaborative relationships across diverse functions.
• Data-Informed Decision-Making: Using metrics, data, and feedback to guide project adjustments and strategy.

About Us

Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE: HOUS) is moving real estate to what's next. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, Century 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, Corcoran®, ERA®, and Sotheby's International Realty® , we fulfill our purpose to empower everyone's next move through our leading integrated services, which include franchise, brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement businesses, as well as mortgage and title insurance underwriter minority owned joint ventures. Anywhere supports nearly 1 million home sale transactions annually and our portfolio of industry-leading brands turns houses into homes in more than 118 countries and territories across the world.


At Anywhere, we are empowering everyone's next move - your career included. What differentiates us is our scale, expertise, network, and unique business model that positions us as a trusted advisor throughout every stage of the real estate transaction. We pursue talent - strategic thinkers who are eager to always find a better way, relentlessly focus on talent, obsess about growth, and achieve exceptional results. We value our people-first culture, which thrives on empowerment, innovation, and cross-company collaboration as we keep moving the world forward, together. Read more about our company culture and values in our annual Impact Report.


We are proud of our award-winning culture and are consistently recognized as an employer of choice by various organizations including:

• Great Place to Work
• Forbes World's Best Employers
• Newsweek World's Most Trustworthy Companies
• Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies