Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.
Edwards is looking for a Senior Manager of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) to join our Organizational Effectiveness team. Our Organizational Effectiveness team is a tight knit internal consulting team responsible for running multiple strategic projects across different Business Units, regions, and functions at Edwards Lifesciences. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant impact to a wide variety of functional areas within our multibillion-dollar global organization.
Our ideal candidate possesses a management consulting or consultative background with proven experiences in leading a cross-functional teams to deliver strategic projects that are high-profile and fast. This role will partner with Executive Leadership, HR Leaders, and business stakeholders to address the people and organization factors as Edwards scales for growth. This position will be on-site located at our Irvine headquarters.
How you’ll make an impact:
Deliver key strategic talent and org imperatives and/or OE initiatives
Collaborate with key partners to develop Edwards-wide org & talent strategies and imperatives to enable business objectives over the 7-year strategy horizon
Consult on enterprise wide, high impact business initiatives, with focus on the people and organizational impact to ensure ROI on significant initiatives
Partner with the business & HR leaders to build Talent & Org Strategies and capability plans to enable Edwards for rapid growth
Plan and direct initiatives including prioritizing and selecting appropriate projects with overall responsibility for meeting business objectives
Direct initiatives with overall responsibility of planning, staffing, managing priorities, recommending, and implementing changes to methods through several managers
Continue to build out and elevate Edwards Org Change Management capability, advocate “change management” knowledge and capabilities into the organization
Develop a robust talent development and succession planning in alignment with functional growth strategies across the global organizational effectiveness team
Direct responsibility for assessing and building organizational effectiveness capabilities within direct team, global HR organization, and across the EW organization
What you’ll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree in related field with 10 years of previous related experience (e.g., OE/Workforce Planning/ or organizational design strategy including business case analysis, and communications), or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria, OR
Master's Degree or equivalent in related field with 8 years of experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
Occasional travel, up to 30% annually, may be required to support business need
What else we look for (Preferred):
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, organizational psychology, or computer science
Strong technical/science-based backgrounds that foster systems thinking, or management consulting experience with strong facilitation and problem-solving skills
Expert Business understanding of organizational effectiveness
Excellent presentation and facilitation skill
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
Proven success in managing two or more concurrent projects and initiatives
Recognized as an expert in one area (e.g., Organizational Design, OCM, Workforce Planning) with specialized depth within the organization
Expert knowledge and understanding of EW policies, procedures, and requirements as it relates to organizational effectiveness
Excellent leadership and influencing skills
Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
Ability to represent leadership on projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and team
Ability to consult in project setting within specific area
Provide leadership to outsourcing partners on a task leve
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California (CA) the base pay range for this position is $139,000 to $190,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
COVID Vaccination Requirement
Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in related field with 10 years of previous related experience, or Master's Degree with 8 years of experience
- Strong technical/science-based backgrounds or management consulting experience
- Expert knowledge in organizational effectiveness
- Excellent presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal relationship skills
Edwards Lifesciences Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Edwards Lifesciences and has not been reviewed or approved by Edwards Lifesciences.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) match complemented by a separate profit‑sharing contribution. These elements add meaningful long‑term value to total compensation.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a discount and look‑back feature, alongside stock awards for eligible roles, provides notable upside. Program expansions indicate continued accessibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off policies include generous PTO, company holidays, and a year‑end holiday shutdown. These offerings enhance work‑life support when available at the site.
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What We Do
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. We thrive on discovery and expanding the boundaries of medical technology, serving patients in 100+ countries, with the help of our employees in areas including Clinical Affairs, Quality Engineering, Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Sales & Marketing, corporate functions and more. Our roots date back to 1958 when Miles Lowell Edwards, a retired engineer with a background in hydraulics and fuel pump operations, set out to build the first artificial heart. Edwards believed the heart could be mechanized and was encouraged by Dr. Albert Starr to focus on developing an artificial heart valve. After just two years, the first Starr-Edwards mitral valve was developed and successfully placed in a patient. This innovation spawned Edwards Laboratories. Miles’ fascination with healing the heart and helping patients with heart disease stemmed from his own experience with rheumatic fever as a teenager and continues to fuel our patient-first culture today. Today, we are as passionate about providing innovative solutions for people fighting cardiovascular disease as we have ever been. It's our Credo. It takes integrity, collaboration, innovation, and focus. We are leaders in the design and manufacture of tissue replacement heart valves and repair products as well as advanced hemodynamic monitoring. We partner with physicians to innovate products designed to help patients live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Our work is both rewarding and a privilege. The importance of what we do defines our approach. We work together to create an environment where ideas can flourish and we provide our people with the resources, expertise and support to bring those ideas to life. For our legal terms and trademarks, please visit: https://www.edwards.com/legal/legal-terms
