Organisational Design and Development Lead (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Job Description

Google DeepMind is seeking an Org Design & Development Lead for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves partnering with P&C teams to address key people challenges and opportunities, ensuring the company's culture and organizational infrastructure support performance and engagement.

Responsibilities include:

• Diagnosing challenges teams are facing
• Identifying, prioritizing, and delivering solutions for teams
• Building and leveraging org development solutions
• Measuring and demonstrating accelerated team performance
• Understanding key cultural trends and functional best practices
• Leading and/or supporting due diligence, people onboarding, and integration activity in the event of any merger/acquisition

Requirements include:

• Extensive experience in designing and leading impactful organization consulting projects
• Deep familiarity with organizational and people challenges within research, engineering, and product organizations
• Strong communication and engagement skills, with experience leading others through change
• Established HR or OD professional with experience aligning people practices to fulfill business strategy, and building innovative HR practices and frameworks where necessary
• Skilled and agile facilitator capable of diagnosing and managing complex people dynamics
• Proven ability to lead a team from problem diagnosis through to solution creation
• Knowledge of HR topics and practices, ideally with some understanding of organizational psychology
• As an advisor and coach, possesses the courage to challenge decisions that prioritize short-term goals over the overall health of the company
• Ideally, experience in project and change management, including developing and implementing roadmaps and adjusting as necessary
• Demonstrated experience collaborating as part of a wider project team on shared topics, using expertise to help design, plan, and implement solutions
• Open and curious approach, actively listening to feedback and adjusting plans based on challenges
• Acts with confidence, instills trust, and delivers well-thought-out solutions, demonstrating tenacity in finding answers
• Exemplifies DeepMind’s values of Pioneering, Intentional, AGI-first, and Responsible

Google DeepMind offers:

• A supportive and inclusive environment
• Extensive manager support