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Sr. Organization Design & Skills Lead
Company | The Pokémon Company |
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Location | Bellevue, WA, USA |
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Salary | $127000 – $191000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Experience in designing and optimizing organization structures, operating models, and skills planning.
- Ability to align organization design with business goals, talent needs, and future talent trends.
- Strong background in skills mapping, job architecture, and talent planning using data-driven insights.
- Ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
- Experience partnering with senior executives to drive organizational and skills transformation strategies.
- Strong influencing and advisory skills to guide leadership on structure, efficiency, and skills optimization.
- Expertise in change management methodologies and strategies for operational evolution.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Business, HR Strategy, or a related field or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise.
- Eight (8) to eleven (11) years of experience in organizational design, skills mapping, or HR strategy.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leadership to design adaptable operating models on organization design, talent strategy and skills transformation.
- Develop structures that support our business goals across gaming, media, licensing, and digital experiences.
- Optimize team collaboration, decision-making, and efficiency to foster an environment where creativity thrives.
- Assess current talent capabilities and design skills frameworks that promote mobility, career growth, and clarity.
- Utilize an AI-intuitive platform to anticipate future skill needs and workforce trends.
- Guide learning strategies that enable continuous upskilling and reskilling that support both business agility and employee development.
- Guide teams through transformation with clear, thoughtful change management strategies.
- Support smooth transitions during periods of growth or business shifts.
- Foster a culture of adaptability, helping teams navigate industry changes with confidence.
- Use talent analytics and organization modeling technologies to inform decisions on talent strategy and organization design.
- Interpret data to provide evidence-based recommendations on improving talent agility and performance.
- Stay ahead of industry trends in gaming, entertainment, and technology to future-proof our talent strategy.
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
- Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
- Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
- Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
- Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a ‘team first’ mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
- Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.