Organizational Development Consultant jobs in Houston, TX

Who we are 

Q5 is an international award-winning consulting firm, specializing in organizational health. From cracking strategic challenges and designing the most effective organizational structures to building capability in teams, we help companies work better and smarter. As part of our strategy, we continue to expand and grow across all of our international locations including North America. We combine our global expertise with locally based delivery to get the best results for our clients. We pride ourselves on delivering work in a unique, collaborative way: a partnership approach, with joint teams and clear outcomes, agreed benefits and shared success. 

What we do 

Organizational Health is what separates ‘good’ organizations from the ‘great’. We work with executive teams globally and nationally to address the 5 key foundations to healthy and high performing organizations. 

1. Clear & coherent strategy tied to a common purpose 

1. Effective and efficient operating model and organization design 

1. A proven ability to implement change and transformation 

1. Talented people motivated by the right culture and empowered by their leaders 

1. All underpinned by technology, data & insights that align to strategic objectives. 

What the role is 

Our Principal Consultants are responsible for running whole project workstreams and contributing to our new business pipeline either through project extensions or new client relationships.  

The disciplinary focus of this role is organization design and effectiveness. Aligned to our core business offer, we will need the candidate to lead projects where we redesign organizations for growth, reduction in cost, or integration (but to name a few scenarios). We see organization design as much more than just boxes and wires. The role will focus on the holistic redesign, from the vision, purpose and culture to the operating model and ways of working. 

There are three core focus areas that we use when thinking about consulting at Q5: 

1) Project delivery 

• You will independently mobilize, oversee & run project teams to deliver the best business transformation outcomes for our clients with a focus on organization design and effectiveness related projects (using the Q5 Metro Map methodology). 

• You will proactively manage stakeholder relationships within the Q5 client. 
• You will identify and/or execute mitigations to project risk as well as be able to manage multiple projects, have experience of different project/client. environments and bring this to the client to help solve their problems. 
• You will manage the commercials – budget and resources for large projects. 

2) Business development 

• You will focus time towards developing and growing our North America business through brand awareness campaigns, developing and sustaining relationships and developing thought leadership 
• You will contribute to proposals and bids with expert insight 

3) Practice management 

• You will take responsibility for mentoring one or more of our Consultants or Senior Consultants, supporting their development as well as managing performance conversations with confidence and clarity. 
• You will support the Q5’s Buddy system and get involved in assisting in the onboarding of new joiners. 
• You will contribute to the Q5 ecosystem by leading the development of new offerings and leading internal transformation.