Albemarle Corporation

Director, Transformation Office

Albemarle Corporation  •  Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)  •  9 days ago
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Job Description

Be an essential element to a brighter future.

We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind. Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet.

We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy,connectivityand health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people andplanetin mind. Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, ourcustomersand the planet.

Albemarle is hiring for a Director, Transformation Office. This position is hybrid and located in Charlotte, NC.

As Director, Transformation Office, you will support the Chief Transformation Officer and the enterprise transformation office by driving rigorous program management, executive synthesis, cross-functional coordination, and value capture. This role serves as a trusted and challenging thought partner to pillar sponsors, workstream leaders, and initiative owners—elevating decision quality, strengthening plans, and helping ensure delivery of enterprise value across the transformation portfolio.This role is defined by three core responsibilities:

  • Driving transformation performance and value realization across the portfolio,

  • Serving as a trusted challenger and thought partner to senior leaders, and

  • Translating complex performance data into clear executive insights and decisions.

What you will do

  • Serve as a constructive challenger to pillar sponsors, workstream leaders, and initiative owners—stress-testing assumptions and elevating plans to be more ambitious, executable, and aligned to enterprise value

  • Operate as a senior extension of the Chief Transformation Officer, reinforcing expectations, driving alignment, and selectively intervening to sustain performance momentum across the transformation

  • Drive performance rigor across initiatives byidentifyingunderperformance early, challenging root causes, and ensuring clear actionsare clearlydefined and owned

  • Coordinate across multiple transformation workstreams and functional teams tomaintainalignment, sequencing, and delivery discipline

  • Support executive governance processes, leadership reviews, and decision-making forums with clear recommendations and actionable insights

  • Develop concise executive-level materials, strategic synthesis, and performance updates for senior leadership

  • Translate complex transformation performance into clear, concise executive narratives that drive decision-making and alignment

  • Track KPIs, milestones, risks, dependencies, and value captureensuring outcomes are credible,measurableand realized (not just reported)

  • Escalate risks, gaps, bottlenecks, and underperformance proactively to enabletimelyintervention and decision-making

  • Identifyand help resolve cross-functional barriers that could slow delivery or reduce impact

  • Support prioritization and evolution of the transformation portfolio through data-driven insights, scenario analysis, andcleartrade-off recommendationsto leadership

  • Transformation initiatives aredeliveredagainst plan with clear visibility to value, risks, and mitigation actions

  • Underperformance is surfaced early, with clear root cause and corrective actions in place

  • Pillar sponsors and initiative ownersoperatewith higher rigor, accountability, and consistency

  • Executive leadership has clear, concise views of performance and key decisionsrequired

  • Cross-functional bottlenecks are proactivelyidentifiedand resolved beforeimpactingdelivery

  • The transformation office is viewed as a critical driver of performance—not just reporting

Whatyoubring

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Operations, or a related field

  • Approximately 6-10years of experience in management consulting, transformation, PMO, strategic program leadership, operating model redesign, or enterprise performance improvement roles

  • Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise transformations, cost and productivity programs, operating model redesign, or large-scale cross-functional change initiatives

  • Strong executive communication and presentation capabilities, including the ability to synthesize complex information into concise leadership materials and recommendations

  • Proven ability to challenge assumptions constructively, influence senior leaders, and drive accountability without direct line ownership

  • Strong program management discipline with experience tracking KPIs, milestones, risks, dependencies, and value realization across a portfolio of initiatives

It’dbe great if you also have

  • MBA or other advanceddegreein Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related field

  • Experience in a top-tier strategy consulting ortransformationadvisory environmentstrongly preferred

  • Approximately 2+ years of post-MBA consulting experience in transformation, performance improvement, or strategic execution

  • Experience in industrials, chemicals, mining, manufacturing, energy, or energy-transition sectors

  • Experience working with executive governance processes, transformation offices, enterprise PMOs, or value capture offices

  • Track recordofoperatingeffectively in high-visibility roles that require sound judgment, executive presence, and the ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments

Benefits ofjoining Albemarle

  • Competitive compensation

  • Comprehensive benefits package

  • A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

We are partnerstoone another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essentialelementand you cananticipatecompetitive compensation, a comprehensive package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build withpurposeand grow together.

Benefits of Joining Albemarle

  • Competitive compensation

  • Comprehensive benefits package

  • A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.

Albemarle Corporation

About Albemarle Corporation

Albemarle leads the world in transforming essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. From our strength in lithium, bromine and other specialty chemical solutions, we partner with customers to pioneer new ways to move, power, connect and protect with people and planet in mind.

As a values-driven company, we understand it is not enough to build things better, stronger and faster — we have to be cleaner, safer and smarter. Through the world’s most diverse and reliable supply chain, we adapt, manage and utilize the world’s most essential resources to create the greatest value out of every molecule.

We work hard to create an inclusive work environment that empowers our employees to openly and honestly communicate, create and innovate. Our career opportunities span the globe from the United States to Australia — your decision to join our team will be rewarded with a positive, team-oriented workplace that inspires personal and professional growth. We will make every effort to support your career goals and create opportunities for you to realize your full potential.

As part of our global team, you'll experience:

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Hands-on technical experience

• Job variety and career flexibility

• Collaboration with seasoned employees at every level

• A proven record of innovation

• Company-wide focus on economic and environmental sustainability

• Deep commitment to our communities, education and social development

• Concern and compassion for fellow employees

• Among the best safety records in the industry

We are committed to building a more resilient world.

Industry
Chemicals & Materials
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
Year Founded
Unknown
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