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Director, Transformation Office

Albemarle


Job Location:

Charlotte, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 13 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 10 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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.

Job Description

We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility energyconnectivityand 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 ownerselevating 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 ownersstress-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 actionsareclearlydefined 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 crediblemeasurableand 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 decisions

  • Cross-functional bottlenecks are proactivelyidentifiedand resolved beforeimpactingdelivery

  • The transformation office is viewed as a critical driver of performancenot just reporting

Whatyoubring

  • Bachelors 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

Itdbe 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.


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Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and refining catalysts. We power the potential of companies in many of the world's largest and most critical industries, from energy an ... View more

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