FOR HIRING TEAMS
Building organization design and change capability inside one organization, and staying with it.
Open to Director and Senior Director roles in organizational effectiveness, organization design and change leadership.
Career at a glance
Sep 2024–now
Independent advisory, facilitation and executive coaching, alongside ORSC certification and 800+ hours of experiential group methods
Aug 2023–Aug 2024
Amazon · Senior organization development and leadership coaching partner (contract), Worldwide Real Estate Development · coaching a director and their direct reports
Mar 2021–Jan 2023
Amazon · Senior Organization Development & HR Business Partner (contract), Global Real Estate & Facilities · supported the move to a global operating model and partnered with directors establishing new teams in Workplace Experience, Sustainability, and Design and Construction.
Jul 2019–Jan 2021
NBBJ · Organization, change and leadership consultant · part of the Warner Bros. headquarters design team, bringing change management into the design phase
Oct 2015–Jun 2019
Lendlease · Lead change management consultant, Amgen NextGen Workplace, 15 sites · setting the approach and reviewing the work of a three-person change team
Sep 2014–Sep 2015
Insurance Australia Group · Senior Change Manager, Group Transformation Office · developing the change approach for a ~$1.5B program
2012–2014
Executive and team coaching and facilitation · Sydney
2010–2012
Westpac · Senior Manager, Customer Centricity, leading a small team
2006–2010
Qantas · Project implementation coordinator, then change analyst and facilitator · aircraft departures system
What I would own inside
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Organization and team design for functions in transition, built around the work.
02
Enterprise change strategy, governance and rollout across sites and divisions.
03
Leadership team effectiveness, executive advisory and coaching for leaders carrying change.
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Internal change capability through change managers, champion networks and trainers who keep the work going.
Credentials
- MS in Organization Development, Pepperdine University
- MBA in Aviation Management and Master of Business Information Technology, RMIT
- Certified Change Management Professional (ACMP), among the first 500 globally · Prosci certified
- Organization and relationship systems coaching (ORSC) certification
- 800+ hours of experiential group methods
- English and Spanish
In their words
“Samuel is a rare leader who is genuinely interested in developing and mentoring his employees. He invests time and effort in honing the skills of his team and pushes them to grow and develop themselves to an outstanding level.”— Cheryl D. · reported to Samuel at Westpac
“Sam and I have worked together for three years… He is always striving for excellence with the customer utmost in his thoughts. He is constantly seeking new experiences and knowledge to add to his already considerable technical competence in managing change.”— Tim A. · managed Samuel at Lendlease