Organizational Psychologist

Organizational Psychologist — Merit Group Consulting

Chicago, IL | January 2024 – Present

• Designed and implemented a structured leadership assessment framework using Hogan tools for 140 high-potential managers, boosting leadership promotion readiness by 28% over 18 months.
• Conducted comprehensive diagnostic organizational health surveys for 4 corporate divisions, reducing voluntary turnover rates by 19% through targeted team intervention strategies.
• Facilitated 15 team-alignment workshops for newly merged departments, increasing internal cross-functional collaboration sentiment scores from 64% to 88% within 9 months.
• Managed a workforce development budget of $150,000, optimizing external vendor contracts to cut leadership coaching overhead costs by 14% while retaining quality standards.

Talent Development Specialist — Summit Financial Solutions

Chicago, IL | June 2020 – December 2023

• Led job analysis and competency mapping for 35 distinct roles, drafting standardized job profiles and performance matrices that reduced hiring cycle time by 22%.
• Analyzed employee engagement data from 2,500 survey responses using SPSS, identifying key drivers of attrition to assist executive leaders in implementing 3 new wellness initiatives.
• Coordinated the onboarding program redesign for 400 annual hires, incorporating mentoring and feedback systems to increase first-year retention metrics by 15%.
• Designed and delivered custom performance management training modules for 85 department heads, improving mid-year performance review completion rates from 71% to 95%.

Talent assessment, Leadership development, Job analysis, Survey methodology, Executive coaching, Team dynamics, Succession planning, Performance management, Statistical data analysis, Change management, SPSS, R, Qualtrics, Hogan Assessments, Tableau, MS Visio

Executive Succession Planning Redesign

Role: Lead Psychologist

Tools: Hogan Assessments, SPSS, Visio

Structured the succession framework for 15 critical C-suite roles, identifying 45 potential successors and shortening pipeline gap risks by 35%.

Workplace Engagement Assessment Initiative

Role: Co-Lead Analyst

Tools: Qualtrics, SPSS, Tableau

Deployed custom diagnostic surveys to 3,200 employees, uncovering key drivers of voluntary churn and driving interventions that reduced attrition by 18%.

• Hogan Assessments Certification (2021)
• SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice