[Hiring] Senior Change Manager @The Standard

Role Description

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard. A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

As a Senior Change Manager, you’ll establish partnerships with business leaders across the enterprise and refine and apply The Standard’s customized people-centered change management methodology, showing the value change management capabilities can bring to an organization undergoing significant changes to process, technology, organizational structures, and products that will deliver customer value.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and grow the discipline of change management across the company by leveraging The Standard’s structured methodology to lead consistent change strategy design and execution to ensure the unique needs of each change are met.
• Collaborate with key leaders and partners across the enterprise to ensure successful change sponsorship.
• Facilitate the completion and creation of practical change management deliverables.
• Model change management behavior and engage in peer learning and coaching with other change resources in the change management office.
• Act as a strategic thought partner for leaders and provide guidance when strategizing.
• Expand and fortify our change management methodology by being a credible resource for best practices in change management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 7-10 years of experience delivering end to end change management leveraging known/established methodologies.
• CCMP, Kotter, 7-S, Prosci or ADKAR certified (required).
• Consulting capabilities (preferred).
• Agile and Lean experience (preferred).
• Actuary experience (preferred).
• Industry experience (preferred).

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Driving success: Making things happen by taking responsibility for the work and setting the bar high for your ambitions, always striving for outstanding results. Inspired by being part of a team of driven change managers.
• Customer Focus: Business outcome focused -- able to think about the problem and solution from a customer perspective and looking ahead to coordinate efforts to make the most of your time and resources on behalf of your stakeholders.
• Winning Together: Passion for being part of a driven team -- ability to look at a problem "from the same side of the table" and challenge ideas and assumptions not the person. Able to give and receive fact-based feedback directly in real time, generous listening skills and ability to assume positive intent, and always staying curious and open to new ideas and learning from your peers. Views feedback as a gift that helps foster a growth mindset.

Benefits

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions.
• An annual incentive bonus plan.
• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure.
• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement.
• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools.

Salary Range

$109,750.00 - $160,500.00

Company Description

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law.