Change Management Partner

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

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The Change Management Partner will provide day to day change management execution capabilities to various organizations across the business in support of the project sponsor and project team. Provides change management support for projects specific to the department creating large scale enterprise-wide change.

What you will do

Plan for Change (Get Started Phase)

• Partner with the sponsor to lead the change assessment
• Lead the development of the creation of the change strategy
• Identify change implications

Manage Change (Align Phase)

• Work with project management resources to align change management plan with program/project plan
• Lead the creation of the initial stakeholder assessment
• Validate stakeholder analysis with business leaders
• Continually revise and update stakeholder assessment through lifecycle of project
• Develop sponsorship plan with change sponsor and support sponsor activities
• Facilitate the creation of the change story with change sponsor and project team
• Lead the development of the communication strategy for the project
• Identify risk and resistance and provide coaching to business leaders
• Manage Change (Develop Phase) Develop communication plan
• Oversee execution of communication plan, including providing updates to the plan and ensuring project awareness of the communication plan.
• Assist in developing communications as needed.
• Develop and ensure execution of stakeholder management activities and change plan
• Provide coaching to business leaders, sponsors and project leaders on effective change management activities
• Partner with training lead to develop audience analysis if training is required
• Define and help administer change readiness assessments (user readiness/user support)
• Partner with business sponsor to develop deployment strategies
• Identify readiness risks and identify mitigation strategies

Reinforce Change – (Transition Phase & Sustain Phase)

• Partner with business leaders to develop reinforcement plan
• Implement corrective actions and celebrate success

What you will bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field preferred
• 2-5 years of dedicated change management experience
• Critical thinking skills
• Problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills – verbal and non-verbal
• Presentation skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• Multitasking skills
• Ability to engage at all levels of the organization – SVP to associate

What will set you apart

• Prosci Certification
• Financial Services industry experience preferred

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - internal networks that rally around common interest, experiences and identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, military status and sexual orientation. BRGs play a vital