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Senior Manager, Culture, Capability & Change

Vail Resorts
Broomfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 27 Feb 2026
💰 $130,000/yr($115,000/yr$130,000/yr)

About the role

 

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

 

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

 

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Director of Organizational Capability, the Senior Manager, Culture, Capability & Change is responsible for designing and executing human-centered change and culture strategies that reinforce our mission and values, drive measurable business outcomes, and foster engagement in times of transformation. As part of the Organizational Capability COE, this role focuses on building scalable, human-centered change and culture products, processes, and experiences that enable leaders and teams to successfully navigate transformation and embed a values-driven, high-performance culture. Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, the Sr Manager will ensure connection and alignment to our culture and successful adoption of critical changes that drive business outcomes. This role will operate as an enterprise enabler—partnering closely with business, HR, and functional leaders to ensure change and culture are not episodic efforts, but integrated, repeatable capabilities across the organization.

 

Job Specifications:

  • Starting Wage: $115,000 - $130,000 + annual bonus 

  • Employment Type: Year Round  

  • Shift Type: Full Time 

  • Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age  

  • Housing Availability: No  

 

Job Responsibilities:

Enterprise Change Enablement

  • Enable a cohesive, enterprise change strategy that supports strategic transformations, operating model shifts, and priority initiatives.
  • Evolve a standardized change management framework, toolkits, and playbooks that enable consistent, high-quality change execution across the organization.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on leading through complexity, ambiguity, and transformation.
  • Ensure change approaches are human-centered, data-informed, and aligned to business outcomes.

Culture Strategy & Activation

  • Translate the company’s mission and values into actionable culture strategies, experiences, and behaviors at scale.
  • Partner with leaders and HR teams to embed desired cultural norms into core people processes, leadership expectations, and ways of working.
  • Design mechanisms to measure, monitor, and evolve culture, including engagement, adoption, and behavior-change indicators.
  • Enable leaders to lead culture activation efforts during periods of transformation to reinforce trust, clarity, and engagement.

COE Product, Process & Experience Design

  • Operate as part of a Center of Excellence that builds best-in-class change and culture products (frameworks, tools, diagnostics), processes (governance, intake, prioritization), and experiences (leader and employee-facing moments that drive adoption).
  • Bring outside-in thinking and best practices to the organization to inform our products, processes, and experiences. Monitor trends, maintain subject matter expertise, and drive continuous improvement in all areas of change and culture. 
  • Continuously improve COE offerings using feedback, data, and evolving business needs.

Enablement & Capability Development

  • Enable leaders, HR partners, and functional teams with the capability, tools, and confidence to lead change and reinforce culture in their day-to-day work.
  • Shift the organization from bespoke change support to scalable, reusable solutions that empower leaders to lead change independently.

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