Director of IT Strategy and Transformation

Who We Are

At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. That’s why every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow.

We align to a set of Values that are the core pillars that define our culture and help bring our brand purpose to life:

• We are stronger as one: We collaborate across the enterprise, scale what works and act   decisively for our customers and partners.
• We deliver on commitments: We are accountable, empower each other and go above and beyond for our stakeholders.
• We learn, improve and innovate: We get better each day by challenging the status quo and equipping ourselves for the future.
• We are inclusive: We embrace different perspectives, enabling our colleagues to make an impact and bring their whole selves to work.

About The Role

The Director of Strategy and Transformation will play a key role in supporting IT strategic initiatives, including end-to-end program/project execution, operating model/organizational design, learning and development enablement, expense management, executive reporting and presentations, and the creation of Organizational Change Management plans, metrics and activities to increase and measure the activation of strategies through new processes, tools and ways of working.

The primary responsibility will be designing and implementing strategy and change plans across the Organization that maximize business value and increase employee adoption. This person will focus on designing strategy related to the IT workforce and technology landscape including working with architecture on technology roadmaps. The role will also facilitate the people side of change for an organization that spans employees and vendor partners, including changes to processes, systems and technology, job roles, and organization structures. The change strategies and plans are foundational to the execution of transformational initiatives and, as such, the Director of Strategy and Transformation will work to drive faster adoption and higher utilization and proficiency with changes that impact employees. These improvements will increase benefit realization, value creation, ROI and the achievement of results and outcomes.

The Director of Strategy and Transformation will have to work through others in the organization to succeed, she or he will act as a coach for senior leaders and executives in helping them fulfil the role of change sponsor. This role may also provide direct support and coaching to all levels of managers and supervisors as they help their direct reports through transitions, included in this role is digital communications, employee engagement meetings, and organization/leadership planning sessions.

Responsibilities

• Development and support of IT strategic initiatives, including workforce planning, organizational design, IT strategy development, benchmarking of IT capabilities against industry, and learning and development of IT associates.
• Scope, shape and deliver organizational design and operating model changes by exerting influence widely within and across the organization, identifying and managing anticipated resistance and driving outcomes that enable organization goals and objectives
• Support and engage senior leaders, consult, and manage stakeholders, and coach managers and supervisors across the portfolio of work
• Manage vendors or consultant companies for IT strategic initiatives and benchmarking engagements
• Deliver end-to-end execution of strategic programs based on enterprise and IT transformational need, embedding executive reporting, organizational change management, executive engagement and benefits realization best practices
• Deliver and/or provide consultation on a structured change management approach to support adoption of tools, processes, or skillsets required by a project or initiative, including impact analysis, change readiness assessment, risk management and stakeholder engagement to maximize impact.
• Lead and/or support strategic expense management programs in line with enterprise initiatives/targets, and in-year activities to create a backlog of expense management opportunities to meet IT specific financial targets
• Manage the production of key internal and external meeting materials, including board meetings, industry presentations, and organization strategy meetings with internal stakeholders
• Support the IT Communications Lead as a trusted advisor in the design, development, delivery, and management of communications, including:
  • Communication and activation of the strategy within the enterprise (associates, partners, business stakeholders)
  • Development o