Sr. Associate, Change & Organization Development Strategist

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

 

Our New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.

 

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities.  You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other–providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

 

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of talent at New York Life. As part of Human Resources, you'll contribute to a comprehensive strategy that attracts, develops, and retains top talent. Whether it's identifying future leaders, crafting engaging learning experiences, or fostering a vibrant workplace culture, your work directly empowers individuals and fuels the company's growth. Join us and play a vital role in making New York Life a destination employer for generations to come. 

 

 

This is an exciting opportunity to join New York Life’s enterprise Change and OD Center of Excellence. This team was recently formed to play a pivotal role in the company’s evolution by supporting leaders, managers, and employees through change- preparing for new skills and behaviors and reinforcing adoption.  

 

This role requires a consultative approach and an execution-focused mindset as it partners with the business to provide best practice change management and organization development tools and strategies to help drive large scale and complex transformations while keeping a strong focus on our customer and employee first culture. The work includes, but is not limited to, assessing leadership alignment, stakeholder assessment, learning needs, communication strategies and end-to-end organizational development efforts. The individual must be able to advise and influence leadership on analysis, appropriate tactics and initiatives on change and surface related risks to aid decision-making and continued action/progress.   

 

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting change and transformation efforts within the financial services industry and/or large, complex corporate environments. S/he is a team player with a positive growth mindset who is adept at learning the business, creating internal partnerships, demonstrating empathy, fostering collaboration, and implementing solutions that reinforce organizational culture and inspire employee engagement.   

  

What You’ll Bring: 

Change Management Strategy Planning  

• Apply a change management method, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of changes required by a project or initiative.  

• Conduct stakeholder analysis and change impact assessments.  

• Develop and implement change management plans aligned with organizational goals.  

• Identify and manage expected and persistent resistance.  

• Consult and coach project teams in leading/driving change efforts.  

  

Organization Development  

• Looks across the organization to identify compounding change and fatigue causing change resistance 

• Diagnose needs and apply Organization Development techniques to help drive organizational, team, and employee effectiveness.  

• Design and deliver targeted talent and organization development tools to clients as needed, e.g., prioritization, role clarity, change readiness and coaching.  

  

Measurement and Evaluation  

• Establish means to measure the success of change initiatives.  

• Conduct regular evaluations to assess the impact of change initiatives in support of business goals.  

  

  

What You’ll Do: 

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) preferred with specialized coursework in HR, I/O Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, or related disciplines.   

• 3-5 years of Change Management and/or Organization Development experience; PROSCI Change Management Certifica