Sr. Consultant, Program & Change Enablement

Are you passionate about being part of a team that delivers extraordinary care to help individuals and businesses prepare for and protect their retirement? If so, then Nationwide Financial could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

We are seeking a strategic and dynamic Change & Program Enablement leader to lead the full change management function within the NF Shared Portfolio Activation team. This role provides direct leadership to a team of Change Management professionals and partners closely with Communications and Business Delivery teams to deliver integrated activation strategies. Serving as a key liaison with a wide array of stakeholders, the position will shape and articulate the evolving narrative of Shared Portfolio initiatives while designing and deploying change strategies, governance frameworks, tools, and learning modules.

The ideal candidate will excel at driving change enablement plans across multiple projects, consulting with impacted business units, and securing executive sponsorship. Additional responsibilities include coaching internal staff, managing budgets, and fostering a strong change management community across the organization. Change Management certifications are highly desirable, and program management and communications experience are also considered a plus.

This is a hybrid position located in Columbus Ohio, and you will be required to come into the office two days per week.

Job Description Summary

Are you a change agent who is process focused and detail oriented? Do you thrive in a busy, engaging work environment? If so, we want to know more about you!

As a Senior Consultant, you'll lead design, planning and implementation of change strategies across the enterprise. This work includes implementation of the largest, most critical projects. You'll focus on application of emerging industry trends in portfolio management, program management and change management to drive business results.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages deployment of change strategies. Builds enterprise program and change management methods, governance, frameworks, tools and learning modules to evolve the enterprise change portfolio management capability. 

• Drives implementation of change enablement plans. Ensures successful completion of multiple simultaneous projects that cut across channels, businesses and companies. 

• Consults with leaders from multiple business units, most heavily impacted by change, to ensure successful completion of business capability improvement programs. 

• Partners with executives and program leaders to secure strong sponsorship and key constituent support to drive the change strategy. 

• Proactively builds and participates in program and change enablement networks to encourage capability uplift and proliferation of program and change competency and community. 

• Ensures knowledge development in program and business unit leaders, including working knowledge and pragmatic application of program and change management methods and tools to deliver program results and achieve business unit objectives.

• Coordinates budget development; submits budget to leadership for approval; adjusts spending and resource allocation as new challenges arise.

• Helps and coaches the internal staff, provides functional advice or training to less experienced team members and facilitates planning activities.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to AVP or VP and may have small team of direct reports. 

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in business, applied management or related field; related graduate studies preferred.

License/Designation/Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) or similar certification a plus.

Experience: Ten years of related experience, preferably in an insurance or financial services environment. 

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills and Ability: Proven knowledge of planning, program/project management, organizational development and process management. Strong ability to consult with program leaders and personally lead program teams including developing plans, objectives and resource requireme