Sr. Director of Change Management

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Job Description:

Sr. Director of Change Management

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The Senior Director of Change Management will play a pivotal role in leading and overseeing change management for our most important transformation initiatives. This position requires a dynamic and experienced leader to both lead and coach successful change strategy implementation and foster increased capabilities within the organization. The ideal candidate will possess a high degree of business acumen in interacting with executive leaders, excellent communication skills and a proven track record of successful change leadership.

As a Senior Director of Change Management you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead Change Management Strategy: Design and implement change strategies aligned with business objectives, partnering with executive leadership to assess readiness and define success metrics.
• Executive Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment, buy-in, and effective communication throughout change initiatives.
• Risk & Readiness Assessment: Conduct impact analyses and readiness evaluations to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Coaching & Strategic Advisory: Provide coaching to senior leaders and act as a strategic advisor on transformation initiatives, change strategy, and stakeholder engagement.
• Capability Building & Training: Develop scalable training programs, establish an enterprise-wide change management community, and create strategic plans to enhance organizational change capabilities.

Work Distribution:

• 50% Support key strategic transformation initiatives as the change practitioner
• 25% Coach and support project leaders on change management for balance of transformation initiatives
• 25% Lead solutions for common enterprise-wide needs

Change Practitioner Leadership

• Develop and implement change management strategies aligned with business goals
• Partner with executive leadership to assess change readiness and define success metrics
• Build relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders for alignment and buy-in
• Facilitate communication and engagement strategies to support awareness and commitment
• Conduct impact assessments and change readiness evaluations to identify risks and mitigation strategies

Coaching & Strategic Advisory

• Provide coaching to senior leaders and project teams on key transformation initiatives
• Serve as a thought partner to executive sponsors and program leaders on change strategy and stakeholder engagement

Build organizational capabilities

• Develop and manage sca