Sr. Manager, Change Enablement

Acosta

$110K — $130K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10+ years in change enablement or transformation roles
  • Experience with large scale enterprise initiatives
  • Proven collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
  • Familiarity with structured change methodologies
  • Strong understanding of change adoption processes
  • Exceptional communication skills across all organization levels
  • Ability to influence without direct authority

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement comprehensive change enablement strategies
  • Translate changes in business/technology into impacts on people and processes
  • Ensure alignment of change strategies with adoption and engagement goals
  • Engage stakeholders to build alignment and sponsorship for change
  • Identify and mitigate resistance and readiness gaps proactively
  • Conduct assessments to inform change strategies
  • Collaborate with communications and training for integrated experiences
  • Track change effectiveness metrics and recommend adjustments

Benefits

  • Potential for professional development and growth
  • Opportunity for collaboration with senior leaders
  • Chance to impact enterprise-wide initiatives
  • Exposure to complex organizational dynamics
  • Possibility of evolving into direct management responsibilities
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Senior Manager, Change Enablement is responsible for leading holistic change enablement efforts for large scale strategic initiatives. This role designs and executes change strategies that drive adoption, readiness, and sustained behavior change across people, process, and technology transformations.

The Senior Manager partners closely with Transformation leaders, program teams, functional stakeholders, and business leaders to assess impacts, align stakeholders, manage resistance, and ensure successful delivery of enterprise initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead Change Enablement Strategy and Execution
  • Design and execute comprehensive change enablement strategies aligned to program objectives and enterprise priorities
  • Translate business and technology changes into clear people, process, and behavior impacts
  • Ensure change strategies support successful adoption, engagement, and value realization

Stakeholder Engagement and Advisory Support
  • Partner with senior leaders and key stakeholders to build alignment, sponsorship, and accountability
  • Proactively identify and address resistance, risks, and readiness gaps
  • Act as a trusted advisor to leaders navigating complex organizational change


Change Readiness and Impact Management
  • Conduct stakeholder, readiness, and impact assessments to inform change approach
  • Develop targeted interventions for leaders, managers, and employees based on assessed needs
  • Advise on timing, sequencing, and release strategies to support readiness


Communications and Enablement Alignment
  • Partner with Communications and Training teams to ensure integrated, consistent experiences
  • Provide direction and inputs for change communications and enablement materials
  • Ensure messaging supports clarity, confidence, and adoption without overloading the business


Measurement and Continuous Improvement
  • Define and track change effectiveness metrics tied to adoption and readiness
  • Monitor progress and recommend adjustments to improve outcomes

Capture lessons learned and continuously evolve change practices

Qualifications

Experience Requirements
  • 7 to 10+ years of experience in change enablement, organizational change, or transformation roles
  • Demonstrated experience supporting large scale, enterprise level initiatives
  • Experience working closely with senior leaders and cross functional program teams
  • Experience applying structured change methodologies in complex environments


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Strong understanding of how individuals and organizations experience and adopt change
  • Ability to design practical, scalable change strategies that align to business realities
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organization
  • Strong business acumen and ability to connect change efforts to enterprise outcomes
  • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in ambiguity
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority
  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to partner across functions


Supervisory Responsibility
  • May provide guidance or oversight to Change Enablement resources or vendors
  • Role does not initially include direct people management but may evolve over time


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