Senior Change Manager

Lanson Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lanson Partners is seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager to drive a group-wide Ways of Working uplift. You will coordinate change activities across multiple streams, working with program and business leads to ensure adoption of new behaviours and operating models.

In a collaborative, ambiguity-rich environment, you will build strong stakeholder relationships, manage risks, and deliver pragmatic change plans and communications to support successful implementation within the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering change tied to new ways of working and capability transformation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and credibility across diverse groups.
• Comfort with ambiguity, autonomy, and proactive issue resolution.
• Experience partnering with learning or organizational development teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute change and engagement plans for group-wide Ways of Working uplift.
• Partner with program and business leads to translate priorities into change approaches.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and ensure alignment and engagement.
• Identify risks, issues and dependencies; escalate to maintain momentum.
• Support development and delivery of communications and other change interventions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Problem-solving

Delivery coordination

Autonomy

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager to support a significant group-wide Ways of Working uplift. This role will work closely with program and business leads, as well as the Capability team, to coordinate and execute change activity that supports the successful adoption of new ways of working across the organisation.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring someone who can take a thoughtful and pragmatic approach to change, while remaining strongly focused on business outcomes.

You will be comfortable operating in a complex environment, building strong stakeholder relationships, identifying and resolving issues, and ensuring change activity remains coordinated and aligned across multiple workstreams.

2 days from the Sydney CBD office
Initial 6 months FTC with extension
$200k package (Inclusive super)

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute change and engagement plans to support the delivery of the group-wide Ways of Working uplift.
• Partner closely with program and business leads to understand priorities, challenges and change impacts, translating these into practical and effective change approaches.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring there is alignment, engagement and a clear understanding of the change.
• Proactively identify risks, issues and dependencies, troubleshooting where possible and escalating appropriately to ensure momentum is maintained.
• Support the development and delivery of communications, engagement and other change interventions required to drive adoption.

Requirement

• Experience delivering change associated with new ways of working, operating model, cultural or capability transformation would be highly regarded.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility across a broad range of stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and autonomy, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Experience working closely with learning, capability or organisational development teams to support the rollout and embedding of new skills and behaviours.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the confidence to challenge, escalat[e] and drive outcomes where required.