Strategic Change Leader, Commercial Transformation

Asahi Beverages; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Beverages seeks a Head of Strategic Change to lead transformational change across Commercial & Corporate functions from its Melbourne base. You will partner with senior leaders to prioritise the portfolio, influence implementation approaches and drive workforce readiness for sustainable value.

Reporting to the General Manager, People Experience & Operations, you will steer the change capability for a significant portfolio, align executives, and champion adoption to deliver lasting impact

Qualifications

• Substantial senior transformation, change leadership or strategic partnering experience across complex enterprise transformations.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives, constructively challenge assumptions and shape material business decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to connect business strategy, portfolio investment, operating model choices and workforce impacts.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing organisational change capability.
• Strong experience across organisational design, workforce transition, portfolio prioritisation and governance.
• A progressive, enterprise mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity, build trusted relationships and bring fresh thinking to complex transformation challenges.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to shape transformation strategy, challenge and prioritise the portfolio, and influence implementation approaches.
• Influence executive decisions by translating business strategy into workforce impacts, organisational readiness and adoption plans.
• Build executive alignment and sponsor accountability, coaching leaders to own and sustain change.
• Provide an integrated view of portfolio priorities, dependencies, organisational capacity and change impacts to shape sequencing, investment and resource allocation decisions.
• Shape the organisational and people implications of transformation, including operating model choices, workforce transition and capability.
• Lead and develop the change team, setting clear direction and deploying capability to initiatives with the greatest strategic value and risk.

Skills

Strategic transformation

Change leadership

Stakeholder influence

Commercial acumen

Executive partnering

People leadership

Organisational design

Governance

Navigate ambiguity

Job description

Asahi Beverages seeks a Head of Strategic Change to lead transformational change across Commercial & Corporate functions from its Melbourne base. You will partner with senior leaders to prioritise the portfolio, influence implementation approaches and drive workforce readiness for sustainable value.

Reporting to the General Manager, People Experience & Operations, you will steer the change capability for a significant portfolio, align executives, and champion adoption to deliver lasting impact