Change Manager

The company name is "The Standard".; United States; Remote; USD 92,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

The Standard seeks a Change Manager to lead change management initiatives, ensuring the adoption of processes and technologies that enhance customer value. This role requires strong collaboration with business leaders, a solid background in change management, and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. A great opportunity for those passionate about making a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Rich benefits package including medical, dental, and vision

Annual incentive bonus plan

Generous PTO including 11 holidays and 2 wellness days

Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

Employee giving program that double matches donations

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in end-to-end change management.
• Change Management Certification - CCMP, Kotter, 7-S, or Prosci required.
• Experience in the insurance/financial services industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leverages a structured change management methodology to lead change strategy.
• Invest in continuous improvement of the change management office.
• Conduct impact analyses and create strategies to measure change effectiveness.

Skills

Change Management

Consulting

Agile

Lean

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Development

Organizational Behavior

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Business Administration

Job description

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams across the nation, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary:

As a Change Manager, you will collaborate directly with business leaders and key partners to apply The Standard’s people-centered change management methodology to help us adopt and sustain changes to processes, technologies and organizational structures that will deliver continuous improvement in customer value.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

Change Management: Leverages The Standard’s structured change management methodology to lead and design a consistent change strategy to meet the unique needs of each change or transition. Owns the creation of practical deliverables related to change vision and strategy, aligning leaders, identifying key stakeholders, conducting impact analysis, change advocate strategy, resistance management strategy, learning needs analysis assessing change readiness, and identifying metrics to measure change effectiveness and ensure sustainability. Partners in developing learning plans, creating training materials, and delivering training as necessary, m odels change management best practices and engages in peer learning as well as coaching with other change practitioners in the Change Management Office.

Continuous Improvement: Invest in the continuous improvement of the change management office and change practice at the standard. Lead or participate in internal CMO workstreams with the expected outcome to support achieving quarterly CMO goals that positively impact enterprise change maturity . Support developing additional change management tools and templates, share best practices examples with CMO peers, and continue to grow your change management knowledge through external learning events, workshops, white papers, professional journals, and other forums.

Skills and Background You’ll Need:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Development , Organizational Behavior, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or other business-related degree preferred, substitute of 4+ additional years of directly applicable business experience accepted.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in end-to-end change management supporting large scale organizational changes at medium to large companies, supporting lifecycle change initiatives in process, technology, culture, and organizational structure changes. (required)

• Change Management Certification- CCMP, Kotter, 7-S, or Prosci ( required )

• Consulting capabilities (preferred)

• Agile and Lean experience (preferred)

• M&A experienc e (preferred)

• Insurance /financial services i ndustry experience (preferred)

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate:

Driving success: Making things happen by taking responsibility for the work and setting the bar high for your ambitions, always striving for outstanding results. Inspired by being part of a team of driven change managers.

Customer Focus: Business outcome focused -- able to think about the problem and solution from a customer perspective and looking ahead to coordinate efforts to make the most of your time and resources on behalf of your stakeholders.

Winning Together: Passion for being part of a driven team -- ability to look at a problem "from the same side of the table" and challenge ideas and assumptions, not the person. Able to give and receive fact-based feedback directly in real time, generou s listening skills and ability to assume positive intent, and always staying curious and open to new idea s and learning from your peers. View s feedback as a gift that helps foster a growth mindset.

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Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

$92,250.00 - $157,000.00

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.