Enterprise Transformation Lead: Cross-Functional Strategist

UKG Inc.; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking an experienced Enterprise Transformation Lead to drive high-priority transformations across our organization. You will partner with executive sponsors and business leaders to turn complex priorities into clear initiatives with measurable outcomes.

You'll work across Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Finance, Product and Technology to align problems, decisions and ownership, and to move from strategy to real improvements in UKG's operations and customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading complex business transformations, enterprise programs, management consulting engagements or cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead senior business stakeholders through ambiguous, high-impact challenges.
• Experience aligning leaders across multiple functions around shared outcomes, decisions and accountabilities.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead selected enterprise transformations from initial framing through implementation, adoption and outcome review.
• Partner with executive sponsors and business leaders to define the problem, intended outcomes, scope, success measures and key decisions.
• Bring cross-functional leaders together to align priorities, clarify ownership and resolve differences in perspective or organizational goals.
• Connect business, technology, data, AI and operational considerations in one integrated view of the transformation.
• Work with Program Managers to maintain visibility into milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and delivery progress across participating teams.
• Partner with Process & Experience Design to shape future processes, roles and customer or employee experiences with business owners.
• Partner with Change & Adoption to prepare leaders and employees for new ways of working and support sustained adoption.
• Identify barriers early and engage the right business and functional leaders to address issues that threaten outcomes or timing.
• Keep the initiative focused on business results, adjusting scope or approach as value, feasibility and capacity become clearer.
• Communicate progress, tradeoffs and decisions clearly to executives, business leaders and delivery teams.
• Capture lessons from each transformation and help strengthen UKG’s approach to cross-functional change.

Skills

Enterprise transformations

Executive sponsorship

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Executive communication

Job description

UKG is seeking an experienced Enterprise Transformation Lead to drive high-priority transformations across our organization. You will partner with executive sponsors and business leaders to turn complex priorities into clear initiatives with measurable outcomes.

You'll work across Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Finance, Product and Technology to align problems, decisions and ownership, and to move from strategy to real improvements in UKG's operations and customer outcomes.