Senior Change Activation Partner

BetterUp; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

BetterUp is seeking a Senior Change Activation Partner focused on helping enterprise clients achieve transformation. Key responsibilities include designing change management strategies and leading communications that inspire action. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience in change activation with excellent communication skills and the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.

This hybrid role requires working from local offices at least 2 days per week and may involve remote work with occasional travel. Candidates from across the US are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in high-growth transformation and change activation.
• Exceptional communication skills to craft effective narratives.
• Experience with enterprise clients in global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead change communications strategy for enterprise deployments.
• Translate business challenges into compelling narratives.
• Develop and deliver campaigns across multiple channels.

Skills

Change management

Storytelling

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Organizational transformation

Job description

BetterUp is a company focused on human transformation and seeks fresh thinking about the employer/employee relationship.

Opportunity

As a Senior Change Activation Partner, you will play a central role in helping enterprise clients achieve deep transformation. You will co‑create change management strategies, ensuring that the right people are prepared at the right time with the right messages at every level of the client organization. This role involves leading change through communications—designing narratives, inspiring action, sustaining momentum, and shaping the story that makes change possible. It is a front‑line, high‑trust, high‑impact leadership seat.

What You’ll Do

• Lead change communications strategy for major enterprise deployments, designing narratives and messaging architectures that inspire adoption and alignment.
• Translate complex business and talent challenges into clear, compelling change narratives and advise on maintaining momentum.
• Build trust and influence across senior stakeholders, acting as a thought partner, advisor, and driver of change.
• Map stakeholders and cascade paths, identify champions and skeptics, and design strategies that build trust across complex organizations.
• Develop and deliver campaigns across multiple channels (email, live events, digital platforms, executive forums) with quality and consistency that earns credibility.
• Equip managers and frontline leaders with toolkits, talking points, and coaching to act as multipliers of change.
• Sense and adapt in real time—establish listening loops and use insights to refine messaging and interventions.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of experience in high‑growth transformation, change activation, change management, and storytelling.
• Deep experience in change management, organizational transformation, or human capital consulting.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to craft and deliver a narrative that moves hearts and minds.
• A multi‑disciplinary skillset spanning change, communications, and experience design—you can think like a consultant and deliver like a marketer.
• Creative and tactical chops, with an eye for quality in copy, visuals, and user experience.
• Resilience and adaptability in managing intense launch cycles and quieter sustain phases without burning out.
• A builder’s mindset—you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy writing the playbook, and don’t need a big team to get started.
• Enterprise client experience, ideally in large‑scale, global organizations where complexity is the norm.

Compensation

$145,000 – $180,000: New York City, San Francisco and Seattle

$130,000 – $162,000: All other locations

Hybrid Work Policy & Hub Locations

• Hybrid Expectation: You will be expected to work from your local office at least 2 days per week (or 8 days per month) and should be able to realistically commit to this structure before applying. This hybrid role will require travel up to 25% of the time for client engagements.
• If you are not located near a hub: You will work as a fully remote employee. This remote role will require travel up to 50% of the time for client engagements and internal BetterUp purposes.

This role is open to candidates across the US. Please review the applicable model carefully before applying.

AI at BetterUp

Our team thrives at the intersection of human expertise and AI capability. We seek teammates who experiment boldly, share discoveries openly, and integrate AI thoughtfully to deliver exceptional results while maintaining human judgment and creativity. During the interview process, you will have opportunities to showcase how you harness AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact.

EEO Statement

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local labor laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.