Senior Manager, Enterprise Transformation

AHEAD; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

AHEAD is seeking a Senior Manager, Enterprise Transformation to support its Big Bets initiatives, partnering with Transformation Leads to drive planning, execution, and alignment across multiple programs. You will ensure milestones, risks, and stakeholder communications stay on track to deliver impact.

The role emphasizes change management, adoption strategies, and consistency of transformation practices across the Enterprise Transformation Office, with broad exposure to AHEAD's strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field plus 3+ years in enterprise transformation, program/project management, or strategy consulting.
• Preferred PMP/Prosci certification for added impact.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Transformation Leads to plan, coordinate, and execute strategic initiatives (Big Bets).
• Analyze data, prepare insights, align stakeholders with project goals.
• Manage day-to-day program activities: milestones, deliverables, dependencies, actions.
• Develop and maintain transformation plans aligned to goals and timelines.
• Identify risks and interdependencies; escalate and resolve barriers.

Skills

Program management

Analytical thinking

Change management

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Adaptable

Detail-oriented

Ethical standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Admin/Finance

Tools

PM tools

Job description

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

AHEAD's Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO) is chartered with delivering on AHEAD's most strategic enterprise initiatives, or "Big Bets" - the critical, cross-functional programs that enable our long-term vision. Today, this includes large-scale transformation efforts such as expanding AHEAD into new international markets, transforming our portfolio and internal ways of working with AI, post-acquisition integration, and more.

The Senior Manager, Enterprise Transformation will play a critical role in supporting execution of these Big Bets. Rather than owning a single initiative directly, this role partners closely with one or more ETO Transformation Leads, providing dedicated program support across one or more strategic initiatives - including, when applicable, post-acquisition integration efforts - to help ensure plans stay on track, risks are managed, and stakeholders remain aligned. This is a high-visibility, high-impact opportunity for a transformation-minded professional to build the experience and track record needed to drive transformation at scale. Success in this role looks like consistent stakeholder alignment, clear milestone progress, and demonstrated program impact across assigned initiatives.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Partner with one or more Transformation Leads to support the planning, coordination, and execution of AHEAD's strategic initiatives (Big Bets).
• Support Transformation Leads by analyzing data, preparing insights, and aligning stakeholders with project goals.
• Support day-to-day program and project management for assigned initiatives, including tracking milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and action items.
• Help develop and maintain transformation plans, ensuring activities stay aligned to initiative goals and timelines.
• Identify risks, issues, and interdependencies across workstreams; escalate and help resolve barriers to progress.
• Prepare status updates, executive-ready reports, dashboards, and presentations that communicate progress, impact, and KPIs to leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to keep initiatives moving and priorities aligned.
• Help Transformation Leads bring clarity to ambiguous or competing priorities across their initiatives.
• Support the design and delivery of change management strategies, stakeholder communications, and enablement plans to drive adoption and alignment.
• Support post-acquisition integration planning and execution when aligned to that work.
• Help drive adoption of consistent transformation practices and tools across the Enterprise Transformation Office.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, fostering collaboration and trust.
• Flex support across multiple Transformation Leads or initiatives as priorities shift, gaining broad exposure to AHEAD's strategic portfolio.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Minimum Required - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field; 3+ years of experience in enterprise transformation, program/project management, strategy consulting, or related roles within complex organizations.
• Preferred - Experience supporting corporate development activities, including integration planning and execution; certification in project management or change management (e.g., PMP, Prosci).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong program/project management skills, with the ability to organize, prioritize, and drive multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; able to translate ambiguous priorities into structured plans and actionable next steps.
• Familiarity with organizational change management methodologies and tools.
• Effective communicator, comfortable preparing and presenting updates to senior leaders.
• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset with the ability to build trust and influence across functions without direct authority.
• Adaptable and resourceful; thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can flex across multiple initiatives or leaders.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through on commitments and deliverables.
• Genuine passion for strategic transformation and eagerness to grow into broader initiative leadership.
• Unwavering commitment to ethical standards and safeguarding sensitive information.

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Why AHEAD:

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Plus more! See benefits for additional details.

Use of AI:

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