Sr Analyst, Agility & Change

Sony Pictures Entertainment; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Sony Pictures Entertainment seeks a Senior Analyst, Agility and Change to advance Agile ways of working and organizational change management across Finance transformation initiatives. This senior individual contributor role blends hands‑on delivery with facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and change enablement to deliver business value and accelerate adoption.

The role partners with project leads, product teams, and business stakeholders to improve team effectiveness, anticipate needs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3-5+ years of experience in Agile delivery, project support, business analysis, transformation, change management, or similar roles.
• Familiarity with Agile principles, Scrum, and Kanban, with experience supporting Agile ceremonies and enabling effective team delivery.
• Foundational understanding of organizational change management methods, including change impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, communications, training support, resistance management, and strategies that enable sustained adoption and long‑term business outcomes.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate complex issues into practical recommendations, anticipate potential challenges, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare polished presentations, tailor messages for diverse audiences, facilitate productive discussions, and influence without formal authority.
• High proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word. Experience with Jira or similar work management tools is a plus.
• Comfort using emerging technologies, including generative AI, to enhance problem solving, improve productivity, accelerate learning, and create high‑quality deliverables.
• Ability to build trust, collaborate across functions, foster shared ownership, and influence stakeholders through credibility, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach.
• Demonstrated learning agility, intellectual curiosity, and resilience, with the ability to seek feedback, adapt to changing priorities, and continuously improve individual and team performance.
• Experience in finance, operations, entertainment, or corporate functions is a plus.
• Agile or change management certifications are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project teams and leaders on deliverables, including creating content, supporting execution of key programs, events, and workshops, and contributing to transformation initiatives and other workstreams that advance department and CFO group priorities. Proactively identify opportunities, anticipate team needs, and take ownership of work that improves outcomes and accelerates progress.
• Facilitate working sessions, retrospectives, workshops, and planning meetings to align stakeholders, clarify decisions, build shared ownership, and support effective execution. Adapt facilitation and leadership style to meet the needs of the team and the situation.
• Maintain action logs, decision records, risks, issues, and dependencies; proactively elevate items that could affect delivery or adoption while driving accountability, removing obstacles where appropriate, and helping teams maintain momentum through implementation.
• Develop clear, audience‑appropriate deliverables such as project updates, status summaries, executive presentations, talking points, change impact assessments, adoption plans, and stakeholder communications that simplify complex information and enable informed decision‑making.
• Use data, observations, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to track progress, surface risks, recommend adjustments, and continuously improve delivery practices, change adoption, and business outcomes.
• Assess initiatives' change needs by identifying adoption risks, evaluating organizational readiness, and developing practical plans that support user readiness, sustained behavior change, and long‑term adoption.
• Support the design and execution of change activities, including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and resistance management, while building confidence, capability, and ownership within teams to sustain change beyond implementation.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Word

Jira

Job description

The Senior Analyst, Agility and Change is a senior individual contributor role responsible for advancing projects, Agile ways of working, and organizational change management across Finance transformation initiatives. This role combines hands‑on delivery support with innovative thinking, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and change enablement to solve complex problems, improve team effectiveness, accelerate adoption, and deliver meaningful business value.

Position Overview

• This role supports transformation efforts by combining Agile delivery practices with organizational change management (OCM) disciplines. The Senior Analyst partners with project leads, product teams, subject matter experts, and business stakeholders to improve team effectiveness, enable successful change adoption, and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen delivery and business outcomes.
• The position is best suited for someone who can operate comfortably in cross‑functional environments, translate strategy into practical actions, and support execution with a high degree of ownership and initiative. The ideal candidate anticipates needs, exercises sound judgment, adapts to changing priorities, and helps others succeed without relying on formal authority or heavy supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with project teams and leaders on deliverables, including creating content, supporting execution of key programs, events, and workshops, and contributing to transformation initiatives and other workstreams that advance department and CFO group priorities. Proactively identify opportunities, anticipate team needs, and take ownership of work that improves outcomes and accelerates progress.
• Facilitate working sessions, retrospectives, workshops, and planning meetings to align stakeholders, clarify decisions, build shared ownership, and support effective execution. Adapt facilitation and leadership style to meet the needs of the team and the situation.
• Maintain action logs, decision records, risks, issues, and dependencies; proactively elevate items that could affect delivery or adoption while driving accountability, removing obstacles where appropriate, and helping teams maintain momentum through implementation.
• Develop clear, audience‑appropriate deliverables such as project updates, status summaries, executive presentations, talking points, change impact assessments, adoption plans, and stakeholder communications that simplify complex information and enable informed decision‑making.
• Use data, observations, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to track progress, surface risks, recommend adjustments, and continuously improve delivery practices, change adoption, and business outcomes.
• Assess initiatives' change needs by identifying adoption risks, evaluating organizational readiness, and developing practical plans that support user readiness, sustained behavior change, and long‑term adoption.
• Support the design and execution of change activities, including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and resistance management, while building confidence, capability, and ownership within teams to sustain change beyond implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3-5+ years of experience in Agile delivery, project support, business analysis, transformation, change management, or similar roles, with demonstrated success supporting cross‑functional initiatives in dynamic environments.
• Familiarity with Agile principles, Scrum, and Kanban, with experience supporting Agile ceremonies and enabling effective team delivery. Demonstrated ability to adapt ways of working to meet evolving business and team needs is strongly preferred.
• Foundational understanding of organizational change management methods, including change impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, communications, training support, resistance management, and strategies that enable sustained adoption and long‑term business outcomes.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate complex issues into practical recommendations, anticipate potential challenges, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare polished presentations, tailor messages for diverse audiences, facilitate productive discussions, and influence without formal authority.
• High proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word. Experience with Jira or similar work management tools is a plus.
• Comfort using emerging technologies, including generative AI, to enhance problem solving, improve productivity, accelerate learning, and create high‑quality deliverables. Demonstrates curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to continuously learn and responsibly adopt new digital capabilities.
• Ability to build trust, collaborate across functions, foster shared ownership, and influence stakeholders through credibility, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach.
• Demonstrated learning agility, intellectual curiosity, and resilience, with the ability to seek feedback, adapt to changing priorities, and continuously improve individual and team performance.
• Experience in finance, operations, entertainment, or corporate functions is a plus.
• Agile or change management certifications are preferred but not required.

Preferred Capabilities

• Comfortable presenting to managers and leaders, synthesizing complex information into clear insights, and supporting decisions with sound analysis, thoughtful recommendations, and business judgment.
• Ability to balance delivery support with change enablement while maintaining focus on practical execution, measurable outcomes, and long‑term adoption. Proactively identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness and business results.
• Demonstrates ownership and initiative by anticipating needs, organizing work effectively, managing multiple priorities, and delivering high‑quality results with minimal direction. Consistently follows through to ensure work is completed, adopted, and delivers intended business value.
• Demonstrates learning agility by seeking feedback, adapting quickly to changing priorities, and continuously improving approaches, processes, and team outcomes.
• Builds trust and strengthens team capability by sharing knowledge, simplifying complexity, removing obstacles, and enabling others to succeed independently.

This role is a senior individual contributor position focused on enabling teams, improving delivery practices, and accelerating sustainable change adoption. Success is measured not only by the quality of individual contributions, but also by the ability to strengthen team effectiveness, influence without formal authority, and create lasting business impact.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $99,000-$124,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

• This role may also qualify for annual incentive and/or comprehensive benefits.

$99,000-$124,000

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

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