Strategic Change Manager & Enablement Lead

Pacific Guardian Life; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 108,500 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Hawai‘i employer

Collaborative team environment

Professional development opportunities

Profit sharing and 401(k) retirement

Health and dental insurance

Job summary

Pacific Guardian Life in Hawai‘i seeks a Change Manager to partner with leaders across the enterprise, establishing scalable change practices and coaching teams on adoption. You will shape tools, templates and learning plans, guiding initiatives from strategy through sustainment in a growing, local organization.

The role emphasizes collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and practical change leadership to protect Hawai‘i’s families and businesses while advancing career growth.

Qualifications

• Six+ years of lifecycle change management experience.
• Experience with geographically dispersed change initiatives across processes, technology, culture and organizational structure.
• CCMP (Certified Change Management Professional) preferred.
• Strong people and communication skills; ability to analyze challenges pragmatically.
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility with leaders and partners.
• Experience working in a matrixed work environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish and apply a practical, scalable change management approach suited to a small and growing organization.
• Partner with leaders to clarify purpose and outcomes, identify stakeholders, assess impacts and readiness, develop learning plans, address resistance and track adoption.
• Create tools, templates and processes reusable across initiatives; tailor support to size and complexity.
• Coach leaders and employees and deliver change management training as needed.
• Establish and continuously improve the company’s change management practice as its first dedicated Change Manager.
• Develop practical tools and guidance for leaders and employees across initiatives.
• Maintain current change management expertise through learning events, workshops, research and practitioner networks.
• Build collaborative relationships across functions to define clear roles for supporting change.
• Understand company strategy and processes to tailor change support to business needs.
• Introduce leaders to change practices and provide hands-on guidance for adoption and sustainment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

People and communication skills

Influence others

Matrixed environment experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development/Business Administration

Job description

Pacific Guardian Life in Hawai‘i seeks a Change Manager to partner with leaders across the enterprise, establishing scalable change practices and coaching teams on adoption. You will shape tools, templates and learning plans, guiding initiatives from strategy through sustainment in a growing, local organization.

The role emphasizes collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and practical change leadership to protect Hawai‘i’s families and businesses while advancing career growth.