Sr. Change Manager

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

Job Summary:

As a Senior Change Manager, you’ll establish partnerships with business leaders across the enterprise and refine and apply The Standard’s customized people-centered change management methodology, showing the value change management capabilities can bring to an organization undergoing significant changes to process, technology, organizational structures, and products that will deliver customer value.  

Key Responsibilities:

Senior Change Managers will define and grow the discipline of change management across the company by:

• Leveraging the Standard’s structured methodology to lead consistent change strategy design and execution to ensure the unique needs of each change are met
• Collaborating with key leaders and partners across the enterprise to ensure successful change sponsorship.
• Facilitating the completion and creation of practical change management deliverables
• Modeling change management behavior and engaging in peer learning and coaching with other change resources in the change management office.
• Acting as a strategic thought partner for leaders and providing guidance when strategizing  
• Expanding and fortifying our change management methodology by being a credible resource for best practices in change management.

Skills and Background You’ll Need:

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree.

Experience: 

• 7-10 years of experience delivering end to end change management leveraging known/established methodologies.
• CCMP, Kotter, 7-S, Prosci or ADKAR certified (required)
• Consulting capabilities (preferred)
• Agile and Lean experience (preferred)
• Actuary experience (preferred)
• Industry experience (preferred)

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate:

Driving success: Making things happen by taking responsibility for the work and setting the bar high for your ambitions, always striving for outstanding results. Inspired by being part of a team of driven change managers.

Customer Focus: Business outcome focused -- able to think about the problem and solution from a customer perspective and looking ahead to coordinate efforts to make the most of your time and resources on behalf of your stakeholders.

Winning Together: Passion for being part of a driven team -- ability to look at a problem "from the same side of the table" and challenge ideas and assumptions not the person. Able to give and receive fact-based feedback directly in real time, generous listening skills and ability to assume positive intent, and always staying curious and open to new ideas and learning from your peers. Views feedback as a gift that helps foster a growth mindset.

Why join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• An annual incentive bonus plan
• Generous paid time off
• A supportive and responsive management approach
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement 
• Paid time off to volunteer
• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
• Much more!

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Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.