Head of Strategic Change Management
Job Details
As Head of Strategic Change Management, you will own and shape the organization’s enterprise-wide change management capability. This is a senior, organization-based role working closely with the C-suite and executive leadership to ensure strategic, cultural, and structural change is delivered sustainably across the business. Rather than operating on a project-by-project basis, you will establish a coherent, repeatable strategic change framework that enables leaders to successfully lead transformation. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will work autonomously to influence senior decision-making, embed change capability at leadership level, and ensure people-related change supports long-term business strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Change Strategy & Governance
- Define, own, and continuously evolve the organization’s strategic change management framework, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment with business strategy
- Establish enterprise standards, methodologies, tools, and governance for managing change across the organization
- Advise the C-suite and senior leaders on the people, cultural, and organizational implications of strategic initiatives, transformations, M&A, and operating model changes
- Translate business strategy into clear change roadmaps that guide leaders through complex, multi-year transformation journeys
- Ensure change management is embedded as a leadership discipline, not treated as a standalone project activity
Leadership & Behavioral Capabilities
- Highly credible advisor with the presence and confidence to challenge and influence C-level stakeholders
- Comfortable working autonomously with minimal direction, setting strategy and priorities independently
- Strong systems thinker with the ability to connect business strategy, culture, structure, and people outcomes
- Pragmatic and impact-driven, balancing strategic thinking with practical execution
- Resilient and effective in complex, ambiguous, and fast-paced environments
Advisory & Organizational Change Enablement
- Build strong partnerships with HR, People & Culture leadership, M&A / PMI teams, Communications, and other key functions
- Lead organization-wide change impact assessments across structures, processes, culture, leadership behaviors, and people systems
- Design and oversee transition strategies that enable leaders and employees to move successfully from current to future state
- Establish mechanisms for leader and employee involvement to strengthen ownership, trust, and commitment
- Ensure alignment between change, culture, leadership expectations, and desired behaviors
Communication, Engagement & Culture
- Shape the strategic narrative for change in partnership with Communications, ensuring clarity of purpose, consistency, and emotional resonance
- Guide leaders in delivering authentic, high-impact change communication
- Ensure feedback loops are embedded to capture employee sentiment, concerns, and readiness at scale
- Champion a culture of transparency, adaptability, and continuous improvement
Capability Building & Change Maturity
- Build organizational change capability by partnering with Learning, Leadership & Development to strengthen leadership change competence
- Develop enterprise-level toolkits, playbooks, and guidance that enable leaders to lead change autonomously
- Sponsor initiatives that build long-term change resilience, including leadership communities, peer learning, and best-practice sharing
Measurement, Insights & Continuous Improvement
- Define and monitor enterprise-level KPIs to assess change effectiveness, adoption, and cultural impact
- Use qualitative and quantitative data (e.g., pulse surveys, focus groups, engagement metrics) to identify risks and opportunities
- Provide clear, actionable insights to senior leaders and executive teams
- Capture lessons learned and embed them into future strategic change approaches