Associate Director, Organizational Readiness & Change Management- Hybrid
Associate Director, Organizational Readiness & Change Management- Hybrid
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$ 126500 - 199100
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Job Description
Job Description
The HR Organizational Readiness Associate Director is an experienced employee engagement change management and internal communications professional with a passion for driving innovative employee-centric strategies that engage our companys workforce in high priority initiatives that are directly tied to our strategic priorities. This role will create and lead strategic high-impact high exposure programs that drive employee awareness adoption and recommendation of HR products and services while simultaneously realizing our employee value proposition and catalyzing a positive employee experience with HR products and services.
Primary responsibilities:
Partner with HR Centers of Excellence to define and execute effective employee engagement plans that promote awareness and adoption of key programs/offerings improve accessibility and inclusivity and shape employee interaction/outreach plans that enable our workforce to navigate and have a good experience with high-impact transitions or change events.
Develop highly integrated engagement strategies inclusive of change plans internal marketing and communications self-serve resources and leadership level stakeholder alignment presentations.
Effectively lead with influence and build the right stakeholder management plan to ensure alignment to case for change operational plan and engagement plan and secure resourcing needed to activate plans.
Serve as an employee engagement SME to ensure HR information is delivered effectively to all intended audiences via creating of content and operational / delivery plan focused on creating a seamless and consumer-like content experience.
Develop effective go to market kits of communication materials and support resources for HR initiatives including high priority portfolio programs and cyclical processes to enable our workforce to navigate transitions and cyclical processes successfully.
Partner with global regional and local HR and communications colleagues to leverage a variety of channels and digital media to effectively reach target audiences (business leaders managers employees HR teams).
Lead voice of customer sessions with employees to better inform change and comms plans for HR initiatives.
Leverage a data-driven approach/employee listening insights to inform strategies and measure the effectiveness of change and communications plans against desired outcomes.
Collaborate across a global HR community to drive effective strategies that consider regional and local market requirements and needs.
Partner with internal and external suppliers on strategy design communications and interactive multimedia development as needed to best engage employees with HR programs/initiatives.
Required Education/Experience
Minimum of a bachelors degree or currently in pursuit of degree completion or equivalent relevant work experience in human resources or related discipline.
Minimum 10 years of professional experience in HR Change Management Organizational Readiness Project Management or related discipline (with Masters degree minimum experience is 8 years)
5 years of progressive work experience in the development and implementation of innovative change management and communications strategies.
A strategist able to see the big picture and a content creator with proven ability to integrate messaging and delivery across multiple channels and audiences.
Superior consultative and influencing skills with an ability to work with people at multiple levels across the function.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced global organization
Excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively and creatively communicate across various stakeholders using compelling story-telling capability.
Strong content and channel management abilities across multiple internal and external digital platforms.
Ability to synthesize complex information into employee-centric communications.
Demonstrated ability to manage supplier engagements and communications budget with 3rd party agency partners.
Metrics-driven focused on using metrics to define strategy and assess the effectiveness of workforce communications.
Preferred Experience:
5 years Change Management internal communications and/or employee engagement preferred
PROSCI Certification
MSJR
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U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5 2023 employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week Monday - Thursday although the specific days may vary by site or organization with Friday designated as a remote-working day unless business critical tasks require an on-site Hybrid work model does not apply to and daily in-person attendance is required for field-based positions; facility-based manufacturing-based or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as remote.
The salary range for this role is
$126500.00 - $199100.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical dental vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits including 401(k) paid holidays vacation and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
No Travel RequiredFlexible Work Arrangements:
HybridShift:
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N/ARequired Skills:
Business Workflow Analysis Change Management Change Management Strategies Confidentiality Data Analysis Reporting Engagement Strategies HR Strategy Human Resource Metrics Influence Organizational Effectiveness Organizational Readiness Stakeholder Management Strategic Management Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Software Workforce PlanningPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
09/5/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
