The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.
A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?
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.
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We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented 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 medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
An annual incentive bonus plan
Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure
A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement
Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.
Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.
The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.
Salary Range:
$109,750.00 - $160,500.00Positions 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 Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, 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. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. 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 The Standard's 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 and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.
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