Change Initiatives Senior Manager, Strategy & Transformation Details

Change Initiatives Senior Manager, Strategy & Transformation

PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS - Albany, NY

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:
6 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Bachelor Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:
English Literature, Journalism, Communications Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Marketing

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates intimate knowledge of and proven success in roles involving a deep understanding of a global network of professional services firm, a financial services entity or in communications consulting. Acts as a strategic advisor and business partner to achieve business priorities and goals through change and communications activities.

Demonstrated experience should include:

• Working closely with firm leadership, project leaders and teams to assess and lead change programs, rooted in human-centered design principles;
• Designing and executing change management and communication plans and activities that drive measurable business impact and adoption across an organization; managing change for mergers and acquisitions a plus;
• Leading stakeholder and impact analyses, identifying risks and barriers and identifying ways to address in real-time and within change planning;
• Using communications principles to coordinate a results-oriented, strategic approach that uses the appropriate cascade;
• Collaborating across Communications, Learning & Development and other segment/business teams, as well as with leaders and stakeholder groups to drive strategic direction and account for critical dependencies with other projects, programs and initiatives, connecting dots and serving as a strategic advisor;
• Leveraging digital capabilities and tools to execute and measure communications and program success, including but not limited to: Google platforms and tools; Microsoft 365; project and content management systems; data analytics software (Tableau, Alteryx, Adobe Analytics); webcast/meeting/multimedia tools; and digital adoption
• Managing critical stakeholder relationships with various teams across the firm, and partnering together to execute change strategies;
• Providing coaching and real-time development opportunities to junior team members;
• Communicating and writing effectively with impact, tailoring content to intended audiences;
• Exhibiting both an individual commitment to continuous improvement through innovation, simplification and leveraging industry-leading practices and holding team members accountable for doing the same;
• Creating deliverables with the highest standards of quality and accuracy;
• Leading executive/leadership communications, large webcasts and storyboards for multimedia/video planning;
• Managing and executing communications strategies in a corporate or professional services environment;
• Serving as industry-leading subject matter specialist in change and communications;
• Working across multiple workstreams or projects and handling various priorities at the same time; and,
• Displaying executive presence and client service approach.

A career in Firm Strategy and Communications, will provide you with the opportunity to establish effective communication programmes that promote and protect PwC’s vision, strategy, values, and purpose. You’ll focus on designing communication strategies that aid in implementing new policies and programmes and that will enhance the organisation’s relations with the community, public, government, shareholders, and employees. Our Communications team combines expertise including corporate and issues communications, internal communications, change management, media relations, public affairs, digital and social communications and analytics. In PwC Communications, we don’t just create and amplify content, we are storytellers relentlessly dedicated to being strategic counselors, inspiring our people, growing and protecting PwC’s brand and creating business value that accelerates PwC’s strategy.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoifsseniormanager.

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