Hybrid Senior Change Manager

at Australian Ethical Investment

• Job title: Senior Change Manager
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• Senior Change Manager leading cultural uplift in a fast-growing ethical investment firm. Designing people-centred change strategies while collaborating with executives and teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a fit‑for‑purpose change strategy aligned to organisational and program goals.
• Identify risks, resistance and dependencies and implement mitigation plans.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to plan and execute change initiatives, including communication, training and engagement activities.
• Build alignment and advocacy with executives, managers and teams.
• Develop strong, trusted relationships across project teams, business units and external partners.
• Communicate proactively and deliver clear, engaging materials.
• Support readiness and capability uplift through training and engagement.
• Assess impacts on people, processes and systems, and monitor readiness and adoption.
• Refine change methodologies, tools and practices, incorporating lessons learned and industry best practice.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience delivering medium to large‑scale organisational change, transformational or risk‑related programs within financial services or enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering change strategies, communication plans, stakeholder engagement and training.
• Strong understanding of recognised change management methodologies and the ability to tailor approaches to organisational context.
• Proven success influencing and supporting senior executives in decision‑making.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Change Management, Business, Organisational Psychology)
• Prosci, CMAP or MMC certifications (highly regarded).
• Alignment with and demonstration of our values - Authenticity, Action, Connection, Curiosity and Empathy

Benefits

• A competitive salary, including short-term and long-term incentives including access to an Employee Share Plan
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellbeing program that includes an extra 5 days of leave above statutory requirement
• Purpose aligned volunteer days
• 20 days paid annual leave with an additional 3 paid days of annual leave over the Christmas period