Onsite Senior Manager, Workforce Enablement & Communications

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About the role

  • Sr Manager overseeing workforce enablement and communications in the Transformation program at Xcel Energy. Engaging with stakeholders and managing teams for effective deployment and adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Assess and analyze workforce, role and operating model impacts resulting from Transformation program design and deployment decisions across impacted Business Areas.
  • Create appropriate models for interim (implementation), stabilization and optimization.
  • Enable strategic workforce and operating model decisions by translating program requirements into clear implications for roles, skills, deployment models and ways of working.
  • Facilitate cross functional working sessions with BAs, HRBPs, TPMO, other internal stakeholders and external strategic vendor partners (e.g., Business Integrator) to align workforce impacts, sequencing and readiness actions.
  • Support integration of workforce impacts into existing HR practices (e.g., job architecture, staffing approaches) through HR-owned processes in close partnership with HRBPs.
  • Identify workforce related risks (e.g., capacity, readiness, labor considerations) and escalate material tradeoffs or unresolved issues to the senior leadership.
  • Support program culture enablement identifying changes required to decision norms, collaboration models and leader behaviors tied to future state operating model.
  • Lead and manage a small team of transformation enablement and/or communications resources, providing direction on priorities, quality standards and capability development aligned to program phases and readiness needs.
  • Create communication strategy for the program across enterprise key stakeholders.
  • Create communication strategy for the program.
  • Align with the Business Integrator and Systems Integrator.
  • Develop and execute internal transformation communications related to all program activities to impacted teams across the enterprise aligned to readiness, such as milestones, deployment phases and change impacts.
  • Translate complex program and workforce changes into clear, audience appropriate messaging for impacted BAs.
  • Coordinate with enterprise and business communication partners to ensure consistency of messaging.
  • Maintain a communications cadence that supports readiness, adoption and transparency.
  • Partner closely with Change Management, Training, Process roles within the Transformation Readiness to ensure integrated readiness planning.
  • Track readiness dependencies related to workforce and communications and surface risks or misalignments early.
  • Provide people management for assigned transformation enablement and communications resources.
  • Build and sustain transformation capability within the team.
  • Ensure team capacity and skills are aligned to program demand across multiple phases.
  • Foster a collaborative, outcomes oriented team culture aligned to transformation principles and enterprise values.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 8-10+ years of experience in transformation, operating model enablement, change enablement, HRBP, communications or related program facing roles.
  • 3-5 years of people leadership with prior experience managing managers/SME teams.
  • Demonstrated experience translating complex program initiatives into workforce, operating model and communication implications.
  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills across matrixed organizations.
  • HR, Change Management or Program Management certifications a plus!

Benefits

  • Annual Incentive Program
  • Medical/Pharmacy Plan
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
  • Health Care Reimbursement Account
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
  • Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
  • Transportation Reimbursement Account
  • Short-term disability (STD)
  • Long-term disability (LTD)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Transit programs
  • Employee recognition program
  • Pension
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Holidays
  • Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
  • Parental Leave

Job title

Senior Manager, Workforce Enablement & Communications

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$129,000 - $183,200 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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