Role Overview:
The Corporate Vice President, Strategic Change Management Lead, is responsible for shaping and implementing the strategy that underpins organizational transformation. This senior-level position requires a seasoned professional with a strong foundation in change management, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership. The role is designed for a highly skilled contributor who can balance technical expertise with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders across the enterprise.
The successful candidate will be accountable for developing and executing structured change management methodologies that support business and cultural transformation. This includes driving the adoption of new processes, systems, and technologies in alignment with New York Life's strategic objectives. The Corporate Vice President will partner with leaders at all levels of the organization to ensure effective execution, seamless integration, and measurable outcomes from enterprise-wide initiatives.
This role works in New York Life's Foundational Business, which includes its primary Agency channel consisting of more than 12,000 agents and advisors, operating in virtually every major city in the United States.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the development of change strategies to drive effective execution of multi-year initiatives impacting thousands of employees and agents / advisors.
- Pro-actively anticipate issues and challenges associated with large strategic initiatives and provide solutions to address them with senior leadership teams across the businesses and Agency.
- Play a key leadership role in implementing complex operational and technology change initiatives to successfully achieve adoption and OKRs. Lead implementations for significant yet less multi-faceted initiatives
- Work with team members and business leaders to document dependencies and provide input into planning to support delivery of desired outcomes.
- Lead various project teams to execute multiple aspects of the change strategy and ensure these are integrated into an overall readiness plan.
- Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to solve operational and technology issues that may result from program launches and ongoing enhancements.
- Partner with key stakeholders to conduct detailed impact analysis and develop strategies to minimize disruption while maximizing adoption
- Help identify potential issues that could challenge execution and contribute to readiness plans that reduce risk and inform decision-making.
- Partner with departmental and Agency communications teams and initiative leads to develop and evolve on-going communication strategies that drive high understanding and commitment to strategic initiatives.
- Work with internal teams to develop creative learning and training assets and programs that quickly drive adoption and utilization of new processes and technologies.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience, proven experience executing change management strategies.
- Exceptional business acumen (particularly Agency) and learning agility.
- Understanding of financial services industry and competitive landscape.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to present complex or abstract ideas in simple and engaging terms and in multiple formats / channels.
- Strong understanding of how to motivate and drive change across large, diverse stakeholder groups.
- Familiar with insurance industry and current competitive landscape; understanding of NYL's new business processes.
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $116,000-$166,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
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Job Requisition ID: 92652
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What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation.
As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures.
Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services.
Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways.
With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving.
We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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