Role Overview:
The Foundational Business Change Management team provides strategic support to drive business transformation programs. The Senior Associate, Change Management plays a critical role in designing and executing the people-side strategy for these initiatives. This role bridges strategic insight and hands-on implementation to enable successful adoption of key transformation efforts that advance New York Life's enterprise goals and enhance the experience of our field agents.
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:
- Develop and execute structured change strategies encompassing stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption planning.
- Provide change management support in implementing complex operational and technology initiatives to successfully achieve high adoption and OKRs.
- Conduct change impact and readiness assessments to shape actionable plans.
- Design and deliver effective communication and learning experiences in partnership with Agency Communications and Training teams.
- Help identify emerging issues that may challenge the successful execution of the initiative. Support the development of comprehensive change readiness plans to minimize risk and enable go / no decision making.
- Regularly update the FB Change Management Roadmap with initiative leads to keep it aligned with enterprise priorities, field capacity, and strategic goals.
- Design and execute feedback loops, including workshops, feedback sessions, and engagement forums to promote adoption and address resistance.
- Drive cross-functional initiatives and manage project timelines and deliverables with minimal supervision.
- Use data and feedback to measure adoption and optimize change activities.
- Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen change of delivery
- Collaborate with leaders and mentor junior associates to build organizational change capability.
What You'll Bring:
- 3-6 years of experience leading or supporting organizational change, transformation, or large-scale project delivery, experience within financial services or similarly complex corporate environments preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Communications, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a closely related field is required
- Prosci Change Management Certification or similar preferred.
- Proficiency in change methodologies such as ADKAR or Kotter; familiarity with Microsoft Office, project management software (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet), and collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint, Teams).
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $97,500-$139,500
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: 92944
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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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