Belonging & Impact Strategic Enablement Partner

Northwestern Mutual•New York, NY

11d•$118,960 - $205,200•Hybrid

About The Position

The Belonging & Impact Strategic Enablement Partner is responsible for ensuring disciplined, consistent execution of enterprise Belonging & Impact priorities across Network Offices. This role functions as a force multiplier, strengthening judgment to focus on impact to outcomes, multiplying talent, reducing complexity, and protecting enterprise standards at scale. Enablement Partners focus on enabling field and Home Office leaders and systems to execute proven approaches with confidence. Primary audiences being local Belonging & Impact Leads, field Network Office Leadership Teams, and Home Office Partners (e.g. Performance Team members and other office consultants), This role provides enterprise leverage to accelerate results. It balances meeting leaders where they are and: Shapes how large numbers of leaders interpret and apply enterprise intent Prevents drift, over‑customization, and fragmentation across the network Requires calm, credible boundary‑setting with senior leaders Influences without positional authority in performance‑driven environments Success depends on mature judgment, political fluency, and emotional steadiness developed through significant experience and maturity.

Requirements

B.S. degree
10+ years of significant diversity and inclusion experience.
Prior responsibility working in and managing/coaching others through large, complex, matrixed systems
Experience navigating reputational, compliance, and execution risk and a role responsible for keeping systems from breaking under pressure
Change management experience, specifically behavior change
Empathy paired with objective analysis
Professional courage and diplomacy
Growth mindset - curiosity, adaptability, and continuous learning
Practical, solutions-oriented mindset
High integrity and confidentiality

Nice To Haves

Coaching certification preferred or significant experience
Intercultural development Inventory Qualified Administrator (ideal)
Experience in financial services, independent contractor, competitive sales organization, distribution system environments (preferred)
Proven ability to influence leaders (informal or non) across all levels, roles, experiences, backgrounds

Responsibilities

Support Network Office Belonging & Impact Leads and field leaders in using Home Office resources and programs
Encourage consistent application of tools, language, and intervention patterns
Reduce variability created by improvisation or inconsistent execution
Coach Network Office Belonging & Impact Leads and their local councils and ambassadors on operating effectively within enterprise expectations
Reinforce local leadership readiness (MP, leadership teams, local Belonging & Impact Leads) using approved frameworks and language
Support leaders in navigating uncertainty while staying inside guardrails, provide leadership coaching when deemed appropriate to address opportunities and increase impact
Maintain alignment to enterprise frameworks and intervention models
Redirect requests toward approved options to preserve consistency and scale
Provide enablement and coaching to Performance Team and other Home Office partners to build confidence and capability to integrate Belonging & Impact within their roles
Reinforce inclusive leadership expectations identified through performance consulting
Provide clarity, tools, and escalation support when uncertainty arises
Maintain clear, disciplined handoffs between coaching and enablement functions
Identify recurring challenges and capability gaps across Network Offices
Surface risks, readiness issues, and systemic constraints to Field Belonging & Impact leadership
Inform refinement of tools and enablement assets based on observed patterns
Stabilize execution when offices oscillate between over‑reaction and avoidance