Enterprise Change Mgmt., Sr. Manager

Equinix • Dallas, TX

6d • $138,000 - $208,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Change Mgmt., Sr. Manager autonomously leads change management for assigned programs, workstreams, or regions and may support Change Directors on complex enterprise programs. Depending on the assignment, the role owns an end-to-end change plan or leads significant components of a broader enterprise change effort. This hands-on position translates strategy into practical change deliverables using the Enterprise Change toolkit, including stakeholder analysis, impact and readiness assessments, change narratives, engagement and communication tactics, enablement inputs, adoption measures, and sustainment plans. It requires independent judgment, close partnership with Change Directors and program leaders, and early identification of risks and recommendations.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional organizational change, adoption, or transformation management for complex programs.
• Proven experience independently leading change delivery for a program, workstream, or region and supporting senior change leaders on complex enterprise transformations.
• Experience integrating change activity into program plans, governance, release milestones, and readiness decisions.
• Experience producing stakeholder analyses, change narratives, impact and readiness assessments, communication and engagement plans, enablement inputs, adoption measures, and sustainment plans.
• Demonstrated ability to use adoption and utilization measures to guide decisions and corrective action.
• Working knowledge of AI, analytics, automation, and digital platforms, with the ability to translate capability into business outcomes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong independent execution and judgment to know when to align, recommend, or escalate.
• Strong writing and synthesis skills, including translating complex program information into a clear change narrative.
• Practical experience applying AI and emerging technologies to accelerate change delivery and enable new ways of working.
• Executive-ready communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and maintain momentum in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to balance disciplined methods with pragmatism and pace.
• Data-informed, outcome-oriented approach and willingness to surface risks.
• Strong planning, prioritization, collaboration, adaptability, and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working across global or geographically distributed teams is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support integrated change strategy and planning.
• Independently define and lead change delivery for assigned programs and workstreams, or lead components of larger transformations in partnership with Change Directors.
• Integrate and sequence change activity with program scope, release milestones, and business readiness needs.
• Identify, manage, and escalate change risks and dependencies through program governance.
• Analyze stakeholders and resistance, and recommend targeted engagement and sponsorship tactics.
• Create clear change narratives, executive-ready insights, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Coach sponsors and equip leaders to lead change.
• Own adoption, utilization, and readiness outcomes within the assigned scope and inform go-live decisions.
• Lead role-based impact and readiness assessments, distinguishing capability, willingness, and process-design barriers to target interventions.
• Drive business-as-usual handover and sustainment, escalating material risks with corrective actions.
• Create and deliver practical engagement, communication, readiness, training, enablement, and sustainment tactics using the Enterprise Change toolkit.
• Coordinate across change teams, program workstreams, and business owners while maintaining a current plan as scope or sequencing changes.
• Define adoption and utilization measures for the assigned scope and contribute to program-wide measurement.
• Partner with business and program leaders to assess whether adoption is advancing expected outcomes.
• Report insights, risks, and recommendations transparently, using quantitative and qualitative evidence to adjust the approach.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program available to all employees.
• Health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans for employees and eligible family members.
• Retirement plan with contributions from employees and Equinix.
• Accrued paid time off and various paid holidays.
• Employees are eligible for a bonus; equity may be offered depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior