Senior Global Business System Change Manager

S&C Electric Company • Chicago, IL

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Join Our Team as a Senior Global Business System Change Manager! This role is responsible for hands-on change execution and strategic change leadership for complex, enterprise-scale transformations, focusing on both business and ERP systems. The Senior Global Business System Change Manager will embed change activities into day-to-day program execution, develop and execute change plans, and work directly with business teams to ensure successful adoption and minimize resistance. This role requires a strong ability to operate at multiple levels, connect change activities to operational outcomes, and build trust with stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading change for complex, enterprise-scale transformations focusing on both business and ERP.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at multiple levels from detailed execution to executive-level strategy.
• Comfortable with “getting hands dirty” working through ambiguity, incomplete information, and evolving scope.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect change activities to operational outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across executive, leadership, and frontline audiences.
• Experience working with or alongside a System Integrator in a structured delivery environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Sound interpersonal skills to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect, and foster a collaborative working relationship among a diverse audience.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening, and presentation).
• Able to liaise with key stakeholders across the organization in technical and non-technical roles.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Organizational Change, Human Resources or related field.
• 8+ years of experience leading change management for complex, enterprise-scale transformations, preferably involving ERP or large technology-enabled transformations preferably within a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a large (2+ billion-dollar revenue) B2B manufacturing company.
• Familiarity with formal change management methodologies (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Actively support workstreams by embedding change activities into day-to-day program execution.
• Develop and execute change plans, stakeholder engagement plans, and adoption strategies aligned to program milestones.
• Work directly with business teams to identify readiness gaps, resistance points, and practical adoption risks.
• Create and deliver tangible change artifacts (e.g., readiness assessments, stakeholder maps, communications plans, training coordination inputs).
• Attend working sessions, blueprinting sessions, and leadership forums to ensure change is addressed where decisions are made.
• Translate program objectives into a clear change strategy that aligns people, process, and technology outcomes.
• Advise program and business leaders on change impacts, sequencing, and risk mitigation.
• Continuously assess change effectiveness and pivot approach as program scope, timelines, or business priorities shift.
• Ensure change activities are aligned to long-term operating model and capability outcomes, not just to go-live readiness.
• Builds trust relationships with executive sponsors, functional leaders, and delivery teams.
• Act as a bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring leadership intent is reflected in day-to-day behaviors.
• Support leaders with messaging, talking points, and engagement approaches to lead their teams through change.
• Integrate change management into program governance, RAID processes, and milestone reviews.
• Identify change-related risks and issues and actively manage them through mitigation plans.
• Provide clear reporting on adoption readiness, stakeholder sentiment, and change risks to leadership.
• Understand and comply with all applicable Company policies and rules.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with others.

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable compensation.
• Transparency in pay practices.
• Estimated annual base salary range: $128,084 - $169,711.
• Eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees