Senior Manager, Change Management & Enablement
About The Position
The Change Management & Enablement Senior Manager drives Finance Transformation programs and enterprise-wide culture and behavior change within AbbVie Finance. The role focuses on sustainable adoption of new processes, ways of working, and operating models, while helping employees embrace the mindsets, behaviors, and cultural shifts needed to sustain transformation. The position leads integrated change strategies that support leadership alignment, employee engagement, process adoption, value realization, and long-term organizational effectiveness. The role leads culture and behavior change initiatives, partners with senior leaders and subject matter experts to define desired behaviors and adoption milestones, and drives end-to-end adoption across people, process, and technology. It develops and executes change strategies spanning communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and reinforcement; assesses readiness and adoption barriers; advises leaders on organizational change and resistance; and tracks metrics to refine strategies and improve outcomes. It also builds organizational capability through training and coaching managers and teams to lead and sustain change.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience leading organizational change, culture transformation, or process adoption initiatives.
- Proven ability to drive behavior change and embed new ways of working in complex, cross-functional environments.
- Experience partnering with senior leadership to influence culture, alignment, and decision-making.
- Strong understanding of change management methodologies, such as PROSCI or ACMP, and ability to apply them pragmatically.
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
- Experience designing and measuring adoption and culture-related success metrics.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Communications, Organizational Development, or Education.
Responsibilities
- Lead Finance Transformation initiatives that drive mindset and behavior change and reinforce continuous improvement, accountability, and adaptability.
- Partner with senior leaders to model and reinforce desired cultural attributes and ways of working.
- Work with subject matter experts to translate transformation objectives into behavioral expectations and adoption milestones.
- Drive end-to-end adoption of new processes and operating models, aligning people, process, and technology.
- Identify and address adoption barriers, emphasizing sustainable behavior change.
- Embed change into business routines, governance forums, and performance management where appropriate.
- Develop and execute integrated change strategies covering communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and reinforcement.
- Apply structured change management methodologies to large-scale transformations and targeted process improvements.
- Align change activities across cross-functional teams and initiatives.
- Build trusted partnerships with senior leaders and project teams to drive alignment, sponsorship, and accountability.
- Conduct stakeholder and readiness assessments to inform targeted interventions.
- Advise leaders on navigating organizational change and resistance.
- Define and track adoption, behavior change, and culture metrics.
- Use data and insights to refine change strategies and improve outcomes.
- Design and deliver training that supports knowledge transfer and behavioral and mindset shifts.
- Coach managers and teams to lead and sustain change.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
