Acosta Group

Sr. Manager, Change Enablement

Acosta Group  •  Mississauga, CA (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

The Senior Manager, Change Enablement is responsible for leading holistic change enablement efforts for large scale strategic initiatives. This role designs and executes change strategies that drive adoption, readiness, and sustained behavior change across people, process, and technology transformations.

The Senior Manager partners closely with Transformation leaders, program teams, functional stakeholders, and business leaders to assess impacts, align stakeholders, manage resistance, and ensure successful delivery of enterprise initiatives.

Lead Change Enablement Strategy and Execution

  • Design and execute comprehensive change enablement strategies aligned to program objectives and enterprise priorities
  • Translate business and technology changes into clear people, process, and behavior impacts
  • Ensure change strategies support successful adoption, engagement, and value realization

Stakeholder Engagement and Advisory Support

  • Partner with senior leaders and key stakeholders to build alignment, sponsorship, and accountability
  • Proactively identify and address resistance, risks, and readiness gaps
  • Act as a trusted advisor to leaders navigating complex organizational change

Change Readiness and Impact Management

  • Conduct stakeholder, readiness, and impact assessments to inform change approach
  • Develop targeted interventions for leaders, managers, and employees based on assessed needs
  • Advise on timing, sequencing, and release strategies to support readiness

Communications and Enablement Alignment

  • Partner with Communications and Training teams to ensure integrated, consistent experiences
  • Provide direction and inputs for change communications and enablement materials
  • Ensure messaging supports clarity, confidence, and adoption without overloading the business

Measurement and Continuous Improvement

  • Define and track change effectiveness metrics tied to adoption and readiness
  • Monitor progress and recommend adjustments to improve outcomes

Capture lessons learned and continuously evolve change practices

Experience Requirements

  • 7 to 10+ years of experience in change enablement, organizational change, or transformation roles
  • Demonstrated experience supporting large scale, enterprise level initiatives
  • Experience working closely with senior leaders and cross functional program teams
  • Experience applying structured change methodologies in complex environments

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Strong understanding of how individuals and organizations experience and adopt change
  • Ability to design practical, scalable change strategies that align to business realities
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organization
  • Strong business acumen and ability to connect change efforts to enterprise outcomes
  • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in ambiguity
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority
  • Collaborative mindset with the ability to partner across functions

Supervisory Responsibility

  • May provide guidance or oversight to Change Enablement resources or vendors
  • Role does not initially include direct people management but may evolve over time

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Acosta Group

About Acosta Group

Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining how people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey.

Comprised of Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, CROSSMARK, Mosaic, Premium Retail Services and Product Connections, Acosta Group understands and anticipates evolving consumer needs, fueling accelerated performance to connect tomorrow's commerce today. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarter sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights.

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Le groupe Acosta Group rassemble une expertise reconnue, une connectivité inégalée et des connaissances fines pour accélérer la croissance des marques - partout où vous êtes commercialisé. Notre collectif des agences de vente au détail, de marketing et de restauration les plus fiables réinvente la façon dont les gens se connectent aux marques à chaque étape du parcours du consommateur.

Composé d'Acosta, d'ActionLink, de CORE Foodservice, de CROSSMARK, de Mosaic, de Premium Retail Services et de Product Connections, le groupe Acosta Group comprend et anticipe les besoins en constante évolution des consommateurs, stimulant ainsi les performances accélérées pour connecter le commerce de demain dès aujourd'hui. Le collectif offre des solutions holistiques, y compris des services de vente externalisée, des solutions omnicanales de vente au détail, des ventes assistées et de la formation, du marketing intégré, des solutions de vente pour la restauration et la cuisine, ainsi que les données et les connaissances les plus avancées, et l’expertise nécessaire pour extraire la valeur de tous ces outils.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Jacksonville, Florida
Year Founded
Unknown
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