Change Management Director Hybrid

$110,500 - $221,000/Yr

Stanley Black & Decker - Towson, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Towson, MD

10,001+ employees

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

The Change Management Director at Stanley Black & Decker will lead the Finance Change Management team, reporting directly to the Global Process Owner. This hybrid role focuses on developing and implementing change management strategies to support the company's growth initiatives and enhance performance excellence across the organization. The director will oversee a team of change practitioners, engage stakeholders, and ensure effective communication and training for new processes and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Shape and embed comprehensive change management strategies, integrating best practices and ensuring realistic project plans.
• Collaborate with organizational leads and program teams to plan and execute change management activities, engaging stakeholders and coaching leaders.
• Manage a team of Change practitioners and direct the efforts of Change leaders to align with outcomes and results.
• Drive communication efforts and work with training leads to develop and implement learning materials for effective change adoption.
• Define organizational success metrics, monitor progress, and create systems to track advocacy, adoption, utilization, and proficiency of changes.
• Identify cross program/project people gaps and risks, develop mitigation strategies, and establish business integration approaches across initiatives.
• Execute high impact / cross functional change-related tasks, translate program requirements into objectives, and drive development of change management plans.
• Assess organizational readiness for change, conduct impact analyses, and develop mitigation plans for potential risks leveraging standardized frameworks and materials.
• Monitor the impact of change initiatives, identify areas for improvement, and drive culture change workshops to evolve organizational capabilities in partnership with the centralized Change Office.
• Assist with special projects, providing change management support, coaching and mentoring, for defined initiatives within the Finance organization and the Enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, organizational psychology, or equivalent.
• Change Management certification from ACMP, PROSCI, or other methodology (preferred).
• 10+ years of corporate change or communications experience (or related field).
• Management experience preferred.
• Excellent written & verbal communications skills, with ability to synthesize complex project details into strategic, impactful updates.
• Experience in leveraging corporate social media and other e-based platforms highly beneficial.
• Desire to broaden focus outside of traditional communications style and enhance Change Management skillset in a project-based environment.
• Ability to influence culture change without direct authority.
• Effective team building, influence and collaboration skills are imperative.
• Articulate and effective interpersonal communication skills with an appreciation for cultural dynamics.
• Ability to synthesize volumes of sentiment-related data in order to action plan with agility.
• Comfortable in a fast paced and changing environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Change Management certification from ACMP, PROSCI, or other methodology.
• Management experience preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.