Change Manager

BE THE DIFFERENCE
At AIA we don’t simply believe in being ‘the best’. We believe in better – because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to make a difference by helping people embrace Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. And every one of our people has an important role to play. If you want to make a difference by helping shape a healthier, better-protected Australia, read on.
The opportunity:
AIA currently have an opportunity for a Change Manager to join their team in Melbourne. This 12-month day rate contract is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Change Manager to apply their technology lens and lead and deliver change management outcomes across a portfolio of small to medium-sized projects. You will be responsible for developing and executing change strategies, including change analysis, planning, stakeholder engagement and implementation activities, ensuring people are successfully prepared for and supported through change. Leveraging your strong change management expertise and ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, you will drive successful adoption and benefits realisation. In addition, you will play a key leadership role within the change community, coaching and mentoring others to build organisational change capability and supporting the broader change leadership agenda.
The initial assignment that this Change Manager will be responsible for leading and designing the change agenda to support uplift of remaining on-prem systems and applications to Cloud environment as part of a multi-year program. The successful incumbent will work with various project managers to understand people and organisational change impacts associated with migration strategy. Right sizing the effort based on the change profile of the release, building on concurrent or adjacent change releases being generated by other projects with aligned stakeholders.
To do this successfully you will:
Lead end-to-end change management delivery across projects, programs and agile initiatives to drive successful adoption and business outcomes.
Provide strategic change leadership, influencing stakeholders and translating insights into effective change strategies.
Define change impacts, outcomes and approaches, ensuring a clear understanding of what needs to change and why.
Develop and execute change plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, readiness and business transition activities.
Drive implementation and embedment of change through business leaders, ensuring benefits are realised and sustained.
Leverage human-centered design, agile practices, organisational design, digital tools, data insights and AI-enabled approaches to enhance change outcomes.
Contribute to change governance and capability development through coaching, mentoring, best practice sharing, and continuous improvement of change frameworks, tools and methodologies.
Successful applications will demonstrate:
Demonstrated expert experience designing and implementing change management for large complex programs of work within the financial services or insurance industries
Experience working on technology programs and in particular working on finance and technology systems
Experience utilizing AI within the change management process
A high level of experience working with a range of senior stakeholders, gaining exposure to, and confidence with, C-Suite
Business or related degree, with additional formal Change Management qualification will be highly regarded
Being highly adept at change ‘sense-making’, understanding environmental factors, mindsets and cultural factors and ability to apply for better change outcomes
Experience in successfully managing a long-term remediation program is essential
Why choose AIA:
At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people.
Access our training and development to build on your current skills
Career development through internal mobility opportunities
Work for a business helping millions of Australians and make a difference to someone’s life everyday
Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself
Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you
Work with supportive and inclusive managers
Flexible working arrangement
At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group – it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.
Lots of companies like to say they’re different. What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives. We are proud that this difference has been recognised in the 2024 ANZIIF awards by being named Life Insurance Company of the Year.
AIA is different. Are you?
If you want to be part of an organisation that helps people live better every single day, apply via the link today.