Senior Associate, Change Management

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Role Overview
The Foundational Business Change Management team supports transformation initiatives that enhance New York Life’s ability to serve its 12,000+ agents and advisors. The Senior Associate, Change Management plays a key supporting role in executing the people-side activities that enable successful adoption of new processes, technologies, and ways of working.

This role works within New York Life’s Foundational Business, partnering closely with change leads, initiative owners, Agency Communications, and Training teams. The Associate assists in implementing structured change activities, tracking progress, and maintaining coordination across stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of business transformation efforts.

What You’ll Do
Change Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of structured change management plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities.
• Assist in conducting change impact and readiness assessments, helping translate findings into actionable next steps.
• Draft and coordinate project communications, working with Agency Communications and Training teams to shape clear and effective messaging.
• Help maintain project documentation, including change plans, stakeholder maps, communication calendars, and meeting materials.
• Track change risks, field feedback, and emerging issues; escalating to change leads as needed to ensure timely resolution.
• Assist in organizing and facilitating feedback loops such as workshops, stakeholder interviews, listening sessions, and engagement forums.
• Update portions of the FB Change Management Roadmap under direction of initiative leads to ensure alignment with priorities and timelines.

Strategic & Operational Contributions

• Coordinate meetings, timelines, and deliverables across cross-functional partners to keep change management workstreams on track.
• Collect, organize, and analyze adoption and readiness data to support reporting and performance insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing change management processes, templates, and tools.
• Partner with mid- and senior-level change practitioners to build personal capability in change management frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.

What You’ll Bring

• 1–3 years of experience supporting organizational change, project coordination, communications, or business operations—preferably in financial services or similarly complex environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, Communications, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Prosci or other change management training/certifications a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with change management principles (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter), and proficiency with Microsoft Office; comfort with project management, Agile or collaboration tools (e.g., Smartsheet, SharePoint, Teams).
  
  

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Pay Transparency

Salary Range: $79,000-$113,000 

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life’s leadership in this space.​

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

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Job Requisition ID: 93015