Senior Change Manager

Drive successful change initiatives across the organisation. Partner closely with business leaders to develop a clear and compelling vision.

18th August, 2025

Who are we?

Standards Australia (SA) is the peak standards development organisation in Australia, with a rich history that dates back to 1922. Currently, we are undergoing a significant transformation and growth phase. In recent years, our workforce has doubled, and we now proudly employ over 200 professionals dedicated to helping shape Australia's future and fulfilling our mission of empowering communities.

Our organisation brings experts together to create national and international standards that serve as essential guidelines for products and services, ultimately benefiting the Australian community. Our vision is to be a global leader in providing trusted solutions that improve life today and tomorrow.

About the role

This is a pivotal role, responsible for driving successful change initiatives across the organisation. This position partners closely with business leaders to develop a clear and compelling change vision, ensuring that the benefits of change are well-defined and communicated.

Lead the creation and maintenance of a centre of excellence for change. This includes developing and implementing a robust change management framework that supports the organisation's strategic objectives.

Foster a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement, empowering employees to embrace change and contribute to the organisation's success.

What you'll do

- Develop all aspects of the Change Management Strategy and approach required to implement transformational business changes across the business successfully
- Lead organisational and transformational change management methodology and practices by supporting ongoing capability development and business education
- Create, develop and promote a Centre of Excellence for Change, which will educate and develop SA's employees to be high-performing agents of change
- Support and promote change management strategies based on situational analysis, clear understanding of the detail of Change and awareness of the engagement of impacted employees
- Work with relevant teams to understand any related change impacts and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
- Review actionable and targeted change management activity to ensure the capability to manage and deliver the required business changes with minimal disruption
- Develop a consolidated view of Change across the business that can help analyse saturation points, excessive complexity and opportunities to synthesise our approach
- Provide advice and coaching to business leaders in understanding, influencing, embedding and sustaining Change
- Identify, analyse, and prepare mitigation actions to address risks that could affect, constrain, block, or influence change outcomes
- Anticipate potential points of resistance, and develop specific plans to address the risks and issues
- Act as the critical link between senior business leaders and delivery teams to ensure that all relevant parties understand the required Change
- Ensure change management plan dependencies such as engagement; current/future state impacts; change readiness and change sustainability is understood at an organisational level and managed accordingly
- Identify and implement innovative feedback mechanisms to check Change effectiveness

18th August, 2025

Who are we?

Standards Australia (SA) is the peak standards development organisation in Australia, with a rich history that dates back to 1922. Currently, we are undergoing a significant transformation and growth phase. In recent years, our workforce has doubled, and we now proudly employ over 200 professionals dedicated to helping shape Australia's future and fulfilling our mission of empowering communities.

Our organisation brings experts together to create national and international standards that serve as essential guidelines for products and services, ultimately benefiting the Australian community. Our vision is to be a global leader in providing trusted solutions that improve life today and tomorrow.

About the role

This is a pivotal role, responsible for driving successful change initiatives across the organisation. This position partners closely with business leaders to develop a clear and compelling change vision, ensuring that the benefits of change are well-defined and communicated.

Lead the creation and maintenance of a centre of excellence for change. This includes developing and implementing a robust change management framework that supports the organisation's strategic objectives.

Foster a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement, empowering employees to embrace change and contribute to the organisation's success.

What you'll do

- Develop all aspects of the Change Management Strategy and approach required to implement transformational business changes across the business successfully
- Lead organisational and transformational change management methodology and practices by supporting ongoing capability development and business education
- Create, develop and promote a Centre of Excellence for Change, which will educate and develop SA's employees to be high-performing agents of change
- Support and promote change management strategies based on situational analysis, clear understanding of the detail of Change and awareness of the engagement of impacted employees
- Work with relevant teams to understand any related change impacts and develop both strategic and tactical solutions
- Review actionable and targeted change management activity to ensure the capability to manage and deliver the required business changes with minimal disruption
- Develop a consolidated view of Change across the business that can help analyse saturation points, excessive complexity and opportunities to synthesise our approach
- Provide advice and coaching to business leaders in understanding, influencing, embedding and sustaining Change
- Identify, analyse, and prepare mitigation actions to address risks that could affect, constrain, block, or influence change outcomes
- Anticipate potential points of resistance, and develop specific plans to address the risks and issues
- Act as the critical link between senior business leaders and delivery teams to ensure that all relevant parties understand the required Change
- Ensure change management plan dependencies such as engagement; current/future state impacts; change readiness and change sustainability is understood at an organisational level and managed accordingly
- Identify and implement innovative feedback mechanisms to check Change effectiveness

About you

- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 10 years experience working within fast-paced and ambitious transformation environments focusing on behavioral Change
- Demonstrated success in leading transformational and organisational Change programs
- Demonstrated extensive experience managing change and people, including effectively implementing changes to business processes, systems and technology
- Highly developed communication, liaison, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills
- High-level interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience in mentoring, coaching, collaborating and team building
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Ability to influence others and move toward a shared vision or goal
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
- Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere
- Proven advanced strategic thinking, planning and analytical skills
- Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics
- Exceptional planning skills and time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Awareness of project management processes
- Experience using/implementing the Prosci ADKAR (or similar) methodology
- Acute business acumen and understanding of organisational issues and challenges

Culture & Benefits

Standards Australia is proud to have been awarded the prestigious Employer of Choice Award for two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024. This recognition highlights our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace and fostering a culture of excellence. Our iCARE values form the basis of all we do - Integrity, Courage, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.

Standards Australia offers many benefits such as flexibility with working from home, regular team events, additional personal/carer's leave, continuous learning and career development opportunities.Our award-winning People Perks program includes the following great benefits:

- Nine-day fortnight – enjoy every second Friday off
- Growing Family & Parental leave benefits – 16 weeks paid leave for primary carers, plus Superannuation contributions made on unpaid leave; 4 weeks paid leave for secondary carers
- Workiversary rewards – your commitment and loyalty won't go unrecognised
- Global working – do you have working rights in another country? Enjoy a few weeks of international working every year
- Early access to long service leave – why wait 10 years for long service leave? 5 years sounds a lot better

What's next?

If Standards Australia sounds like the place for you, please submit your CV outlining your experience and suitability to this role. Eligible applicants must be Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents or have legal rights to work in Australia. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 15 business days of their application.

At Standards Australia, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to fostering a working environment that values diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Our mission is toempower our communities, and in doing so, we strive to create an organisation that genuinely reflects and respects the diversity of the communities we serve; puttingpeople at the heartof all we do. We welcome applications from people of all cultural and linguistic groups, people of all ages and genders, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability, and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Should you need any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@standards.org.auApply For Job
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