VP, Transformational Change Management

POSITION SUMMARY

(Eligible for Hybrid/ 3 days in office - Alexandria, VA)

The Vice President, Transformational Change Management leads the implementation of change practices to realize the United Way Transformation, a comprehensive global program to ensure that United Way is impactful, relevant, and sustainable in its next century of service. As a senior leader in United Way Worldwide’s Transformation Realization Office, the successful candidate will be a seasoned change-management practitioner who embraces and applies UWW’s change methodology to deliver large-scale transformation. The position is ultimately accountable to the UWW President and CEO, the initiating sponsor of the United Way Transformation.

The Vice President will apply a broad range of skills to advance successful and large-scale change in a complex, federated, global nonprofit environment. Combining technical acumen with outstanding management, political savvy, engagement skills, and emotional intelligence, the leader will oversee transformational change management for multiple interdependent workstreams in a fast-paced and demanding environment.

The Vice President, Transformational Change Management will partner actively with United Way network leaders and UWW colleagues to ensure seamless, quality change execution.

Additionally, the Vice President will engage the Vice President, Learning & Leadership Development to build change capability within the United Way network to make it a core competency of the organization.

The ideal candidate will actively champion United Way’s mission to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world, and our vision: a world where every person in every community is thriving. The Vice President will demonstrate a deep commitment to fully realizing the promise of United Way’s transformation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF POSITION:

The Vice President, Transformational Change Management will:

• Lead the change-management practices to successfully achieve the goals of the United Way Transformation across the global federation of 1,000+ local United Ways
• Lead multiple workstreams to fully achieve the change-management goals of United Way 2030, a five-year network-wide plan that is the first major chapter in the multiyear United Way Transformation
• Manage a complex, dynamic, integrated change portfolio
• Oversee successful on-time delivery of transformation commitments, both the installation of change activities and full realization of the transformation’s promise
• Design and facilitate successful change engagements with a wide array of stakeholders, from senior executives and board members to emerging leaders
• Design and deliver dynamic large-scale change campaigns across a global environment
• Ensure full and seamless integration of United Way 2030 change efforts with ongoing business operations and annual operating goals
• Build and manage a global change network to deploy the transformation across 34+ countries and within United Way Worldwide
• Manage the communication, measurement, and reporting related to the United Way Transformation, including successful achievement of specific change-management goals across the global United Way network and within United Way Worldwide
• Co-create and lead the implementation of change-capability building for the United Way network

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's required
• 10+ years of senior-level change-management experience, including 5+ years in guiding successful, large-scale strategic transformations
• Sound judgment and decision-making in a complex distributed environment
• Commitment to embrace and apply the United Way change methodology, incorporating their own change experience while sustaining the integrity of a well-established process founded on Daryl Conner's Strategy Execution Framework
• Skills in managing a large-scale change portfolio, including excellent planning and integration skills, and the ability to manage many moving parts to achieve impact
• Engagement with a wide variety of change sponsors, agents, and stakeholders
• Influence, political savvy, and the relationship-building skills to lead effectively in a federated work environment without corporate controls
• Leadership skills to oversee and manage critical business processes on behalf of an organization
• Operational oversight of a change-management team
• Outstanding collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills appropriate for a global work environment
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding, agile work environment
• Exceptional people-management skills
• Innovative, future-focused leadership
• Passion for nonprofit, community-strengthening work

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all required duties, responsibilities, and skills. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job. You should be able to work onsite in the Alexandria, VA location; relocation assistance is not offered.

SALARY STATEMENT

The salary range for this position is currently $175,000 to $191,000 per year. Salaries are determined by several factors including applicant’s knowledge, ­­­skills, experience, position, equity, and market.

ABOUT UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE

United Way Worldwide seeks diverse, qualified professionals who want to make a difference in the world. If you are passionate about your work and desire to help others achieve enhanced education, income, and health, United Way Worldwide is the place for you.

United Way Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, genetic information, and other legally protected characteristics, in accordance with applicable laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please e-mail recruitment@uww.unitedway.org and provide the nature of your request and your contact information.

We are a charter member of Employers of National Service and encourage AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni to apply.

United Way Worldwide is located in Old Town Alexandria, VA. We offer competitive salary and excellent benefits including: health, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, employee assistance program, 403(b) plan, tuition assistance, paid time off, family sick leave, medical appointment leave, parental/adoption leave, dress for your day, free parking, onsite gym, monthly volunteering opportunities, and more.