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About the Role

As the Organization Readiness Program Lead, you will execute and support the Group Benefits Underwriting Transformation strategy, collaborating closely with the Underwriting Transformation team and cross-functional Group Benefits partners. This role is critical in ensuring business readiness for various initiatives, enabling the development of key resources, awareness, and adoption across impacted teams. Supporting transparent communication, program monitoring, and collaboration with stakeholders and business partners to drive accountability are key deliverables.

Responsibilities

Engage colleagues and stakeholders to create detailed action plans, enabling the execution of initiatives and change adoption
Establish organization readiness for Underwriting-wide projects across teams by driving the development of consistent messaging and communication, training and IMS documentation
Influence change adoption and foster culture of resiliency and growth mindsets
Leverage data insights to create narratives on the performance of initiatives, opportunities and risks
Support the implementation and integration of values and supporting behaviors to drive desired culture transformation
Support the creation of presentations appropriate for the Underwriting organization and talking points for various partners
Proactively identify best practices and support business teams through capability development and maturity
Establish and maintain long standing, trusted relationships with stakeholders and business partners
Effectively remove blockers and mitigate risks, maximizing team productivity and ensuring delivery
Communicate people, process, and technology innovations across Underwriting and business stakeholder
Hold teams and individuals accountable for timelines and deliverables

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
5+ years of experience in Group Benefits, preferred
Can work in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
Team player with proven ability to foster and manage working relationships within a matrixed environment with a positive attitude
Self-starter, highly motivated, strategic thinker who can lead independent stakeholder conversations and provide thought leadership
Can drive portfolio-aligned business results across Business and technology disciplines
Strong, proven communications, collaboration, and consensus building skills, along with active listening skills
Ability to adjust communication style and content to different levels and audiences
Highly organized and energetic with an entrepreneurial mindset
Communicates a clear, vivid, inspiring, and relevant description or picture of project benefits/value to the customer. Strong ability to influence and “tell the story.”
Strong business acumen and ability to gain familiarity with a broad range of business processes
Able to effectively interact with various levels of an organization, including both technical and non-technical business areas
The ability to aggregate and interpret external and internal business strategies and solutions and recommend customized solutions/best practices
Previous experience with change management preferred
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future

Skills

Change management
Communication
Collaboration
Consensus building
Active listening
Strategic thinking
Thought leadership
Business acumen
Problem solving
Risk mitigation
Data analysis

Location

Boston, MA
Bethlehem, PA
New York, NY
Remote

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote

Experience Level

5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Salary/Compensations

$103,450.00 - $169,960.00

Benefits

Skill-building
Leadership development
Philanthropic opportunities
Supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources

About the Company

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.

Equal Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).