Principal Change Activation Partner

BetterUp

Principal Change Activation Partner leading change management strategy and enterprise transformation. Shaping organizational practices and frameworks for effective change at BetterUp, a human transformation company.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeCalifornia, New York, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $194,400 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape company-wide change management strategy in partnership with executive leadership
Remove institutional barriers to adoption
Build scalable, teachable frameworks and playbooks
Serve as BetterUp’s foremost expert in transformation strategy
Lead enterprise-wide client engagements for complex deployments
Rapidly diagnose client contexts and uncover root causes of adoption failure
Architect executive influence strategies
Directly contribute to competitive differentiation
Mentor and scale capability across the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in enterprise transformation, change management, or organizational strategy
Proven ability to parachute into ambiguous enterprise environments, build trust quickly, and diagnose and shape transformation strategy in real time
Demonstrated ability to operate at the intersection of change strategy, communications design, and experience craft
A track record of influencing C-suite stakeholders and acting as a trusted advisor
Experience building functions, practices, or methodologies from scratch
Exceptional communication skills
Deep familiarity with large-scale global organizations
Formal change management credentials (Prosci, CCMP, Kotter, PMP) or equivalent expertise
Multi-disciplinary range: you can think like a consultant, deliver like a marketer, and direct like a creative lead
Resilience and adaptability across intense launch cycles and quieter sustain phases

Benefits

Comp & perks

BetterUp Coach
Development plan
Trained and coached manager
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise transformationchange managementorganizational strategycommunications designexperience craftinfluencing C-suite stakeholdersbuilding functionsdeveloping practicesmethodologies

Soft Skills

trust buildingdiagnosing transformation strategyexceptional communicationresilienceadaptabilitymentoringscaling capability

Certifications

ProsciCCMPKotterPMP