Senior Change Manager – AI Business Transformation

PwC

Change Manager at PwC Australia driving AI uplift via people-first change strategies and communications. Engaging leaders and teams to align vision with action across various sectors.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeMelbourne • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and deliver change strategies for major transformation programs, designed around people experience and adoption.
Lead change activity across multiple workstreams end to end, covering stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption.
Translate program objectives into practical, sequenced change plans that align to business priorities and can be executed.
Design and deliver training plans that build genuine capability across impacted teams.
Developing project communication plan and write project communications that are clear, effective and aligned to corporate affairs standards.
Identify risks, issues and dependencies that threaten adoption early, escalate where needed and own the mitigations.
Prepare senior leaders and sponsors with the insights, materials and recommendations they need to make decisions and show up credibly.
Manage the integration of change activity across strategy, design and implementation phases, keeping dependencies and sequencing tight.
Build change capability across the program, raising the bar and embedding sustainable practice.
Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders and teams through collaboration, credibility, and consistent delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience in change management across strategy, design and delivery phases.
Proven track record delivering complex change initiatives and driving adoption at scale.
Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior executives, building trusted relationships that hold through difficult conversations.
Strong experience designing and delivering capability uplift programs for teams.
Credibility with senior leaders, grounded in clear communication, sound judgement and consistent delivery.
Pragmatic problem solver who can navigate organisational complexity without getting stuck.
Accountable for adoption, delivery and measurable business impact.
Genuinely people-centred in approach, with a focus on employee experience and engagement throughout change.
Comfortable working across diverse sectors, operating models and change contexts.
Curious about how AI and emerging technology are reshaping change practice, with the ability to apply global thinking to local execution.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility means trusting you to choose when, where, and how you work—balancing what’s best for you, your team, and your clients to grow and thrive together.
Clear paths for career progression supported by continuous learning and leadership development.
Generous leave entitlements to support your work-life balance - including floating public holidays, birthday leave and ability to purchase additional leave on top of your four weeks.
A world-class parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks of leave for caregivers, supporting your family and personal life.

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Hard Skills & Tools

change managementstakeholder engagementtraining designproject communicationrisk identificationadoption strategiescapability uplift programsorganizational complexity navigationmeasurable business impactAI and emerging technology application

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationcredibilityinfluenceproblem solvingrelationship buildingemployee experience focusadaptabilitycuriosity