Organizational Change Management Manager
Apply now »Date: Oct 15, 2025
Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28216
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 71428
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The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies. Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes. IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.
Role Purpose
Corning employees will be impacted greatly with new capabilities with changes to our ERP system. This position will manage the Organizational Change Management (OCM) activities for an ERP transformation project at a division and/or location
The Organizational Change Management Manager be responsible for working, as an internal consultant, with the OCM resources across the ERP Transformation to:
- Create an overall Transformation Change Schedule for their project that incorporates communication, change management and training activities
- Ensure a cohesive OCM strategy integrated with the wider program and project needs
- Design, develop and execute on planned OCM activities, enlisting program and project Subject Matter experts as needed
- The Transformation Organizational Change Management Manager will play a key role to drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilization of and proficiency with the changes that impact employees.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and implement change management activities for the ERP SAP/S4 Hana deployments while driving adoption and proficiency of changes within the organization in alignment with change management methodologies. This includes designing, developing and executing on OCM activities as per plan and overall program OCM strategy and approach.
- Integrate change management activities into project plans.
- Following the Transformation Process Map (TPM), create actionable deliverables for the three key change management levers: Organizational Change Management. Communications and training.
Organizational Change Management:
- Identify and manage stakeholders and sponsors for their deployment, assessing change impact.
- Conducts OCM focused workshops, i.e. pre-sessions, early engagement activities, etc.
- Support and engage senior leaders in the change effort.
- Track and report change management adoption and successes.
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 5 years of experience related to the developing & successfully delivering change management work driven by an ERP implementation.
- SAP S4/Hana or PS functional knowledge.
- Experience standing up OCM communications, training and change management activities for an ERP implementation with knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
- Experience with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.
- PowerPoint and Excel intermediate to advanced skills.
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous or ad-hoc situations.
- Experience working as a team player and working collaboratively with and through others.
- Experience influencing others and moving them toward a common vision or goal.
Experiences/Education - Desired
- A highly self-directed, organized, energetic, flexible and creative organizational change professional
- Change management certification or designation desired such as Prosci Certification.
- A solid understanding of how people move through change and the change process; experience with Prosci Process and ADKAR is a plus.
- Content creation using Enable Now, Adobe Suite or Intarsia.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent active listening and engagement skills
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $116,946.00 - $160,802.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
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Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request an accommodation, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
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