Change Manager (12 Month FTC) - #1748966

Job Description

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
  
  

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Change Manager

A Little Bit About Our Team

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Change Manager to contribute to the change management efforts for our Global Talent Framework Program. This initiative aims to design and implement an enterprise-wide talent framework that aligns roles, competencies, and career pathways to support our evolving business needs. The Change Manager will play a critical role in ensuring stakeholder adoption and effective integration of the new framework into the Global organization.

You will be a key member of the Talent Framework Project Team, reporting to the Strategy & Change Director and contributing to the critical success of the Change Management Workstream of this truly global and impactful transformation.

Your Role

Change Strategy & Planning

• Implement the change management strategy set by the Strategy & Change Director aligned with the talent framework project objectives.
• Conduct stakeholder impact assessments and readiness analyses.
• Define and track change management KPIs.
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Identify, engage, and support key stakeholders, including the People Team, Line Managers, Business Leaders, and Employees.
• Design and deliver clear, targeted communication plans and artefacts to articulate the vision, benefits, and changes involved in the talent framework.
  
  

Artefact & Capability Building

• Collaborate with the wider project team and Workstream Leads to develop training plans and materials to support understanding and usage of the new talent framework.
• Creation of change management artefacts including Toolkits, FAQ’s, User guides.
• Coordinate delivery of workshops, briefings, and learning sessions across business units.
  
  

Change Delivery & Adoption

• Facilitate and lead Change Management workshops.
• Develop Change Management Artefacts such as Change Gap Analysis, Change Impact Assessments, Communication Plans and Processes.
• Develop tools and processes to monitor adoption rates and resistance points.
• Provide coaching and support to managers and change agents to help them lead their teams through the transition.
  
  

Integration & Sustainability

• Ensure the talent framework is embedded in key people processes (e.g., performance, development, recruitment).
• Work closely with the HR and project teams to ensure change activities are integrated into the project lifecycle.
  
  

Here You’ll Get To

• Deliver the change strategy for a Global, enterprise-wide Talent Framework program working within a high performing team.
• Partner closely with senior leaders, HR, and workstream leads to embed role clarity, competencies, and career pathways across the organization.
• Design and execute communication and engagement materials that drive understanding, buy-in, and sustained adoption.
• Develop tools, training, and resources to support people leaders and employees through the transition.
• Lead and support change impact assessments and change readiness activities to inform targeted interventions such as communications, training & support content (i.e. Toolkits) and leadership / business engagement content.
• Monitor adoption, identify resistance, and apply corrective strategies to ensure smooth implementation.
• Influence the integration of the talent framework into key people processes such as performance practices, learning & development, talent acquisition, pay architecture and job architecture.
  
  

About You

• Proven experience (5+ years) in change management, ideally within HR or organizational transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of change management methodologies (e.g., APMG, Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter).
• Experience implementing HR frameworks or large-scale talent initiatives is highly desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Certification in change management (e.g., Prosci, APMG) is an advantage.
  
  

We’d Love It If You Also Had

• Background in HR, Organizational people change.
• Experience in enterprise-wide frameworks like competency modelling, career framework, job architecture, or role levelling.
• Experience with HR systems and platforms (e.g., Workday, SuccessFactors) is a plus.
• Music / Entertainment industry experience is desirable but not essential.
  
  

About Us

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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This position requires a minimum of two days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.