Principal Change Activation Partner, Center for Daring Leadership

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We are a hybrid company with a focus on in-person collaboration when necessary. Employees are expected to be available to work from one of our office hubs at least two days per week, or eight days per month. Our US hub locations include: Austin, TX; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; and the Washington, DC metro area. If this is a role based in Europe, our Europe hub locations are London, UK and Amsterdam, NL. Please ensure you can realistically commit to this structure before applying.

The Opportunity

The Center for Daring Leadership (CDL) is a partnership between BetterUp and Brené Brown, focused on bringing the Dare to Lead methodology to large organizations through coaching, facilitation, and curriculum-based programs.

As a Change Partner within CDL, you'll drive the change management strategies that turn program launches into lasting organizational shifts. You'll work directly with senior client leaders — helping them build belief, sustain momentum, and cascade transformation across their organizations. You bring the strategic range to architect a change plan and the communications craft to make every message land. The work is complex, the clients are sophisticated, and the mission behind it is genuine.

What You'll Do

Lead Change Strategy for Enterprise Deployments

• Architect end-to-end change management strategies for CDL program launches, ensuring the right people are prepared, aligned, and activated at every level of the client organization.

• Translate complex organizational and leadership challenges into clear, compelling change narratives that build belief and inspire action.

• Map stakeholders and cascade paths, identifying champions and skeptics, and designing strategies that build trust across complex, global organizations.

Design Communications That Drive Transformation

• Develop communications strategies that don't just deliver messages — they shape the story that makes change possible.

• Produce and direct high-quality deliverables across multiple channels (email, live events, digital platforms, executive forums) with the craft standards and consistency that earns credibility with enterprise clients.

• Equip managers and frontline leaders with toolkits, talking points, and coaching to act as multipliers of the Dare to Lead transformation.

• Develop platform communications that shift participant interactions from transactional to transformational — adapting Dare to Lead principles into messages that resonate with senior leaders and their teams.

Build and Sustain Client Partnerships

• Act as a thought partner, advisor, and trusted presence for CHRO-, CPO-, and L&D-level stakeholders throughout multi-month program journeys.

• Design account-specific launch narratives and engagement rhythms that establish belief early and sustain momentum through completion.

• Develop executive-voiced communications — including ghostwritten messages, talking points, and mid-program moments — that help senior sponsors show up with credibility and authenticity.

• Partner with CDL account leads to understand the strategic context, cultural landscape, and communication needs unique to each enterprise client.

Build Systems and Infrastructure

• Audit existing CDL communications for effectiveness, usage, and audience fit — and build the benchmarks and feedback loops that will inform future work.

• Create reusable communication frameworks and templates (cascade emails, executive talking points, manager guidance) that can be adapted across clients without feeling off-the-shelf.

• Establish listening loops and use real-time signals to refine messaging and interventions as programs evolve.

• Build the playbook — you'll help define what great looks like within a function that is still taking shape.

If You Have Some or All of the Following, Please Apply

• 10+ years of experience in change management, organizational transformation, or human capital consulting — with a track record of leading complex, org-wide initiatives in large, global enterprises.

• Deep change management expertise — you know the fundamentals of transformation success and can speak fluently to change models, resistance management, and adoption frameworks, whether through formal certification or demonstrated equivalent experience on the job.

• Exceptional communications craft — skilled at architecting persuasive, human-centered communications strategies and guiding others in developing stakeholder-targeted storytelling that moves hearts and minds.

• Campaign strategy and execution chops — you think like a marketer, identify key stakeholder groups and their unique needs, and tailor campaigns across communications, learning, and behavior change to drive measurable adoption.

• Organizational complexity and consultative acumen — multiple at-bats in large, global organizations across multiple languages and cultures. You parachute in, synthesize context quickly, build trust, and move things forward without a formal mandate.

• A builder's mindset — you identify and proliferate best practices, build scalable and teachable frameworks, and role-model a "teach, learn, teach" approach. You thrive in ambiguity and don't need templates to get started.

• Resilience and adaptability across the intensity spikes and quieter sustain phases that come with enterprise program cycles.

• AI fluency and judgment — you remove barriers to AI adoption, drive cultural change that embraces continuous reinvention, and exercise exceptional judgment in when to simplify and when to stretch. You embody "Do Less, Deliver More."

• Executive ghostwriting and long-form editorial skills are a plus.

Benefits:

At BetterUp, we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves, support their families, and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member

• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Flexible paid time off

• Per year:

  • All federal/statutory holidays observed

  • 4 BetterUp Inner Workdays (https://www.betterup.co/inner-work)

  • 5 Volunteer Days to give back

  • Learning and Development stipend

  • Company wide Summer & Winter breaks

• Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp

• 401(k) self contribution

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At BetterUp, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, residence location, as well as market indicators. The range below is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future.

The base salary range for this role is as follows:

New York City and San Francisco/Bay Area: $204,000 - $255,000

Austin and D.C. Area: $183,600 - $229,500

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