Executive Director, Enterprise Change Management & Adoption
Labcorp Holdings
Durham, NC · Posted November 10, 2026
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About the job
Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.
Labcorp is seeking an Executive Director, Enterprise Change Management & Adoption to join our team!
Primary Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Change Management Strategy & Methodology
Define and lead Labcorp’s enterprise change management and adoption strategy aligned to corporate AI, automation, and digital transformation priorities
Establish a repeatable, standardized change management methodology and framework (e.g., structured, research-based approaches such as ADKAR / Prosci or equivalent) scaled for enterprise use
Ensure change management is embedded at the beginning of major transformation initiatives rather than treated as a downstream communications activity
Create scalable approaches that can be deployed consistently across multiple business units and transformation programs
2. Partnership with Workforce Readiness & Transformation
Serve as the change and adoption partner to the Executive Director, Workforce Readiness & Transformation, on the AI and Tech-enabled transformation major initiatives
Translate workforce impact assessments, future-state role designs, and workforce transition plans into change strategies, stakeholder plans, and adoption approaches
Jointly define the division of labor on each initiative so workforce design and change execution are complementary and non-duplicative
Co-develop integrated readiness measures that connect workforce readiness with change readiness and adoption
Align reskilling and capability-building milestones with adoption and reinforcement timelines
3. Strategic Partnership with IT & AI Transformation
Partner closely with Information Technology, Digital Transformation leaders, and the Office of the Chief AI Officer (CAIO) to align change and adoption activities to Labcorp’s AI and digital roadmap
Participate in planning and prioritization for major AI, automation, and technology initiatives to proactively identify change impacts and adoption requirements
Ensure change management, communications, and adoption activities are incorporated into solution deployment plans and release schedules
Drive adoption of enterprise AI tooling, agentic platforms, automation solutions, and emerging technologies
Translate technology roadmaps into change impacts, stakeholder actions, and adoption plans
4. Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership Alignment
Identify, map, and segment stakeholders across impacted business units, functions, and employee populations
Activate and enable executive sponsors, building visible, active, and sustained sponsorship for change
Develop and equip a network of change agents, champions, and people leaders to drive adoption at the front line
Build leadership alignment and coalition across senior stakeholders on the case for change and the path to adoption
Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to lead change within their organizations
5. Change Impact & Adoption Assessment
Assess the change impacts of AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives on people, processes, and ways of working
Conduct change readiness assessments and identify adoption risks across impacted populations
Define adoption requirements and target behaviors for each impacted stakeholder segment
Identify sources of resistance early and develop targeted mitigation strategies
Partner with Workforce Readiness & Transformation to connect workforce impacts with the change actions required to adopt them
6. Communications & Engagement Enablement
Define enterprise change communications strategies that build awareness, understanding, desire, and commitment
Partner with Corporate Communications and leadership teams to deliver clear, consistent, audience-specific messaging
Develop sponsor, manager, and change-agent communication toolkits and talking points
Create engagement approaches that give employees a voice in the change and surface feedback
Sequence communications to align with initiative milestones, deployment waves, and adoption moments
7. Change & Adoption Playbook & Operating Model
Design, test, and scale a repeatable Change Management & Adoption Playbook Establish enterprise methodologies for: Change impact and readiness assessment
Stakeholder analysis and sponsorship activation
Communications and engagement planning
Resistance management
Adoption planning and reinforcement
Change measurement and sustainment
Continuously refine the playbook based on lessons learned and deployment outcomes
Create tools, templates, and frameworks that can be consistently applied across transformation efforts
8. Transformation Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership
Lead change and adoption workstreams associated with major AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives
Develop resource model and coordinate change resources across the enterprise to support major transformation initiatives
Establish repeatable approaches that can be utilized across multiple transformation initiatives
Operate as a player-coach leader who actively participates in solving change and adoption challenges
Build Enterprise HR capability in change management
9. Reinforcement, Sustainment & Change Analytics
Define adoption, reinforcement, and sustainment approaches that embed new behaviors beyond go-live
Develop manager and leadership guidance for leading teams through change and reinforcing adoption
Define and track change and adoption success metrics, including:
Change readiness and stakeholder sentiment
Adoption and usage rates
Proficiency and sustained behavior change
Speed of adoption and time-to-value
Resistance reduction and issue resolution
Partner with Finance, IT, and business leaders to connect adoption to measurable business outcomes
Establish data-driven methods for prioritizing change investments and interventions
10. Executive Partnership & Governance
Serve as a strategic advisor to the CHRO, CIO, CAIO, and senior business leaders on change and adoption
Act as a connector across HR, IT, Talent, Learning, Communications, and business teams
Provide visibility into change readiness, adoption progress, risks, and outcomes
Support enterprise governance processes related to AI, transformation, and organizational readiness
Help shape prioritization of transformation initiatives based on change impact and adoption considerations
Measures of Success
Enterprise change management strategy and methodology established and adopted
Increased adoption rates and sustained behavior change across priority populations
Successful deployment of change and adoption playbooks across multiple initiatives
Reduced time-to-adoption for major digital and AI initiatives
Active, visible sponsorship and strong leader and employee adoption outcomes
Early identification and effective mitigation of resistance
Measurable business value realized through adoption of transformation investments
Seamless, complementary partnership with Workforce Readiness & Transformation across initiatives
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's Degree
12+ years of experience in organizational change management, transformation, organizational effectiveness, or related fields
Additional Job Standards
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale change management on large, complex transformation initiatives
Expertise in: Change management strategy and methodology
Stakeholder engagement and sponsorship activation
Change and adoption communications
Resistance management
Adoption planning, reinforcement, and sustainment
Change measurement and analytics
Transformation program leadership
Deep fluency in a structured change management methodology
Experience assessing the change and adoption implications of operational, technology, or business transformations
Strong analytical and data fluency, with the ability to translate insights into change decisions
Demonstrated ability to work across business, HR, and technology functions
Experience building enterprise frameworks, methodologies, or operating models
Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills
Experience leading change and adoption for AI-enabled, automation-enabled, or digital transformations
Experience partnering closely with technology organizations and workforce transformation teams
Experience within healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, logistics, or other operationally complex environments
Consulting, transformation, or organizational effectiveness background
Familiarity with adoption analytics and digital adoption platforms
Leadership Profile
Enterprise-minded: Connects strategy, technology, people, and business outcomes
Change strategist: Understands how people and organizations move through and adopt change
Collaborative influencer: Leads through influence in highly matrixed environments
Systems thinker: Connects technology transformation with the human change required to adopt it
Player-coach: Comfortable both developing strategy and driving hands-on execution
Adoption leader: Builds sustained behavior change and reinforcement, not just plans and communications
Role Overview
Labcorp is accelerating toward a digitally enabled, AI-powered operating model that is fundamentally reshaping how work gets done, how roles are defined, and how value is created. Technology deployment alone does not deliver that value — value is realized only when leaders and employees actually adopt new tools, new processes, and new ways of working, and sustain those behaviors over time.
The Executive Director, Enterprise Change Management & Adoption leads Labcorp’s enterprise strategy and execution for organizational change management and adoption across AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives. This leader ensures that the people side of change — awareness, desire, stakeholder alignment, communications, resistance management, and reinforcement — is planned and executed with the same rigor as the technology itself.
This role partners with the Executive Director, Workforce Readiness & Transformation across every major transformation initiative:
Workforce Readiness & Transformation serves as the bridge between business operations, Information Technology, Talent & Learning, HR Business Partners, and enterprise leaders to ensure employees, leaders, skills, roles, and workforce structures evolve alongside technology-enabled change.
Enterprise Change Management & Adoption owns the change response, including the change strategy, stakeholder engagement, communications, adoption planning, resistance management, and reinforcement that convert workforce strategies into sustained behavior change and realized value.
Together they ensure that transformation initiatives produce both the right future-state workforce and the adoption required to make it stick. This is a highly collaborative, execution-focused role responsible for establishing a repeatable Change Management & Adoption Playbook and applying it across Labcorp’s most strategic transformation initiatives.
Purpose of the Role
The Executive Director will ensure that enterprise transformation investments translate into adopted, sustained new ways of working through:
Enterprise change management strategies that move leaders and employees from awareness to adoption
Change impact and adoption assessments tied to digital transformation initiatives
Stakeholder engagement, sponsorship activation, and leadership alignment
Communications and engagement strategies that build understanding and commitment
Resistance identification and mitigation approaches
Adoption planning, reinforcement, and sustainment mechanisms
Change readiness, adoption, and behavior-change measurement
Measurable business value realization through adoption
This role focuses on how people move through change and adopt new ways of working. and ensures the change required to adopt them succeeds.
Why This Role Matters
Technology does not create value on its own. Value is realized when organizations successfully change how people work, lead, communicate, and sustain new behaviors.
Where Workforce Readiness & Transformation prepares the workforce — the roles, skills, and structures of the future — this role ensures the organization actually adopts those changes. It is the execution complement that turns readiness into results.
By leading enterprise change management and adoption, this role ensures Labcorp captures the full value of its AI, automation, and digital transformation investments — helping leaders and employees embrace new ways of working and make them stick in an increasingly AI-enabled enterprise.
Application Window: Application window will close on November 13, 2026
Pay Range : $200,000-$220,000
All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan. Bonuses are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers. Compensation may also include discretionary short- and long-term incentive packages.
Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please clic k here .
Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:
Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.
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