Senior Manager, Continuous Transformation

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Magna is more than one of the world's largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.

Job Responsibilities:

The Senior Manager, Continuous Transformation is responsible for executing and scaling enterprise transformation initiatives to ensure they are understood, adopted, and sustained across the organization.

This role operationalizes the transformation strategy defined by the Director by:

• Translating strategy into execution at the functional and team level
• Driving adoption and reinforcement in day-to-day operations
• Embedding continuous improvement into how teams actually work

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on turning transformation from concept into consistent behavior across the business.

What You'll Do

Execute and Embed Change

• Execute change and adoption plans across functions, groups, and divisions
• Translate enterprise initiatives into clear, role-based expectations and actions
• Ensure transformation is embedded into daily workflows, not treated as a one-time rollout
• Identify where adoption is breaking down and intervene to course-correct
• Focus: Make change real at the working level

Drive Continuous Transformation in Operations

• Operationalize the continuous transformation model defined by the Director
• Embed CI practices into team routines, workflows, and local governance
• Identify operational friction and drive targeted improvement efforts
• Support standardization while adapting to local business realities
• Focus: Close the gap between strategy and execution

Support Relevance and Adoption

• Tailor messaging and enablement for different roles, functions, and levels
• Ensure transformation is grounded in real business context and frontline reality
• Monitor change saturation and help sequence initiatives effectively
• Actively reduce resistance and change fatigue through practical adjustments
• Focus: Drive adoption, not just awareness

Deliver and Reinforce Communications

• Execute communication plans aligned to enterprise transformation priorities
• Translate strategic messaging into clear, actionable communication for teams
• Reinforce key messages through consistent, ongoing touchpoints
• Ensure communications are simple, timely, and tied to real work
• Focus: Turn messaging into action

Partner Across the Business

• Work closely with: Business Transformation, Process, Data, IT and Functional Leaders
• Act as a connector between strategy and execution teams
• Support Leaders in reinforcing change within their teams
• Surface adoption risks and execution challenges to the Director
• Focus: Enable alignment and execution across teams

Track Adoption and Drive Improvement

• Monitor adoption, engagement, and behavior-based metrics
• Gather feedback from teams and stakeholders
• Identify patterns, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Continuously refine execution approach based on what's working
• Focus: Measure what's actually changing

What Success Looks Like

• Transformation initiatives are consistently adopted at the team level
• Employees understa