Senior Change Manager
You are an experienced and client-focused SENIOR CHANGE MANAGER who is excellent at:
- Developing and executing change strategies that incorporate and align change management plans, activities, and milestones into project management plans
- Developing and executing change management plans (stakeholder engagement, communications, sponsorship, learning and development, risk management, measurement & benefits realization) based on principles and best practices of change management methodologies, (i.e., Prosci® or other methodologies)
- Providing day-to-day oversight of the change management team, change project schedule, associated budget, and resources
- Providing ongoing updates to the progress and status of change management activities and deliverables; adhering to the project plan budget and define resourcing needs
- Actively liaising with leadership, project sponsors and owners, project managers, project teams, and impacted stakeholders
- Working closely with the project sponsor(s) and/or project owner to create the change vision and support leaders in delivering that vision to the organization
- Monitoring stakeholder engagement; identifying, anticipating, and mitigating risks, issues, and barriers to adoption
- Facilitation and leading group discussions and workshops
- Conducting change impact and readiness assessments and analysis of results
- Mentoring junior change consultants within the firm
People are drawn to you because of your collaborative work style, your ability to build trust, your focus on solutions, and your engaging leadership style. Ideally you bring:
- Minimum of 8+ years’ change management experience on consulting engagements across various business settings and through the full project lifecycle, with at least 5 years in Change Management Lead roles
- Experience in a consulting environment implementing medium – large business and technology transformation projects
- Experience leading and facilitating large scale change with complex stakeholders
- Experience with change management industry standards, principles, best practices, methodologies, and tools
- Ability to create and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage, and support responses to change
- Ability to work autonomously to initiate and manage consulting workload in a client-centered environment that includes high volume, frequent interruptions, multiple tasks, and shifting priorities and deadlines
- Experience working directly with senior management and organizational leaders
- Ability to communicate (both in writing and orally) clearly and effectively to diverse audiences and the ability to write or edit high quality business documents and communications
- Strong presentation and group facilitation skills
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Certification in an industry-standard change management methodology / framework (Prosci®, CCMP™, etc.)
- A unique experience and background that would make us stronger – tell us more in your cover letter / resume!