Change Management Consultant

What You'll Do

• Lead the design, development, and execution of comprehensive change management strategies for large-scale programs and projects.
• Create and manage detailed change management plans that drive adoption, sustain organizational changes, and maximize return on investment.
• Establish and lead change management workstreams and project teams.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and success metrics related to change management activities.
• Monitor execution progress and provide regular status updates to program leadership, PMO teams, sponsors, and advisory stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate people-related risks, issues, and decision points throughout project lifecycles.
• Conduct stakeholder, readiness, and change impact assessments and translate findings into actionable strategies.
• Partner with project teams to develop communication and training strategies that support successful adoption.
• Assess organizational readiness and develop approaches to measure awareness, understanding, and support for change initiatives.
• Drive awareness, engagement, ownership, and adoption of changes across impacted audiences.
• Facilitate change networks, feedback channels, readiness activities, and stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Provide guidance and support for end-user training design and communication delivery.
• Coach and mentor team members and stakeholders on change management methodologies, practices, and deliverables.
• Consult with and influence project sponsors, executives, and leadership teams to align change strategies with business objectives.
• Ensure successful transition of change sustainment ownership at project close.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Communications, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of organizational change management experience leading enterprise-level transformation initiatives.
• PROSCI Change Management Certification (Required).
• CCMP certification is also highly valued.
• Demonstrated success leading complex change management programs from initiation through implementation and sustainment.
• Deep knowledge of change management methodologies, frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Proven ability to develop change strategies and roadmaps that increase awareness, engagement, adoption, and long-term success.
• Strong ability to quickly understand business needs, organizational culture, historical change experiences, and change readiness.
• Exceptional verbal, written, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience building productive relationships with executives, sponsors, stakeholders, and project teams across all organizational levels.
• Strong influencing and consulting skills with the ability to drive alignment and decision-making.
• Creative problem-solving skills with the ability to design strategic solutions for complex organizational challenges.
• Demonstrated project leadership skills, including managing schedules, deliverables, outcomes, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong business acumen, leadership capabilities, customer focus, results orientation, teamwork, communication, and decision-making skills.