Change Management Lead
Apex Systems · Durham, NC · Yesterday
Information TechnologyContract
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the Change Management Strategy and Change Management & Communication Plan (CMCP) across all program workstreams.
- Conduct organizational change impact assessments and stakeholder analyses to identify readiness needs, adoption risks, and communication requirements.
- Drive stakeholder engagement and socialization activities across all levels of the organization, including executives, managers, SMEs, change champions, and end users.
- Lead and facilitate stakeholder workshops, change readiness sessions, change champion forums, and business engagement activities.
- Define and execute multi-channel communication strategies, including executive communications, deployment announcements, newsletters, roadshows, intranet updates, and site-specific engagement activities.
- Develop and manage training strategies, rollout plans, training schedules, and end-user enablement programs to support successful adoption.
- Create and oversee development of training and change management materials, including user guides, job aids, training videos, demonstrations, FAQs, and knowledge transfer assets.
- Establish change adoption metrics, monitor user readiness and adoption trends, and provide reporting and insights to program leadership.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate change resistance and adoption issues through targeted interventions and corrective action plans.
- Partner closely with business leaders, process owners, project managers, and IT teams to ensure seamless transition and sustained adoption of new capabilities.
- Gather feedback through surveys, workshops, and user engagements and continuously refine change management approaches based on results.
- Support post-go-live adoption activities and reinforce change sustainment to maximize business value realization.
Required Qualifications
- 8–10 years of experience in Organizational Change Management, Business Transformation, Training, Communications, or related disciplines.
- Proven experience leading change management activities for enterprise-scale business or technology transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of change management methodologies such as Prosci ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent frameworks.
- Experience developing communication strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and training programs.
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders across executive, managerial, and operational levels.
- Strong facilitation, presentation, communication, and relationship management skills.
- Experience managing multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups in a complex organizational environment.
- Ability to analyze adoption data, identify risks, and drive corrective actions to improve user adoption.