Change Manager

Our client is seeking a Change Manager to lead comprehensive change management strategy, stakeholder engagement, and organizational readiness efforts across a business transformation initiative. This role requires hands-on partnership with business leaders and project teams to drive adoption, minimize resistance, and ensure successful implementation.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

  • Conduct change impact assessments to identify how business processes, roles, and responsibilities will be affected by the transformation
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive change management strategy and plan aligned to project objectives and timelines
  • Partner with business and functional leaders to align processes and facilitate stakeholder engagement across impacted groups
  • Establish and maintain stakeholder analyses, engagement plans, and change champion networks
  • Develop and deliver communication plans, key messages, presentations, and project updates tailored to various audiences
  • Assess organizational readiness and identify risks, barriers, and mitigation strategies to support adoption
  • Coordinate instructor-led and virtual training sessions, workshops, and train-the-trainer activities; provide input into training strategies, curriculum development, and job aids
  • Support post-go-live activities including reinforcement planning, issue management, continuous adoption efforts, and monitoring of adoption metrics and training effectiveness

Requirements

  • 8-10 years of change management experience in complex organizational transformation or large-scale implementation projects
  • Expertise with Prosci ADKAR methodology or equivalent change management frameworks
  • Demonstrated proficiency in stakeholder management, engagement planning, and building champion networks
  • Strong capabilities in business process documentation and translating future-state processes into practical ways of working
  • Hands-on experience developing training needs assessments, curriculum, materials, and end-user guides
  • Proven ability in organizational readiness assessment, risk identification, and mitigation strategy development
  • Expert-level communication and facilitation skills across diverse audiences and organizational levels
  • Experience with change management reporting, metrics development, and adoption tracking throughout implementation and stabilization phases