Change Management Manager

Job description

*This is a 1099 contractor role.* You bring organizational change projects to life. You develop and implement change strategies and you love seeing the positive impacts on your clients. You’re deep in change methodologies, but not married to any of them. You know the best change consultant customizes or uses what works for your client. Your clients love you almost as much as you love them. You invent new tools to make their next project better and easier. You build their change capability and leave them stronger than you found them. Maybe we should talk. ### What You’ll Do - Change Management Strategy - Change Readiness Assessment - Organization Design - Stakeholder Analysis - Change Agent Network Development - Message Design and Communications Planning - Communications Design, Development, and Implementation - Implementation Plans - Project Management, including work plans, status reporting, risk assessment, issue resolution, resource planning, time and budget tracking ### What You Need - Undergraduate degree or higher, preferably in an area of organizational or human behavior (business, education, communications, psychology, etc.) - Expert-level experience in change management methodology, principles, and best practices - 5+ years of deep experience in organizational change management - Strong executive presence and the ability to work with and influence senior leaders - Comfort with ambiguity and strong ability to create order from chaos - Collaborative, hands-on style; demonstrated ability to create win-win solutions - Creativity and ability to imagine the best future for clients - Superior project management skills; demonstrated experience successfully managing a cross-functional or cross-departmental team on a complex project - Superior business writing and editing skills - Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills - Significant experience working with people at all levels of an organization ### What We’d Love to See - Experience with a change management consulting firm or division - Learning and development consulting or instructional design experience - Big 4 consulting experience