Senior Manager, Organization, Performance & Change: Energy & Resources

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### About Baringa Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a *Great Place to Work* around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the *Financial Times* in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by *Forbes* for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. **Job available in this location:** Houston, TX ## Our Organization, Performance & Change practice is looking for an experienced Senior Manager or Director to join the team. Our Organization Performance & Change (OPC) team helps clients deliver complex business and technology transformation. We work alongside leadership teams to design and implement organizational, operational, and cultural change that enables lasting business outcomes. Within Energy & Resources, we support some of the industry's most complex transformations, helping commodity and energy trading organizations modernize technology, evolve operating models, and successfully embed new ways of working. ### What you will be doing - You will lead organizational change, business readiness, and transformation workstreams across large-scale business and technology transformation programs. - You will advise senior client stakeholders on change strategy, operating model design, workforce transformation, and adoption planning. - You will lead change initiatives supporting trading platform modernization, ETRM/CTRM implementations, digital and AI enablement, data transformation, and post-merger integration programs. - You will design and deliver change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, communications, training, and business readiness activities that drive successful transformation outcomes. - You will partner with business, technology, and delivery teams to manage organizational impacts and support adoption of new processes, technologies, and ways of working. - You will establish and track adoption, readiness, and value realization measures to ensure transformation benefits are achieved. - You will build and maintain trusted client relationships, identify new opportunities, and contribute to business development efforts. - You will coach and develop consulting teams while helping shape and grow Baringa's Organization Performance & Change capability. ### Your skills and experience Our Senior Manager position typically requires a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in consulting role (Director 10+ years), with demonstrated leadership of large-scale programs or transformation initiatives across the following key areas: - You will have significant consulting and/or industry experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation programs. - You will have deep experience delivering organizational change management, business readiness, stakeholder engagement, operating model transformation, and adoption activities. - You've successfully partnered with executive stakeholders to deliver complex transformation initiatives with significant organizational impact. - You will have experience within Energy & Resources, including commodity and energy trading organizations. - You've supported transformation initiatives involving trading operations, risk management, scheduling, settlements, finance, or technology functions. - You will have experience leading change across ETRM/CTRM implementations, digital transformation, data and analytics programs, ERP transformation, or cloud-enabled modernization initiatives. - You've demonstrated the ability to translate complex business and technology change into practical and sustainable outcomes for clients. - You will have a strong track record of developing client relationships, leading teams, and contributing to business growth. ## What a career at Baringa will give you ### Putting People First. ### Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognize the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefits utilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States - Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance - Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan - Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA - Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work - Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers - Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources - Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years ### Diversity and Inclusion We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. ### An award-winning workplace You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. [Click here](https://www.baringa.com/en/impact/awards/) to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. ### Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organizations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organizations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have. ### Join us All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further. ### Baringa Privacy Notices **For UK & EU** Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our [UK Recruitment Privacy Notice /](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-004-ukrpn---uk-recruitment-privacy-notice-pdf.pdf) [EU Recruitment Privacy Notice](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-005-eurpn---eu-recruitment-privacy-notice-pdf.pdf), to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [privacy@baringa.com](mailto:privacy@baringa.com) **For the USA** Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our [Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC)](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-007-nerpn-amer--apac-recruitment-privacy-notice-word.pdf), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact [privacy@baringa.com](mailto:privacy@baringa.com) **For Australia & Singapore** Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our [Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC)](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-007-nerpn-amer--apac-recruitment-privacy-notice-word.pdf), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, cor