Business change management consultant

100% Remote This is a Change Management Role Certified Change Management Professional Highly Preferred

PURPOSE: Responsible for planning and executing change management for technical and/or non-technical projects. Focuses on changes to technology, business processes, corporate/market initiatives and/or organizational structures. Identifies project risks and creates mitigation strategies. Applies change management methodologies, communication planning, organizational readiness assessment and stakeholder analyses. Ability to develop communication, change management and/or training plans, materials and oversee or monitor the execution to ensure adoption and minimal disruption of normal business operations

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• 30% Drives and identifies organization change requirements, including completion of change management and impact assessments. Assesses change management needs of internal and external stakeholders for assigned projects, working with program and project teams to roll out changes to stakeholders in a structured way with regard to the transition from one technology or business process to another.
• 25% Partners with program leadership and project implementation teams to align on direction, strategy and business objectives to achieve business goals through successful engagement of stakeholders to facilitate adoption of technical and business solutions and organizational change.
• 25% Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized change management presentations to executive, leaders, Plans, program and project teams. Ability to advise, counsel and coach leadership and front line managers on active and visible sponsorship, and help drive understanding of sponsorship importance to effect change. Influence and advise executives on organizational change and organizational effectiveness issues.
• 20% Ensure deliverables are robust, meet program and project needs and are delivered against deadlines. Supports the development of change management skills across the organization; provides mentoring and guidance on the application of change management best practices.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Business, Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Leadership, Communications or related field

Experience: 8 years business, communications and/or organizational change management experience. In Lieu of Education In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Preferred Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and foster collaboration., Advanced Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal., Advanced Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization., Advanced Knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools., Advanced Licenses/Certifications Certified Change Management Professional Pref EEO: “Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”