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Job Summary
Change Management Consultant
Location: Onsite (5 days/week)
Work Arrangement: Full-time Onsite
Submission Deadline: July:00 PM EST
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Change Management Consultant to lead and support enterprise-wide organizational change initiatives. The successful candidate will partner with business leaders project teams and stakeholders to develop and execute comprehensive Organizational Change Management (OCM) strategies that drive successful adoption of business process and technology changes.
The consultant will be responsible for assessing organizational impacts managing stakeholder engagement developing communication and training strategies mitigating resistance and ensuring long-term sustainability of change initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert guidance and coaching on Organizational Change Management principles methodologies best practices and tools.
- Partner with executive leadership project managers business analysts process improvement specialists HR teams and communications teams to integrate change management throughout project delivery.
- Develop and execute enterprise-wide Organizational Change Management strategies and implementation plans.
- Create and manage:
- Change Management Plans
- Communication Plans
- Training Plans
- Stakeholder Engagement Plans
- Sponsor Roadmaps
- Resistance Management Plans
- Conduct organizational change impact assessments and change readiness assessments.
- Identify key stakeholders analyze impacts and develop engagement strategies.
- Coach leaders and managers to effectively lead and support organizational change.
- Facilitate workshops presentations and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Identify people-side risks anticipate resistance and implement mitigation strategies.
- Measure and monitor change adoption utilization business readiness and proficiency using defined success metrics.
- Communicate the vision and purpose of organizational change to ensure stakeholder understanding and commitment.
- Build consensus among business stakeholders and project teams to support successful implementation.
- Ensure clients partners and stakeholders remain informed engaged and supported throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop sustainment strategies including knowledge transfer continuous improvement performance management and benefits realization to ensure long-term adoption.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience leading enterprise-level Organizational Change Management (OCM) initiatives.
- Proven experience supporting large-scale transformational projects involving multiple business units and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong expertise developing and implementing:
- Organizational Change Management Strategies
- Communication Plans
- Training Strategies
- Stakeholder Engagement Plans
- Sponsor Roadmaps
- Resistance Management Plans
- Experience conducting:
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Change Impact Assessments
- Organizational Readiness Assessments
- Experience measuring organizational change effectiveness through adoption metrics utilization proficiency and business readiness assessments.
- Strong understanding of project management principles and the project lifecycle.
- Excellent stakeholder management facilitation presentation and executive communication skills.
- Proven ability to influence senior leadership and build consensus across cross-functional teams.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving decision-making interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading medium to large enterprise transformation programs.
- Experience supporting both business process transformation and technology implementation projects.
- Experience coordinating with communications specialists training teams HR consultants project managers and business analysts.
- Experience defining change success metrics and monitoring organizational adoption.
- Experience developing strategies to institutionalize organizational change and sustain business benefits.
Required Skills
- Enterprise Organizational Change Management
- Change Management Methodologies & Best Practices
- Change Impact Assessment
- Change Readiness Assessment
- Stakeholder Management & Engagement
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Communication Planning
- Training Strategy Development
- Resistance Management
- Executive Coaching
- Leadership Enablement
- Organizational Transformation
- Business Process Change
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Adoption & Proficiency Measurement
- Performance Measurement
- Project Lifecycle Management
- Workshop Facilitation
- Presentation & Communication
- Continuous Improvement
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Area | Weight |
Organizational Change Management | 50% |
Interpersonal Influencing & Communication Skills | 20% |
Project Management Skills | 10% |
Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills | 10% |
Technical Skills | 10% |
Additional Information
- Work Arrangement: 5 days onsite.
- Candidates must have extensive enterprise-level Organizational Change Management experience.
- Experience leading large-scale projects with multiple stakeholder groups is mandatory.
- Hands-on experience creating communication plans training plans stakeholder engagement strategies and other Organizational Change Management deliverables is required. Top of Form
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Required Skills:
Mandatory Skills & Experience Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Proven experience designing deploying and maintaining hybrid infrastructure environments across: Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (AWS) Linux-based environments SaaS solutions COTS solutions On-premises systems Strong experience with Windows and Linux server administration including: CentOS Ubuntu CoreOS Experience supporting modern web technology stacks including: LAMP MEAN Drupal Elasticsearch Experience with virtualization platforms storage solutions networking and enterprise infrastructure services. Strong understanding of cloud architecture frameworks technology assessments and cloud solution strategies. Identity & Access Management Experience managing and supporting identity and access controls using: Active Directory Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise IAM solutions Experience implementing authentication authorization and access governance controls. DevOps & CI/CD Automation Strong experience designing building and administering CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment. Experience with development and collaboration tools including: Azure DevOps JIRA Confluence Maven Jenkins Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and version-controlled deployments. Strong knowledge of DevOps methodologies automation frameworks and release management best practices. Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including: Docker Kubernetes AKS / EKS Experience automating operational and compliance-related activities using: PowerShell Bash Python Programming & Scripting Hands-on experience with scripting and programming languages including: Python Bash PHP Java JavaScript Experience with build and configuration management tools including: Git Ansible Chef Puppet API & Integration Experience Experience building and consuming APIs and integration endpoints. Experience integrating cloud platforms enterprise systems and deployment pipelines. Understanding of enterprise integration architectures and service-based deployments. Security Monitoring & Compliance Strong understanding of infrastructure security cloud security and DevOps security best practices including: Least privilege access Secure logging Secrets management Vulnerability remediation Experience with security and monitoring tools including: Radware Dynatrace Splunk Azure Monitor / Log Analytics AWS CloudTrail / CloudWatch ELK Stack / SIEM solutions Experience implementing centralized audit logging and monitoring across enterprise platforms. Ability to support internal and external audits through reporting evidence gathering and log analysis. Experience supporting forensic investigations audit remediation and incident reviews. Familiarity with Government of Ontario I&IT Directives Policies and Information Technology Standards. Release Management & Operational Support Experience coordinating infrastructure and application releases across technical and business teams. Knowledge of change management processes deployment approvals rollback planning and release governance. Experience with release readiness reviews deployment validation and post-release monitoring. Ability to maintain release documentation operational records and audit artifacts. Project Management & Communication Strong project planning coordination and resource management skills. Experience with roadmap planning modernization initiatives and infrastructure investment planning. Strong stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. Ability to explain complex technical concepts to business users leadership teams and non-technical stakeholders. Strong documentation reporting presentation and technical writing skills. Mobile Device Management Experience supporting mobile device management for cellular devices and tablets across multiple platforms and operating systems. Desirable Skills Experience supporting Government of Ontario enterprise environments. Experience with enterprise modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. Familiarity with enterprise governance compliance frameworks and audit readiness programs. Experience mentoring and coaching junior DevOps and infrastructure resources. Strong understanding of operational resilience disaster recovery and enterprise monitoring strategies. Additional Information Strong hands-on DevOps cloud infrastructure automation CI/CD security and enterprise release management experience is mandatory for this role.
