Change Manager

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. We are an employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government. Were passionate about creating solutions that are impactful practical and scalable while meeting our clients ever-changing needs. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone. We believe that while good design makes for a good product human-centered design makes for an excellent one.

Contributions

As a Change Manager you will be responsible for guiding government clients through our Design Intelligence framework incorporating human-centered methods to solve end to end organization and experience challenges. You will lead and facilitate discovery sessions that uncover customer pain points and identify enterprise opportunities. You will serve as the voice of the customer making sure their needs are considered and met within a proposed solution.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all aspects of discovery to understand: client mission and goals; stakeholders users and their ecosystems; current state journeys; user segments; program and project objectives
• Conduct workshops and interviews to frame pain points and opportunities; define problem statements and validate hypothesis

• Synthesize research and data to communicate insights and make recommendations that will shape mission/program strategy service and workflow innovations and a compelling future experience vision
• Create journey maps service blueprints vision road maps personas ecosystem and experience maps that articulate needs gaps and actionable recommendations for organizational and process improvements
• Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs on a cross functional team within an agile environment
• Understand and embrace the specifications and constraints of a given technology platform and/or operational environment and understand how research should be integrated into technological considerations
• Ensure all deliverables across a variety of projects are produced at the highest quality

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
• 4 years of experience in human centered design service design and/or customer experience design
• Current portfolio demonstrating ideology methods tools skills and craft
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience conducting primary and secondary research including stakeholder and user-interviews design-thinking and co-creation workshops and applying those insights to personas journey maps process maps ecosystem maps roadmaps stakeholder maps and service blueprints

• Experience working on a scrum team within the Agile delivery framework and experience integrating research and design into technical sprints including writing stories and story pointing
• Proficiency in tools like Adobe Creative Suite Mural and Lucidchart
• Desire to keep pace with ever-changing industry tools and best practices with the ability to make recommendations as needed for the best outcome
• Experience collaborating within a multi-disciplinary delivery team including UX/UI designers technologists data scientists engineers solution architects and change managers
• A natural curiosity for solving problems coupled with strong analytical skills

• A collaborative nature with excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Experience working in a project-based environment
• Degree or equivalent experience in HCD and/or service design

Bonus Points

• Previous work experience in or with the federal government
• Previous work experience as a consultant

AboutSteampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary including but not limited to geographic location contractual requirements education knowledge skills competencies and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $85000 to $150000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunks total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

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Steampunk is aChange Agentin the Federal contracting industry bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland Federal Civilian Health and DoD sectors. Through ourDesign Intelligence process we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As anemployee owned company we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story visit .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by participates in the E-Verify program.