Manager, Organization, People & Change

West Monroe is seeking a Manager with current consulting experience to join our Organization People and Change (OPC) practice. West Monroes Organization People and Change practice accelerates value and business outcomes of transformations transactions and implementations through people HR and change strategies.

For this opening we are looking for someone with a proven track record leading Change Strategy & Execution engagements for clients preferably in the Utilities industry. Each consultant within our OPC practice drives value across our human capital and change management offerings:

• Change Strategy & Execution: We offer comprehensive change management services from strategy development to training execution and change capability advisory and development ensuring effective transformations are achieved and sustained by maximizing value minimizing risk and driving both engagement and adoption.

• Organization Design & Workforce Strategy: We achieve measurable business results by using digital tools analytics and benchmarks to improve organizational structures culture talent strategies and support organizations in their journey to become a skills-based organization

• OPC Transactions: We advise on people issues and HR functions at every stage of the deal life cycle including commercial strategy to planning and execution support for ongoing and future critical business activities.

• HR Transformation: We help HR leaders prepare their organizations for the future by transforming the HR operating model to free up time and resources to focus on mission-critical work that adds value to the business through people processes and technology.

What youll do:

• Serve as a delivery leader on engagements of moderate complexity and scale communicating with client sponsors directly without oversight and exemplifying engagement management client relationship client satisfaction risk management and delivery team management skills.

• Oversee engagement scope such as developing comprehensive change management strategies standing up change agent networks delivering tailored communications plans and training programs as well as manage budget deliverables profitability work management and reporting vendor management and team development.

• Achieve business development goals primarily through building networks with internal partners educating channel partners on Org People & Change offerings farming opportunities and scoping projects/proposals.

• Originate and create methodologies project assets and tools (such as human capital organizational change management and training assets) and ensure maintenance of those assets. Support direction and strategy for functional industry or technology methodologies quality assurance and toolsets used within the practice.

• Author white papers and deliver presentations (internal and external) on innovations best practices and methodologies. Gain visibility and build West Monroe brand through interviews writing articles and/or providing quotes for trade journals.

• Model and mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants day-to-day in personifying West Monroe values with clients on project teams and within individual relationships.

• Career Advisor for at least one Consultant actively participating in the performance expectation and management process.

• Actively engage in recruiting interviewing and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants.

What youll bring:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required.

• 5 years of relevant change management advisory experience including leading change projects ensuring the readiness of the client organization(s) for a variety of changes including new technology/processes mergers/acquisitions new organization strategy or other change efforts.

• 2 years of experience working in a consulting environment.

• 1 year(s) of people management experience.

• Demonstrated success within the Utilities industry strongly preferred.

• Extensive experience working directly with clients to identify and document organizational impacts of change initiatives such as vision/value definition communication leadership engagement organization alignment and change sustainability.

• Organizational change management subject matter expertise and knowledge of curriculum design instructional methods training technique and modern learning tools.

• Expert project manager with extensive experience managing multiple human capital or change management projects including developing work plans project scopes pricing estimates budget management issue and risk management and presenting deliverables.

• Business development experience including farming leads and assisting in managing the sales process pursuit strategy client development cycle and tools proposal development fee and profitability planning and contract management.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create impactful and concise executive stakeholder-ready deliverables and polished client-facing oral communication skills.

• Strong data visualization and analysis skills; comfortable using tools like Excel to analyze data and present key insights in a compelling way.

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel PowerPoint Word).

• Additional exposure to other West Monroes core industries including Consumer & Industrial Products Healthcare (payer/provider) Life Sciences High Tech & Software Insurance Banking and/or Private Equity.

• A commitment to inclusion and diversity and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

• Ability to travel up to 50%