Change Management Strategist

Montpelier, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

For more details please connect with Kajal Verma at or call at .

Job Title: Lead Communications Governance & Change Management Strategist

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Location: Montpelier VT (Onsite)

Position Type: Long Term

Interview Type: TBD

Ceipal ID: SVTCHANG001KV

Client: State of Vermont

Department: Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB)

Scope of Work

The State of Vermont Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) is seeking a Lead Communications Governance & Change Management Strategist to support the modernization of the States health data infrastructure under the 2025 Rural Health Transformation Fund initiative.

The selected consultant will be responsible for delivering the full scope of work defined in the GMCB Communications & Change Management SOW including governance integration enterprise change management planning stakeholder engagement release-aligned communications training and readiness reporting.

This role serves as the single accountable leader responsible for executing and coordinating all communication governance adoption and change management activities supporting the modernization program.

Role Summary

The Lead Communications Governance & Change Management Strategist will collaborate with:

Product Owners
Technical Lead
BI Developer
Data Governance Manager
Program Manager (State or internal)

to ensure communications governance tasks and adoption activities are fully aligned with Agile workflows Azure DevOps releases and modernization milestones.

Responsibilities

Change Management & Governance

Develop and maintain the enterprise Change Management Plan (CMP) including stakeholder mapping impact assessments risk mitigation strategies and training roadmaps.
Embed governance-related tasks into sprint Definition of Done (DoD) in coordination with Data Governance and Scrum teams.
Ensure compliance with State governance and documentation standards.

Communications Strategy

Develop and execute the Messaging & Channel Plan including sprint-based and release-based communication cycles.
Coordinate communications across platforms including:
Microsoft Teams
SharePoint
Azure DevOps
Email and external communication channels.

Stakeholder Engagement

Create stakeholder heatmaps RACI matrices readiness assessments and process-change analyses.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across technical operational and executive stakeholders.

Release-Aligned Communications

Lead all release communications across the lifecycle:

Preview Launch Stabilize
Deliverables include:
Release notes
FAQs
Infographics
Executive messaging
Talking points

Training & Adoption

Design and deliver role-based training curriculum including:

Job aids
Short instructional videos
Workshops
Documentation updates.

Cutover & Legacy Retirement Planning

Develop and manage Cutover & Legacy Retirement Playbooks including:

Migration checklists
Rollback strategies
Dependency validation
Decommissioning documentation.

Data Adoption & Readiness Reporting

Develop Adoption & Readiness Dashboards using Azure DevOps Analytics or Power BI.

Track KPIs including:

Training completion
Dashboard usage
Pipeline reliability
Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
Governance throughput.

Executive Reporting

Provide portfolio-level visibility and reporting including:

MS Project roadmaps
Azure DevOps portfolio boards
Executive briefings
Monthly highlight reports.

Continuous Improvement

Lead feedback programs including:

User surveys
Retrospectives
Voice-of-Customer analysis
Improvement action plans tracked in Azure DevOps.

Minimum Qualifications

10 years experience delivering enterprise change management for data modernization analytics or cloud transformation programs.
Certifications preferred:

Prosci Change Management
CCMP
PMP
PMI-ACP
CSM

Strong stakeholder engagement and executive communication experience.
Hands-on experience with:

Azure DevOps (Boards Repos Pipelines Wikis Analytics)
SharePoint
Microsoft Teams
Power BI
Power Automate

Strong understanding of:

Data governance concepts
Microsoft Purview
Data lineage and semantic models
CI/CD pipelines
Medallion architecture.

Core Technology Environment

The program leverages the following technology stack:

Azure DevOps Boards Repos Pipelines Wikis Analytics
Azure Databricks Data engineering and analytics platform
SharePoint Knowledge repository
Power BI Executive and operational dashboards
Power Automate Workflow automation
Microsoft Teams Collaboration platform

Key Program Objectives

The Green Mountain Care Board is modernizing Vermonts health data infrastructure with priorities including:

Modernizing data ingestion from external submitters
Implementing entity resolution and automated governance
Ingesting major datasets into the State of Vermont Data Lake
Embedding strong governance communication and change management practices

Deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for delivering the following SOW deliverables:

Change Management Plan (CMP)
Stakeholder Mapping & Impact Assessment
Messaging & Channel Plan
Release-Aligned Communications
Training Curriculum & Artifacts
Cutover & Legacy Retirement Playbooks
Adoption & Readiness Dashboard
Governance-Embedded Change Tasks
Portfolio Visibility & Executive Reporting
Feedback & Continuous Improvement Framework

V Group Inc. is a NJ-based IT Services and Products Company with its business strategically categorized in various Business Units including Public Sector Enterprise Solutions Professional Services Ecommerce Projects and Products. Within Public Sector business unit we cater IT Professional Services to Federal State and Local. We have multiple awards/contracts with 30 states including but not limited to NY CA FL GA MD MI NC OH OR CO CT TN PA TX VA NM VT and WA.

If you are considering applying for a position with V Group or in partnering with us on a position please feel free to contact me for any questions you may have regarding our services and the advantages we can offer you as a consultant.

Please share my contact information with others working in Information Technology.

Website: LinkedIn: Facebook: Twitter:

For more details please connect with Kajal Verma at or call at . Job Title: Lead Communications Governance & Change Management Strategist Duration: Long-Term Contract Location: Montpelier VT (Onsite) Position Type: Long Term Interview Type: TBD Ceipal ID: SVTCHANG001KV Client: State of Vermont D...