Change Management IV

Summary: The role creates and implements change management strategies and plans for large scale cross company business transformation projects. The role requires managing the change management tasks for multiple projects with varying complexities simultaneously. Focus on hardware and software product lifecycle management and channel partner developer experience transformation projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Understand the impact of changes on different stakeholder groups across multiple business units and in many cases across all of company to develop appropriate communications plans deliver effective and efficient communications and create engagement activities internally and externally
Exercise judgment and experience to tailor the change management approach to meet the needs of a variety of project types and apply context-specific methods tools and tactics
Coach functional business leaders business unit leaders and executive leadership team members on change leadership
Lead peer change managers across company to drive continuous improvement in change management
Manage a dynamically changing portfolio of change management projects.
Provide direction and lead other *team* members as they work on change management tasks
Serve as a companys change management expert in cross-functional and company-wide strategic change initiatives
Develop and deliver project and initiative-related communications and stakeholder engagement activities potentially including email communications awareness sessions events newsletters videos site banners and posters as well as content on intranet sites extranet sites and internet sites
Collaborate with global and regional teams to coordinate content reviews timing and delivery of internal and external communications

Job Requirements:
Minimum Education: BA/BS from an accredited college or university.
- Masters degree preferred. Commensurate experience accepted.
Minimum Work Experience (years): 12 years.

Key Skills and Competencies:
- Relevant professional experience leading company-wide large-scale organizational change management and communications projects. Global project experience preferred.
- Experience leading change management tasks on acquisition integrations
- Experience with and trained on change management and communications methodologies. Experience with Prosci ADKAR model LaMarsh or similar desired.
- Proven ability to work with different stakeholders and teams in a global multi-site organization
- Experience interacting with senior leadership such as business unit vice presidents. Experience interacting with C-suite executives a plus.
- Work independently with little or no supervision
- Experience coaching leadership all the way up the c-suite level on change management processes
- Ability to think and act strategically to deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to successfully collaborate in a complex cross-functional organizational model
- Professional demeanor appropriate for key customer interactions including interaction at the customers senior level
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint Excel Word)
- Solid project management skills including ability to manage a portfolio of assigned change management projects
- International experience preferred.