ProjectChange Management Consultant
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
Project/Change Management Consultant (3 Openings)
4X a week in NYC no exceptions. LOCALS only no relos. Final round in person
Really need people working with SAAS products and Financial Systems experience. Strong Excel is a must as well. Full JD is below.
Job Summary:
Are you an experienced Project and Change Manager with an agile mindset passionate about leveraging Project and Change Management best practices to ensure successful delivery and adoption of large initiatives in a dynamic organization
We are looking for an experienced Project and Change Manager to join our highly collaborative Program and Change Management Office (PMO/CMO). We support in-house teams of engineers project analysts and business stakeholders in managing solution implementation and adoption through the entire project life cycle
Well trust you to:
Contribute to the implementation maintenance and enhancement of the organizations governance framework standards policies and procedures.
Facilitate portfolio governance cadence events (governance councils review boards etc.) for monitoring and tracking the portfolio with business and technology leadership multiple levels of the organization.
Contribute to the build maintenance and enhancement of reporting that supports the governance framework leveraging various data sources and being comfortable with both standard reporting tools and more ad hoc home grown approaches
Facilitate and drive senior-level decision making through transparency and data/visualization
Provide rich data-driven analysis on portfolio risks opportunities and impacts to organizational leadership
Manage multiple concurrent technical and operational projects with broad influence through effective governance cross-team organization proactive management of risks issues and dependencies and leadership engagement resulting in outcome realization
Lead Change Management efforts end-to-end for programs inclusive of: change strategy and plan development stakeholder analysis and engagement change impact assessments communications training and support from project planning through execution delivery and adoption
Measure track and report key performance results to drive business outcomes and informed decision-making
Set the right expectations with stakeholders see around corners anticipate and mitigate risks and resistance
Interact with and influence all levels of the organization
Improve project teams performance by helping them to continuously reflect and improve encouraging team cohesiveness through leadership and mentoring to facilitate successful delivery
Work in a fast-paced dynamic environment requiring accountability good judgment flexibility and a hands-on approach
Work with scrum teams to integrate project and change management activities into sprints in support of their delivery
Contribute to the enhancement and delivery of our frameworks (project and change management) in response to the evolving needs of our organization and teams
Youll need to have:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent relevant experience
10 years of project and change management experience in support of large-scale process and technology projects in large and complex corporate environments (in-house and/or management consulting)
Advanced skills in data analysis visualization and reporting tools (e.g. Excel)
A passion for Project/Program Management Change Management and Agile/Scrum and the ability to work across methodologies
Demonstrated effective communication collaboration and leadership skills
Ability to communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
Ability to conform to shifting priorities demands and timelines and to work independently
Results-oriented attitude and ability to follow through on tasks in a timely and responsible manner
Strong organization skills and an eye for detail balanced by an ability to summarize insights and present to various stakeholders across the organization
Intellectual curiosity creativity and a genuine interest in driving sustainable positive change
Strong proficiency MS Office (Excel PowerPoint Word)
Wed love to see:
Experience in full lifecycle Project/Program and Change management for large-scale ERP implementations (SAP Oracle PeopleSoft) or other SaaS implementations
Experience working in an Agile environment (ideally Scrum) and applying Agile Change Management
Experience as a Scrum Master for technical teams focused on facilitating effective events empowering the team to embrace continuous improvement and process discipline
Understanding of Accounting Order to Cash Procure to Pay and Payroll processes
Big 4 Consulting experience as well as in-house positions
Experience with global implementations
PMP Certification PROSCI Certification SAFe Certification Scrum Master Certification proficiency in MS Project