at Spectraforce Technologies Inc. in WaukeganNorth Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Title- Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead
Duration - 12 months
Location - Waukegan, IL (4 days onsite)
Description:
Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead will play a key role in ensuring all change initiatives associated with IT projects meet objectives by increasing adoption and usage. The individual will provide leadership focus on aspects of change, including people, business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organization structural changes.
OCM Lead will partner with the business/function to ensure organizational change management is integrated into projects, applying a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side of change for business/function.
Skills:
Leverage change management methodology and apply as appropriate for the business environment, adjusting as needed to ensure focus is on execution and impact for the people-side change driven by a transformation initiative
Develop Project OCM Approach and Strategy documents
Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns
Develop and execute set of actionable and targeted change management plans, including communication plan, stakeholder management plan, change impacts, & training plan (if applicable)
Understand, communicate and contribute to IT organization change program goals & strategies
Provide leadership & implement change management process and tools to support change adoption
Support the design, development, delivery and management of communications
Lead change impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders
Experience:
Experience with major transformational, cultural change programs leading to new capabilities
Ability to apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people-sided change caused by projects and change efforts
Experience with organizational design and organizational effectiveness tasks and delivery
Highly developed communication skills with expertise in producing organization-wide communications, communication strategy, including cascading messages, collateral, talking points, posters, job aids, presentations, etc.
Experience with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle
Demonstrated strong leadership skills, excellent active listening skills and ability to work effectively at all levels across the global organization
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in communications, training, organizational change management or information systems
Minimum Experience / Training Required:
Extensive experience (at least 5 - 7 years) leading change, communication and training efforts for multiple global, complex technology implementations
Prior consulting experience delivering projects and navigating client-facing environments
Design Thinking, Culture and Branding/Marketing experience preferred
LaMarsh Managed Change, Prosci, CCMP or other Change Management Certification
SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at nahr@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
