Change & Adoption/OCM Transformation Lead

Blue Skies Consulting is a company specializing in business transformation projects, and they are seeking an Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead to oversee change management activities during system deployments or transformations. The role involves planning and delivering change management strategies, stakeholder engagement, training, and operational readiness to ensure successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for planning and delivering the overall change management body of work including Stakeholder Engagement & Communication, Operational Readiness, and Training
• Lead all Stakeholder Engagement & Communication activities
• Identify and map key stakeholders and create overall strategic and tactical communications plan
• Utilize available channels such as meetings, message boards, email, video, etc. to deliver messaging
• Measure levels of awareness and adoption through surveys/interviews
• Identify and mitigate change impacts to the business resulting from the business/technology transformation
• Establish and manage a network of change champions
• Lead all Operational Readiness activities
• Assure the new processes are clearly understood
• Establish a Super User Community for post-implementation support
• Prepare the business for all cutover and transitional activities
• Define/edit clear standard operating procedures
• Lead all Training activities including:
• Assess training needs and design curriculum
• Facilitate the creation of all training materials
• Prepare trainers to deliver materials
• Plan and execute all logistics to deliver training
• Provide governance, oversight, and adherence to the agreed upon strategy or playbook
• Act as primary point of contact for change-related activities with the core project team and extended stakeholders
• Proactively identify risks and mitigations
• Facilitate regular meetings with the OCM team; acts as coach/mentor to team members
• Track and reports status

Skills

• Applicants must reside in the Eastern or Central Time Zone (EST/CST)
• Prosci Certification
• Life Science, Med Device or other regulated industry experience
• Supply Chain and SAP ERP experience
• At least 7-10 years of consulting experience (big 4 or equivalent preferred)
• Expertise in OCM best practices
• Verbal, written, facilitation, and interpersonal interactions at all levels of a global organization
• Leadership of change management efforts for large-scale system implementation projects
• Team member coaching
• Following a prescribed playbook and managing team members to deliver accordingly
• Experience in Program/Project Management within global transformational projects
• SAFe, Agile and Waterfall methodology knowledge
• Leadership roles as part of global complex enterprise software implementations operating in highly matrixed shared service environments
• Risk identification and mitigation planning and execution
• MS Project planning and execution activities
• Regulatory compliance and/or software validation components of a large program initiative
• Stakeholder analysis and development of strategic and tactical communication plans
• Communication channels such as email, audio, video, in-person meetings, and online tools
• Survey design and analysis to gather levels of awareness and adoption of change programs
• MS PowerPoint content and creative presentation development
• Account/Client Management including identifying leads and opportunities, leading sales pursuit teams, writing proposals and closing business
• Exposure to the following areas: Full technology implementation lifecycle - from planning through ramp up and transitioning the business to a steady state
• Document control systems
• Process design and delivery of process and technical training
• Resource model preparation to support projects
• Accomplished in clearly communicating complex ideas in written and verbal form coupled with keen emotional intelligence and polished etiquette to deliver insights, manage conflicts with diplomacy, and influence outcomes
• Mastery of group dynamics, with demonstrated aptitude for promoting collaboration, engagement from team members, and driving team productivity
• Poised and mission focused leader who can initiate and drive action in ambiguous circumstances
• Embraces the role of the servant leader who is passionate about team success, and first to get in the trenches to do the heavy lifting to drive outcomes
• Disciplined tactician with proficiency in resolving dynamic problems through agility and flexibility
• Personally invested in continuous improvement and innovation
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field
• Prosci Certification and Life Science, Med Device or other regulated industry + Supply Chain and SAP ERP experience is experience highly preferred

Company Overview

• Blue Skies Consulting provides business transformation and strategy and tactics for project solutions. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://blueskiesconsulting.com/.