Change management consultant from HSK Technologies Inc.

Job title: Change Execution Consultant/Change management consultant

Location: Indianapolis IN. 46204(Onsite 3 days per week)

Duration: Long term contract

This position will have to work collaboratively with many others in the organization to succeed. The Change Execution Consultant will act as a coach for senior leaders and executives in helping them fulfill the role of change sponsor. The Change Execution Consultant may also provide direct support and coaching to frontline managers and supervisors as they help their direct reports through transitions. The Change Execution Consultant will also support project teams in integrating change execution activities into their project plans.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Apply a structured change methodology and lead change management activities.
2. Assess the change impact on individuals and organizations and capacity to execute change
3. Complete change management assessments (e.g. risk, strategic alignment, sponsorship, capacity, etc.)
4. Create and execute a change management strategy while ensuring it aligns with organization pillars and strategic plan
5. Identify, analyze, and prepare risk mitigation tactics.
6. Proactively identify and manage anticipated resistance
7. Consult and coach project teams about the value and integration of change management within project management to ensure team readiness
8. Create actionable change management deliverables: (e.g. change portfolio with success measures, communications plans, organizational strategic pillar alignment, sponsor roadmap, management coaching plans, training plans, resistance management plans, etc.)
9. Support development and execution of communications strategies and plans to build necessary commitment
10. Lead development and execution of training efforts
11. Work directly with change sponsors and leaders and multiple levels to help strengthen their sponsorship skills
12. Assess organizational culture to identify consistency with change and gaps that need to be addressed
13. Support change management at the highest level by coaching executives, managers and supervisors in preparing organization and staff for change
14. Integrate change management activities into overall master portfolio.
15. Evaluate and ensure user readiness.
16. Identify key stakeholder talent who play a role in the organization’s commitment to change
17. Regularly track and report issues for successful change implementation and realization
18. Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress
19. Support change execution capabilities building across the organization (leaders, managers, program/project leaders, front-line employees, etc.)

Skills and Qualifications

1. Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
2. Experience with large-scale enterprise digital transformation / modernization efforts
3. Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal
4. Excellent active listening skills
5. Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
6. Ability to establish and maintain strong relationship.
7. Ability to influence other and move toward a common vision or goal.
8. Flexibility and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
9. Forward-looking with a holistic/systems view approach.
10. Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics.
11. Understand how to collect relevant data, to synthesize and summarize data, and to perform root cause analysis.
12. Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
13. Good understanding of large organization issues, structure, and business acumen
14. Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
15. Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of software development lifecycles
16. Experience leading large-scale organizational change efforts
17. Experience with leading training development and execution of large-scale process changes and software solution integrations with multiple business units
18. Change Management certification or designation desired; CCMP™/Prosci certification a plus.
19. State government / Indiana government experience a plus