Corporate Change Manager (Kansas City)

Description

• Challenge assumptions and surface hard issues with leaders and project teams respectfully, ensuring risks and adoption concerns are addressed.
• Collaborate with Change Management teammates to build the change capability of the organization, share best practices and establish organizational standards.
• Monitor, measure, and report on implementation progress and outcomes, making continuous improvements to maximize ROI and benefit realization.
• Partner with project teams to ensure change management is integrated into overall project planning and execution.
• Coach and support leaders, managers, project teams and change leads to strengthen change management execution and build change capability across the organization.
• Anticipate and address resistance to change, develop strategies to overcome challenges and maintain momentum.
• Develop and facilitate competency-building workshops for all levels of the organization.
• Lead the development and implementation of structured change management strategies and execution plans to achieve business objectives and ROI.
• Assess organizational impacts and readiness for change and design interventions that foster adoption.
• Identify, engage, and support change champions and stakeholders at all levels to build advocacy and support of changes.
• Develop and maintain business unit change portfolio.

Requirements

• Proven success applying change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Familiarity with project management approaches and experience with large-scale organizational change.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to create clarity where direction is incomplete.
• Business acumen to align change with organizational priorities.
• Ability to influence without authority and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• A collaborative mindset, with the ability to coach, facilitate, and develop others.
• Strong composure and resilience under pressure, persisting through obstacles.
• Certification in Prosci or CCMP preferred.
• 14 years of experience in organizational change management.
• Confidence and presence when engaging senior leaders, with the ability to influence respectfully and effectively.
• Action orientation and initiative – driving progress forward without all information
• Political and interpersonal savvy to navigate complex situations and build effective relationships.
• Ability to lead and execute change management efforts.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational leadership, or related field.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance