Job ID: 11851
Location:
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 04/24/2026
Job Description
Location: Remote
Description:
The Lead Organizational Change Manager partners directly with Project and Program Managers to embed change management into day-to-day planning and execution. This role ensures change strategies are fully integrated into project plans, governance, and delivery activities so initiatives achieve adoption, business readiness, and measurable outcomes.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with Project & Program Managers
- Work as a core member of project and program leadership teams
- Integrate change strategy into project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and governance
- Align change activities to delivery timelines, sprint cycles, and release plans
- Outreach includes a number of stakeholder groups including clients, each business line including Wealth, Consumer, Treasury, and Commercial. This includes their client training groups, internal training, corporate communication, operations, and IT.
- Drive Integrated Change Execution
- Develop and execute change plans aligned to project scope, schedule, and complexity
- Embed stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and readiness into delivery execution—not parallel to it
- Ensure change risks are identified, tracked, and managed alongside project risks
- Enable Delivery Success
- Support Project Managers in preparing leaders and teams for adoption at go-live and beyond
- Coordinate with PMO standards, tools, and reporting to ensure consistent execution across programs
- Partner with delivery leads to assess readiness and adjust plans as needed
- Executive & Stakeholder Alignment
- Advise executive sponsors and program leaders on change impacts, adoption risks, and decision points
- Ensure leaders are prepared to lead change through active sponsorship and communication
- Measure Adoption & Outcomes
- Define and track adoption, readiness, and value metrics tied to project success
- Use data and feedback to course?correct change and delivery plans
Experience required:
- 12–15+ years leading organizational change for large, complex projects and programs
- Strong experience partnering closely with Project and Program Managers
- Proven ability to embed change into Agile, hybrid, and waterfall delivery models
- Executive level communication and stakeholder influence skills
- Experience with enterprise transformations (ERP, HR, digital, operating model)
- Change Management certification (Prosci or equivalent) preferred
How Success Is Measured:
- Change strategy embedded into project and program plans
- Adoption and readiness achieved at key delivery milestones
- Reduced delivery risk tied to people, readiness, and adoption
- Business outcomes realized post-implementation
