The Senior Change Manager will play a key role in implementing change activities for various streams within a broader programme. This role is crucial for ensuring successful change delivery and implementation of strategic initiatives. The individual will be responsible for developing and executing change strategies, ensuring change readiness, adoption, and effective stakeholder management. The role demands excellent people and stakeholder management skills, the ability to navigate complex environments, and a balance of assertiveness and empathy to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be delivery-focused, demonstrate strong teamwork skills, and maintain a high level of transparency.
- Develop and execute change management strategies and plans, including stakeholder and communication plans, impact management plans, training plans, and resistance management plans.
- Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner.
- Identify potential people impacts, risks, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address concerns.
- Engage with stakeholders to obtain buy-in for change initiatives and facilitate group sessions and discussions in workshops.
- Apply a structured change management approach for the people side of change caused by projects and change efforts.
- Support the execution of plans by employee-facing managers and business leaders.
- Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilisation, and proficiency of individual changes.
- Identify resistance and performance gaps, and work to develop and implement corrective actions.
- Provide reporting and updates to management and project teams.
- Bachelor's Degree in Change Management, Psychology, Human Resources, or related field.
- At least 15 years of experience as a dedicated Change Management specialist on project-driven initiatives in large organisational multi-cultural contexts.
- Strong understanding of change management principles and methodologies.
- Previous experience in leading or contributing to Digital Transformation initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work effectively at all levels in an organisation.
- Strong analytic and decision-making abilities.
- Experience with large-scale organisational change efforts.
- Collaborative and open-minded.
- Good communicator, listener, and presenter of ideas verbally and visually.
- Ability to plan, multi-task, and manage time effectively.
- Committed to and passionate about change.
- Excited about delivering and training on new ways of work.
- Inquisitive and self-motivated for continuous learning and personal development.
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