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Job Title: Change Manager

Location: Houston, TX

Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

A change manager will play a key role in ensuring the Refresh project meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage. This person will focus on the people side of change, including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organization structures. The primary responsibility will be creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance. The change manager will work to drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilization of and proficiency with the changes that impact employees. These improvements will increase benefit realization, value creation, VOI and the achievement of results and outcomes.
While the change manager may or may not have supervisory responsibility, this person will have to work through the program manager assigned to the Refresh program and others in the organization to succeed. The change manager will also support project teams in integrating change management activities into their project plans.
The Change Manager will be responsible for driving user adoption for the following projects
Windows 10 Upgrade
Hardware Refresh
AV Upgrade

Responsibilities:

Observe and capture user experiences and lessons learned throughout to continuously improve the process
Provide training to end users on new technology through workshops, lunch and learns, coffee platform discussions, etc.
Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities
Support leadership engagement activities, communication and training efforts
Assess the change impact to develop strategies that foster adoption and usage
Apply a change management process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by the project.
Support the design, development, delivery and management of communications.
Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders.
Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs.
Complete change management assessments
Identify, analyze and prepare risk mitigation tactics
Identify and manage anticipated resistance
Create actionable deliverables for: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, resistance management plan, and release planning
Integrate change management activities into project plan
Evaluate and ensure user readiness
Manage stakeholders and change portfolio
Design and develop QA process and deployment checklist
Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress, ie surveys
Create and manage frequently asked questions and quick reference guide
Promote launch events of new technologies
Manage communications and public relations

III. Experience and Education:

A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process
Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent active listening skills
Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
Problem solving and root cause identification skills
Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle
Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts
Change management certification or designation desired