Sr. Change Management Consultant

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Sr. Change Consultant will contribute deep knowledge in Change Management methodology/framework and consulting. This role is responsible for apply change management expertise through consulting and hands-on involvement with key stakeholders, executive sponsors, and project teams to ensure the people-side of change is tended to, enabling successful implementation of projects. In this role the Sr. Change Consultant will conduct stakeholder analysis; change impact assessments; develop and implement change plans inclusive of sponsor engagement, communication plans and training. This role will work as part of project/change teams and will leverage industry and leading practices in change management, project team effectiveness and stakeholder/sponsor involvement. As part of the Talent Development Team, this position will provide expertise and impactful change management/leadership across the organization to internal clients, Human Resources, senior leaders and project teams.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Core Activities:

• Designs, develops and implements change management strategies and plans for large and mid-sized organizational projects, focused on both the psychology of change and the process of change.

• Leads change management efforts, in partnership with project teams, to include change strategy, sponsor involvement, stakeholder analysis, change impact assessment, change readiness measurement, identifying change management risks and resolutions.

• Provides change consultation, change leadership and change education/training to Human Resources, leaders and the business

• Meeting facilitation – building shared understanding and leading groups to align on common objectives.

• Coaches and trains leaders on their role in change management to ensure awareness, adoption and sustainment.

• Continually evaluates effectiveness of change management solutions through customer feedback, metrics, data and analytics to drive continual improvement.

• Proactively shares knowledge and expertise to help others to develop and grow

• Remains current on specialized knowledge and skillsets in change management and talent development. Applies and incorporates new learnings, strategies and tactics across projects.

• Other Specialized Activities may include:

• Leads and/or participates in special HR cross-functional projects; provides team leadership and expertise on topics related to change management/leadership, talent development, and/or engagement.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university. Master’s degree and/or specialized certifications in change management, organizational design, leadership development, and/or organizational effectiveness preferred.

Experience Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of progressive responsibility with directly related work experience leading change

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience developing and implementing complex change management plans at the organizational and department level

• Strong facilitation skills with proven expertise facilitating meetings, learning/training, and group dynamics in a variety of formats (in-person, virtual, hybrid/blended).

• Demonstrated understanding of market trends and leading practice within change management, change leadership and/or organizational effectiveness.

• Ability to design and use analytics to monitor change efforts and identify proactive areas of improvements.

• Ability to build and maintain strong partnerships across HR and with operations and senior leaders

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence across the organization, responding quickly to change and adapting/operating in ambiguous environment.

• Ability to manage a matrixed team; partnering with team members to enable successful projects through strong change management.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; self-motivated and disciplined to prioritize to meet deadlines in the context of competing projects/programs and client demands.

• Ability to coach leaders on complex issues related to change management,