Sr. Consultant, Business Org Readiness

Alternate Locations: Work from Home; Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Dover, NH (New Hampshire); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Greensboro, NC (North Carolina); Hartford, CT (Connecticut); Omaha, NE (Nebraska); Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

 

 Work Arrangement:

Hybrid/Flexible : Work at home and use the office as appropriate for in-person collaboration.

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 73028

 

The Role at a Glance

We are excited to bring on a Sr. Consultant, Business Organizational Readiness to our Workplace Solutions Portfolio Delivery & Program Management Team to work in a hybrid/home (work from home/in office) environment. In this position you will be responsible for the success of operational change and adoption (business processes) of new or enhanced systems projects or programs with a business emphasis. You will lead activities to ensure that tasks such as training, communication, marketing, documentation, and processes/procedures are accomplished within the project timelines to enable ‘Ready to Sell’ and ‘Ready to Service’ milestones for complex projects, including efforts to launch new products and services, large scale application development, systems integration, operational efficiency improvements, process reengineering, and infrastructure upgrades and deployments. You will have a great deal of interaction with teams and individuals at all levels within the organization, including the Senior Leadership Team. We are looking for a highly energized and motivated individual to grow with our team and help drive value for our Workplace Solutions business area. 
 

What you'll be doing

• Serve as a subject matter expert to team members and applicable internal/external stakeholders on business organizational readiness best practice standards, templates and practices
• Advises on complex initiatives spanning across business areas to ensure organizational readiness activities are executed to prepare for ‘Ready to Sell’ and ‘Ready to Service’ milestones
• Collaborate closely with Portfolio Owner and Product Manager to understand objectives and key results and identifies and partners with key stakeholders to ensure organizational readiness
• Advises, documents, and leads readiness activities and processes with cross-functional support teams ensuring successful delivery of initiatives, focused on impact analysis, business adoption, preparedness, and execution
• Advises and evaluates assigned complex initiative progress and performance against the plan and identify key cross-functional issues and initiative synergies and provides guidance and recommendations on mitigation plans
• Collaborates effectively with Portfolio/Value Streams, management and appropriate stakeholders on complex issues and conflicts that impact time, cost, scope, quality and risk of assigned initiatives
• Serves as a mentor and shares expertise with business organizational readiness and initiative team members

What we’re looking for

Must-haves:

• 5 – 7+ Years of experience in Project Management that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position
• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's)
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence and negotiate both vertically and horizontally to obtain or leverage necessary resources
• Able to articulate enterprise strategies and priorities
• Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress
• Strong relationship management skills
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
• Highly organized with critical thinking abilities at both the strategic and tactical levels 

Nice to haves:

• Working knowledge of Workplace Solutions products, processes, goals and measures
• Working knowledge of the business function/industry trends, user demands and pain points
• Believes in and promotes lean & agile values, principles and practices 
• Risk and compliance focused

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial Group, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.

 

What’s in it for YOU:

• Clearly defined career tracks and levels to help you successfully manage your career

• Leadership