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Director, Enterprise Transformation

New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Sept 2025

💰 $150,000/yr($120,000/yr – $150,000/yr)

About the role

SUMMARY: An experienced Transformation expert that can span high-level program management, project management, business analysis and change management fundamentals to partner with business owners to deliver strategic initiatives successfully at HBG as well as embed best practice project management and change management capabilities across the organization. Project Delivery:

Partnering with EMB and SMG leaders to define, prioritize, and develop a Program portfolio that is aligned with corporate vision and strategy.
Strategic planning with cross-functional business partners to move strategic initiatives from ideation to goal setting to action plans to achievable projects or workstreams including setting expectations of the project timeline and deliverables.
Develop and manage full cycle program management and project management plans by identifying scope, timelines, schedules, deliverables, status, risks, issues, and dependencies of initiatives within the portfolio.
Assisting business owners and project sponsors with project charter, scope definition, resource planning, cost benefit analysis, impact analysis and stakeholder analysis. This includes assisting business partners problem solve through complex business problems and optimize business decisions.
Drive prioritization of organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes needed for a successful deployment and adoption of change across the organization.
Assist project teams to elicit achievable business requirements by understanding business needs, understanding business impacts, communicating with business stakeholders and critically review any solutions proposed.
Ensure program and project level risks, issues and dependencies are well-understood, managed and communicated to impacted stakeholders to develop clear view of a cross-functional delivery plan.
Ensure sound project management organization is in place for initiatives including governance structure, business sponsorship, RACI, structured meetings and standardized templates and tools are used to drive and document solutions and decisions.
Manage and hold stakeholders accountable to defined project plan, goals and deliverables.
Manage and communicate formally and informally through established channels with stakeholders at all levels, including EMB and help facilitate stronger working relationships between business partners from all divisions.
Manage Program reporting and assist business partners in reporting to key stakeholders and consistently monitor and manage project status.
Coordinate project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged.

Project education and best practice:

Implement standardized and customized project management tools and techniques including delivery frameworks, templates and standards for Project and Change Management at Hachette Book Group
Define and embed best-practice project control and governance
Develop a basic understanding of organizational Project Management practices amongst all project stakeholders
Establish project management practices as internal company standards
Provide ongoing evaluation and assessment of project management proficiencies across the organization
Develop awareness of project management value amongst all staff and a project sympathetic culture
Coaching managers and supervisors to improve implementation communication.

Change Management

Apply a change management process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
Creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance.
Drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilization of and proficiency with the changes that impact employees.
Develop Change Management capabilities amongst the leadership of all project initiatives.
Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications