2025 Change Management Lead Role (Hybrid)

Job Title: Change Management Lead (contractor role- hybrid)
Job Type: Full-Time Contractor role

Location: Must be available to be onsite at Client offices 30% time on average

Hiring Company: Nimble Consulting Inc.

About Us:

Nimble Consulting is a specialized management consulting firm focused on digital transformation. We help design, deliver, and sustain transformational change. With our success in both Organizational Transformation and Digital Transformation, our expertise leans heavily towards technology and innovation, with demonstrated success in garnering support and adoption of change with various end users. We are a bay area boutique firm known for people and change. We seek and attract Change Practitioners, Training leads and other functional leads who are technology forward - able to use Mural & Miro, JIRA, Mentimeter, that are typically part of the toolkit for consultants on technology transformation efforts. For more information: www.nimbleconsulting.net 

Job Summary: 

As a Change Management Lead, you will play a crucial role in ensuring successful organizational transitions by driving effective change management practices across the company. We are seeking an experienced Change Management Lead to join our Nimble team and lead all aspects of change management initiatives. This is our client's technology-forward transformation, requiring the successful candidate to have a deep understanding of change management principles and methodologies, strong leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. The Change Management Lead will be responsible for developing and implementing change management strategies, creating communication plans, coordinating training programs, and ensuring successful adoption of changes by both employees and stakeholders. 

Responsibilities:

• Quickly come up to speed on Nimble team scope and roles, client scope and work completed to date
• Help business leaders to identify users of the technologies (e.g. GIS, SAP) to participate in future design workshops.
• Help to connect the dots between users of the technologies by business function, and process touch points.
• Lead and develop change management strategies and plans to support changes, including process improvements, technology implementations, and standardizing how users work in the new world
• Develop content: email communications, roadshow presentations, surveys, talking points, FAQs, digestible stakeholder impact assessment for leadership, status update slides for executive meetings.
• You are technology forward: Able to edit SharePoint pages for the project team (update content, correct links and administratively maintain the site), collaborate and whiteboard using Mural or Miro, can update tasks weekly in Jira, and design in Mentimeter or similar tools.

• Co-Facilitate group workshops with subject matter experts as necessary. Preference to those experienced in innovation thinking and moving clients to think out of the box.
• Design and Deliver Roadshows or “summits” on key changes to come
• Establish and track key change management metrics and provide regular reports to leadership on the progress and effectiveness of change initiatives.
• As the health metric owner: develop and deliver SME surveys, live polling and other surveys (ad hoc) as needed, conduct and track monthly health check meetings (core project team only) and comply with client enterprise change management team requirements
• Provide coaching and support to leaders and managers to enable them to effectively lead their teams through change.

 Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, organizational psychology, or a related field. 
• Change management experience with large-scale ERP/technology rollouts. Preference to Utility sector experience.
• Change Management certification and/or formal coursework/degree.
• Proven experience (10 years) in leading change management initiatives, preferably in a hybrid role involving both onsite and remote work environments and experience promoting engagement across a hybrid environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading change management end-to-end through the entire lifecycle across multiple projects and industries
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to analyze complex situations, identify opportunities and risks, and develop effective strategies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and constantly changing environment.
• Able to use remote access and client tools effectively within the first few weeks. 

Requirements for the Nimble team

• Available to start work in March 2025 at 50% and then full-time starting April 1, 2025.
• Must be available full-time during client office hours (Pacific time) typically 8am-5pm, with flexibility as needed.
• Work is 70% remote, 30% onsite at client offices in Oakland, San Ramon, California); ~ 4-8 days per month (can fluctuate)
• Consultant is: already residing in the San Francisco bay area or lives in CA (west coast) and willing to travel to be onsite as described.

Important! This is a transformation project. If you have other clients that may interfere with your availability during the work week per above requirements, please do not apply to this role. (Failure to disclose other clients where your availability may be affected will result in immediate termination of the contract.)

Join our team as a Change Management Lead and drive successful organizational changes that maximize employee engagement, productivity, and business outcomes. Apply now and be part of our exciting journey towards transformation!

Salary : $90 - $120