Grant Thornton

Change Management Consulting Director

Grant Thornton$197K — $255K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field required (e.g., IT, Business Admin, Org Development).
  • 12+ years of experience in change management consulting.
  • Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., Prosci, CCMP, PMP).
  • Proven ability to lead multiple projects and high-performance teams.
  • Strong experience in culture transformation and communications planning.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

  • Set vision and strategy for project delivery teams.
  • Oversee project management activities, ensuring quality and adherence to standards.
  • Develop and maintain client relationships to expand service offerings.
  • Lead proposal development and client presentation efforts.
  • Drive AI transformation initiatives focused on workforce readiness.
  • Mentor proposal teams and lead internal initiatives for talent development.
  • Innovate change management methodologies and contribute to thought leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits recognizing diverse employee needs.
  • Personalized employee assistance programs available.
  • 401(k) savings plan eligibility for seasonal employees.
  • Paid sick leave and holiday pay for interns and seasonal employees.
  • Annual discretionary bonuses potentially available based on performance.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Grant Thornton is seeking an accomplished Director in our Workforce Transformation Change Management practice, providing our clients and engagement delivery teams with project leadership, organizational change management expertise, and thought leadership - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. Client engagement opportunities include but are not limited to Change Management and Leadership Alignment; Change Readiness; Communication Strategy and Execution; Training Strategy and Delivery; Technology Adoption; Culture Transformation; Mergers and Acquisition Integration; and Corporate and Organizational Transformations.

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Set the vision, strategy, direction and lead multiple engagement delivery teams in approach, deliverables, and engagement outcomes.
  • Serve as the primary escalation point while providing oversight across project management activities-including planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and risk mitigation-and ensuring quality assurance of deliverables and adherence to engagement and Firm documentation requirements. Monitor, manage engagement economics and financials; own and execute client billing and invoicing.
  • Meet or exceed strategic goals, including targeted utilization and sales goals.
  • Develop relationships across service lines and industry sectors to identify and pursue opportunities to expand services within existing projects, accounts, teams, and new client prospects. Lead/support scoping efforts and pricing strategy discussions.
  • Lead development of proposals and responses, requests for information, deliver Workforce Transformation approach at client orals presentations.
  • Leveraging AI tools and platforms to accelerate change management delivery to drive faster, higher-quality outcomes for clients.
  • Lead AI transformation engagements focused on workforce readiness and adoption helping clients navigate organizational, cultural, and behavioral shifts required to successfully integrate AI into their operations including AI literacy programs, role impact assessments and adoption roadmaps.
  • Develop and evolve AI-enabled change management methodologies contributing to Grant Thornton's internal AI toolkits, playbooks, and thought leadership to advance the practice's capabilities and differentiate our market offerings.
  • Coach and mentor proposal teams in the preparation of response and other collateral materials.
  • Prepare and/or review drafts of new client contracts and statements of work.
  • Lead internal initiatives focused on engagement, talent development, onboarding, or other areas of operational practice development initiatives.
  • Participate in recruiting activities inclusive of interviewing experienced and campus hire candidates, campus presentations and representing the Firm at other recruiting events.
  • Participate in external and internal networking events.
  • Provide mentorship and leadership across a practice office, service line or geography; participate in local office BRGs (Business Resource Groups).
  • Lead development of new, innovative Transformation Advisory solutions, tools, and methodology.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert within a domain(s) of change management and business transformation and present at industry conferences, webinars and author thought leadership for external publication.
  • Other duties as assigned.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Communications, Finance, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or other relevant degree required.
  • 12+ years of related work experience required, in a similar organizational change management consulting practice.
  • Change management, program management, human resources, financial, accounting, process improvement or other relevant certifications preferred (e.g., Prosci, CCMP, La Marsh, PMP, SHRM-SCP, Lean, Six Sigma, CPP etc.)
  • Ability to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high-performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by client service and teamwork to work effectively in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
  • Ability and experience leading multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Experience in culture transformation, communications planning and/or execution, stakeholder engagement, job/change impact assessment, training planning and/or execution, or other related areas.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word and Excel).
  • Travel: typically, 40-50% but occasionally up to 80%
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.


The base salary range for this position is between $197,800 and $255,904. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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Benefits:

We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that's a good thing. That's why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits

  • Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm's medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm's employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave, and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
  • Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm's medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm's employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm's 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.


Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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