This is a hybrid consulting role with travel to client sites of up to 75%. Candidates must be authorized to work in the applicable country without current or future sponsorship requirements.
What you'll do:Lead organizational change initiatives- Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies and plans for large-scale business and technology transformations.
- Conduct stakeholder assessments, change impact analyses, readiness assessments, and risk evaluations.
- Define and implement change interventions to address organizational challenges and accelerate adoption.
- Establish governance structures and change networks to support transformation objectives.
Drive AI and Copilot adoption- Lead organizational readiness and adoption initiatives for AI and GenAI programs, including Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Partner with client leadership teams to define adoption strategies, success measures, and value realization approaches.
- Facilitate workshops that identify AI opportunities, use cases, and change implications for employees and leaders.
- Design scalable approaches to sustain AI-enabled ways of working.
Engage and influence stakeholders- Build trusted relationships with executive sponsors and senior business leaders.
- Develop executive communication strategies and stakeholder engagement plans.
- Facilitate leadership workshops, steering committees, and decision-making sessions.
- Help sell new work through quality engagement delivery and client conversations.
- Align diverse stakeholder groups around transformation objectives and expected outcomes.
Design learning and adoption programs- Create and oversee training, communications, and adoption activities.
- Collaborate with learning teams to build scalable learning journeys and enablement programs.
- Measure adoption effectiveness through defined KPIs, usage analytics, and business outcomes.
- Continuously refine programs based on employee feedback and adoption insights.
Grow the practice- Support business development activities including proposals, solutioning, and client presentations.
- Contribute to thought leadership and development of Advisory offerings.
- Mentor team members and help build OCM and AI adoption capabilities across the practice.
- Collaborate across Avanade's Advisory, Data & AI, Modern Workplace, and Industry teams.
Skills and ExperienceWhat you'll bring- 7+ years of experience leading organizational change management initiatives.
- 2+ years experience in consulting.
- Experience supporting enterprise digital transformations, technology implementations, or business transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of change management frameworks and methodologies.
- Experience designing stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption strategies.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Workshop facilitation and presentation skills.
- Experience working in consulting environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and relationship-building capabilities.
- Strongly Preferred: Ability to read/write/speak business French
Preferred experience- AI, Generative AI, or Microsoft Copilot adoption programs.
- Data and analytics transformation initiatives.
- Operating model design and organizational transformation.
- Responsible AI, governance, and change enablement.
- Experience leading geographically dispersed or cross-functional teams.
Certifications and educationPreferred qualifications include:
- Prosci Change Management Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (or equivalent Agile certification)
- Design Thinking facilitation credentials
- Bachelor's degree required
- MBA or related graduate degree preferred
Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit - in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.
See more information on our benefits here: Canada Employee Benefits | Avanade
Role Location Annual Salary RangeBritish Columbia/Ontario $134,400 to $159,600
