Job Summary
The IT Organizational Change Manager (OCM) will provide project-based change management support to drive user proficiency, adoption, and organizational readiness across enterprise initiatives.
This role partners with internal OCM teams, project managers, business stakeholders, and project resources to execute change management strategies, stakeholder engagement, communications, training coordination, and adoption activities.
The ideal candidate is an experienced hands-on OCM professional capable of independently managing change management activities across multiple high-priority initiatives while adhering to established OCM frameworks, methodologies, and governance standards.
This is a fully remote position.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies and plans for enterprise initiatives using established OCM frameworks and methodologies.
• Lead change management activities including change impact assessments, stakeholder analysis, organizational readiness assessments, communications planning, training coordination, resistance management, and adoption support.
• Conduct cross-functional impact and dependency analyses to identify organizational risks and readiness requirements.
• Partner with project managers, business stakeholders, functional leads, and project teams to integrate change management activities into overall project plans and implementation efforts.
• Engage with senior leadership to assess change impacts, prepare teams for upcoming changes, and reinforce adoption throughout implementation.
• Develop and execute communication, engagement, and enablement strategies to support successful organizational transitions.
• Define, measure, monitor, and report change readiness, adoption, and success metrics throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage OCM deliverables across multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timely execution.
• Support resistance management and post-implementation adoption activities, including hypercare and transition support.
• Drive executive leadership alignment and stakeholder engagement to achieve successful change outcomes.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or Associate's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 8 years of direct Organizational Change Management (OCM) experience.
• Demonstrated experience executing enterprise change management frameworks and methodologies.
• Proven experience delivering change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, and organizational readiness assessments.
• Strong experience across key OCM disciplines, including strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, readiness planning, training enablement, resistance management, adoption support, and leadership alignment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create audience-focused communications, presentations, and training materials.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills across all organizational levels.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deliverables within complex project environments.
• Experience supporting project governance and integrating OCM activities into overall project delivery plans.
• Experience defining, tracking, and reporting adoption, readiness, and change success metrics.
• Ability to work effectively in remote and cross-functional environments.
Preferred Qualifications
• Change Management Professional certification such as Prosci or an equivalent change management certification.
• Project Management certification such as PMP or an equivalent project management credential.
• Experience supporting large-scale business, technology, process, or organizational transformation initiatives.
• Experience working within Project Management and Agile delivery environments.
• Experience within the Aerospace & Defense industry.
• Experience managing or leading HR-related transformation initiatives.
Certifications
• Prosci Change Management Certification or equivalent Change Management certification.
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification.
