Change Management Consultant
Organization: Talent & Organization / Change Management
Locations: USA: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas, Florham Park, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Reston/DC, San Francisco, Seattle
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Job Description
Change Managementis focused on helping clients successfully plan for and manage change in an environment that is global, multi-polar, multi-cultural, cross-generational, and virtual - and changing at an accelerating pace. This is achieved using methods-based, data-driven, tailored solutions to increase the pace, certainty, and sustainability of successful organizational change.
The scope of this Offering Group covers the entire lifecycle of a change program and includes the following core offerings.
- Journey Management- Bringing proven change management architectures and best practices to help clients navigateincreasingly complex change journeys.
- Change Enablement- Enabling clients to manage their organizational change efforts, such as the transition to outsourcing, system and process-driven change, and large-scale business transformation, among others.
- Organization Change Capability- Helping clients achieve sustainable performance improvements within their organizations through building greater capability for change within their workforces and teams.
Responsibilities
Understand clients organization and change management issues, explain the factors involved and shape organizational solutions to deliver value to the client
Additional responsibilities in at least one of the following change management offering areas:
o Change Strategy
Application of the change architectures, models, and frameworks used to execute global, multi-polar, multi-workforce, cross-generational, or multi-cultural, complex change successfully.
Assist client executives communicate frameworks, cultural norms, and stakeholder engagement practices
o Organization Change Enablement
Approach Change Management as a "Science" instead of an "Art" by using data-driven and predictable methodology
Utilize methods, estimators, and frameworks that integrate tightly with the broader project
Drive stakeholder engagement, leadership alignment, impact analysis, learning/training, communications, business readiness, deployment, and adoption measurement
Help re-align the organization, its people, and their actions with critical business imperatives and specific objectives
Assist with the workforce transition from internally managed operations to outsourced operations
Identify opportunities to provide or create additional client value
Develop trusted relationships with key clients or internal customers
Ability to meet travel requirements, up to 100%
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years experience related to the successful delivery of change management work in the disciplines of change management methodology, job/role design, stakeholder engagement, sponsorship alignment, communication planning, training/performance support and organizational readiness
Preferred Skills
- Hands-on change management experience with implementing large-scale ERP
- Prior consulting and team management experience
- Background in individual and/or organizational psychology
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Ability to work independently yet collaboratively in a team environment
Strong organizational and analytical skills
Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications competencies
Desire to work in an information systems environment
- Experience with global or multi-national projects
All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
