Change Management Lead

We are looking for a Change Management Lead! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Change Management Lead
Term: 6-month – 37.5 hours
Location: Winnipeg – Hybrid, 2 to 3 days a week form home, 2 to 3 days on site.
Job ID number: C1226

Brief description of duties:

• Manage end to end change strategy and implementation for company-wide projects that span technology, business, 3rd party vendors and other stakeholders
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Project managers and Business Leads to customize change solutions for relevant project
• Develop change management plans and own the execution of the change management strategy for functional and company-wide initiatives
• Co-ordinate overall change management initiatives across the organization to minimize change fatique
• Develop key messaging, training and communications that align with the mission of the Project and change management plan
• Provide coaching, guidance, and support to key stakeholders and/or leadership as they lead their teams through change using industry best practices, work with project team, stakeholders, and the business to analyze, redesign and communicate business processes as required
• Lead the change and process improvement segments for business or system changes; facilitate process improvement discussions and support the analysis of future state processes

MUST haves:

• Post-Secondary education in a related field.
• PROSCI or other recognized change management certification required
• 7+ years direct experience in project and change management: in particular, delivering change, communications & process solutions.
• Familiarity with traditional and agile project management methodologies required
• Project Management experience an asset
• Financial industry experience an asset
• Knowledge of Lean improvement methodologies an asset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver on-time, measured results.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement in change and analysis of individual and team readiness
• Experience in creating and executing change strategies, tools & plans with multiple dependencies, inputs, and outputs
• Experience with developing and delivering training in support of change
• Knowledgeable user of common desktop applications (M/S Access, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Project, etc.) and other MS Windows applications such as Adobe Acrobat, etc.
• Superior communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Ability to work with internal clients at all levels.
• Able to present complex concepts in an easy to understand manner.
• Service oriented.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.