Lead Change Analyst in Rochester, NY - Hybrid - Fulltime - must be local - NO Sponsership-GC/USConly

Lead Change Analyst

Location: Rochester, NY - Hybrid

Fulltime

General Purpose:

Plays a key role in ensuring that projects and initiatives reach their full potential by ensuring

all impacted business, financial, operational and other stakeholders are prepared for and

embrace change. Focuses on the people side of change, including not only the change

initiative itself, but also changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles

and organization structures. Designs, develops and executes change management

strategies and plans that minimize resistance and maximize engagement to ensure that

users are engaged, prepared to transition to the initiative and reinforce sustainable change.

Works with and coaches project stakeholders, leaders and teams to develop strategies to

maximize buy-in and minimize resistance and are able to leverage the change management

framework and standards. Ensures that all documentation coming out of the program is in

line with the ultimate change management strategy and plan.

Essential Functions:

• Plays a key role in business process workshops to understand the current and future

state business processes. Assesses the change impacts on the organization and

roles and leads or partners with a Communications lead to ensure targeted

messaging accurately describes the change to appropriate audiences. Partners with

training experts to develop a training program that ensures end users are engaged,

knowledgeable, and able to adopt change during the implementation phase. Leads

the effort to identify measurement methodologies to track adoption, utilization, and

proficiency of individual changes, and adjusts change management strategies and

tactics as necessary. Issues regular reports to project leadership, escalating risks

that may lead to an unsuccessful launch of projects and puts forward a plan to

mitigate.

• Develops and executes against a comprehensive, actionable, and targeted change

management plan surrounding change to people, processes, workflows, and

systems. Applies a structured approach and methodology for the five change

management domains related to the people-side of change, including stakeholder

analysis, coaching plans, communications, training, and resistance management

plans. Develops and conducts readiness assessments, analyzes results, and

presents findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner to sponsors and

stakeholders.

• Collaborates with Project Manager to integrate change management plans/activities

into overall project plan. Works as a member of project leadership team, ensuring

change management strategy is at the forefront of project activities and impact to

the stakeholders is continually evaluated and acted upon to minimize stakeholder

resistance. Ensures assigned projects meets business, schedule, and budget

objectives for change management activities.

• Provides subject matter expertise and guidance on the management of changes by

advising/coaching stakeholders, leaders, and managers on the execution of

established change management activities, including communications, change

sponsorship, education and training, and ongoing support. Leads or coaches the

team to identify potential people-side risks, analyze KPIs and anticipated points of

resistance, and recommends and/or develops mitigation plans with Project

Manager and Executive Sponsor to address the concerns commensurate with the

project scope/engagement level. Builds and leads a sponsorship coalition,

including the executive sponsor, leaders/managers, designated project champions,

and stakeholders who will be key champions of change, reinforcing awareness

within the organization. Partners with the executive sponsor throughout the change

process to actively and visibly participate, establish an organizational

understanding, and sense of urgency to prioritize the change.

• Provides organizational change consultations and/or training to project

teams/sponsors for assigned engagements. Develops and/or coaches team on

conducting assessments, analyzes results, and presents findings in a logical and

easy-to-understand manner to sponsors and stakeholders. Provides

strategy/activity recommendations for project team execution with respect to

Communications and Training.

• Keeps current with business and strategic goals. Participates in and promotes the

identification, recommendation, and delivery of improvement opportunities for the

change management and project processes. Participates in the development and

review of procedures for communications, training, change management, and

project lifecycle processes. Develops and maintains a broad knowledge of related

industry standards, best practices, regulations, and related technologies. Attends

webinars, reads case studies and white papers, and participates in other

opportunities to further refine skills and stay apprised on business analysis and

project management topics.

• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Organizational Development, Behavioral

Psychology, Business or related field and 5 years of relevant experience establishing

and implementing organizational change management and support required

• Master's degree preferred

• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience working with consulting resources preferred

• Experience with higher education, larger medical center or large complex and

distributed enterprise preferred

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including active listening

and the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences required

• Strong group facilitation skills with demonstrated experience turning working

session notes into high-quality deliverables required

• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal required

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain positive working

relationships with a wide array of stakeholders, colleagues and staff required

• Ability to work collaboratively with and through others required

• Strong business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges

required

• Strong organizational problem solving and root cause identification skills required

• Prosci Organizational Change Management certification upon hire preferred

Regards,

Vinay Ram

Ram@cysphere.net

770-838-3839 (Direct) 

Suwanee, GA - 30024

www.cysphere.net

An MBE & eVerify Company 

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