Principal Change Management Consultant

Principal Change Management Consultant

Type: Internal hire — full-time W-2 employee of Innovation Consulting LLC

Location: Greater Los Angeles, CA — Onsite, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific

Salary: $200K – $245K per year, DOE

About the Role

Lead enterprise-wide change workstreams and direct a team of consultants, associates and analysts on a multi-year utility change portfolio, onsite in Greater Los Angeles. Innovation Consulting LLC is supporting a large utility serving Southern California and is recruiting a Principal Change Management Consultant for this work.

The ideal candidate is a fully self-directed practitioner who can hold multiple client relationships at once, design change strategy for large programs, and escalate risk to business owners before it becomes a schedule problem. Prosci Practitioner Certification is a hard requirement at this level.

You will be hired as a full-time employee of Innovation Consulting and deployed as a consultant on client engagements. This position is contingent on contract award, anticipated Q4 2026, with assignments beginning in late 2026 to early 2027.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Advisory

•     Provide strategic analysis, advice and education to executives and managers on enterprise change initiatives.

•     Lead the design and development of large enterprise-wide projects, programs, policies and processes.

•     Develop change management strategy documents that define change complexity, services required, activities against an execution timeline, and roles and responsibilities.

Delivery Leadership

•     Lead a team of consultants, associates and analysts across concurrent change workstreams.

•     Identify, manage and escalate issues, risks, timelines and deliverables to business owners.

•     Produce and review Prosci deliverables including sponsor assessments, ADKAR stakeholder assessments, change impact assessments, resistance management plans and reinforcement plans.

Client Relationship

•     Manage multiple client relationships across the utility's project portfolio.

•     Integrate with client project managers, human resources, sponsors and PMOs on enterprise-wide programs.

•     Deliver regular change management status updates to sponsors, human resources, project managers and other stakeholders.

Work Requirements

•     Primarily onsite at the client's offices in the Greater Los Angeles metro, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific. Not eligible for fully remote work. Candidates outside commuting distance must relocate to the area before assignment start.

•     The client provides equipment, workspace and systems access. Work is assigned and directed by the client's Organizational Change Management Senior Manager or designee, with as-needed field travel across the utility's Southern California service territory.

Qualifications

Required

•     15 or more years of total Principal-level work experience, with at least 5 years in organizational change management.

•     Demonstrated experience leading the design and development of large enterprise-wide projects, programs, policies and processes.

•     Experience leading a team of consultants, associates and analysts, and managing multiple client relationships concurrently.

•     Prosci Practitioner Certification — required, and verifiable by certificate number and date.

•     Advanced knowledge of organizational development and effectiveness best practices and their technical application.

•     Fully self-directed work with exception-only oversight.

•     Must be authorized to work in the United States.

•     Must reside within commuting distance of the Greater Los Angeles metro, or relocate to the area prior to assignment start.

•     Must be able to clear utility contractor onboarding, including background check and site safety orientation.

Preferred

•     Advanced degree in Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Design, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent experience.

•     Experience with regulated utilities, energy or another CPUC-regulated industry.

•     Experience aligning change delivery with an enterprise change management strategy or organizational effectiveness function.

•     Additional certification such as CCMP (ACMP) or Kotter.

Compensation & Employment

Employment Type: Internal hire. Full-time W-2 employee of Innovation Consulting, deployed as a consultant on client engagements. Contingent on contract award.

Salary: $200K – $245K per year, DOE

Estimated Duration: Ongoing. Work is expected to last up to three years, with potential for renewal.

Benefits: Medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) participation.

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific.

Innovation Consulting LLC is an equal opportunity employer and recruiter. We review candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.