What are the responsibilities and job description for the Change Management Specialist, Digital Transformation position at Thermo Fisher Scientific?
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Role Summary
The Change Management Specialist supports functional transformation by guiding teams and stakeholders through process, technology, and behavior changes required to adopt Ai-first ways of working. Specialists partner closely with business process owners, digital teams, and subject matter experts to assess impacts, craft adoption strategies, and deliver communications and training that enable successful transformation outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Change Planning & Impact Assessment
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Role Summary
The Change Management Specialist supports functional transformation by guiding teams and stakeholders through process, technology, and behavior changes required to adopt Ai-first ways of working. Specialists partner closely with business process owners, digital teams, and subject matter experts to assess impacts, craft adoption strategies, and deliver communications and training that enable successful transformation outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Change Planning & Impact Assessment
- Conduct change impact analyses, stakeholder assessments, and readiness evaluations to inform change plans.
- Support defining current state and future state workflows for AI-enabled processes.
- Digital fluency is key for this role in identifying and applying digital tools to change the way work is done.
- Execute change management plans aligned to functional transformation goals, ensuring stakeholders understand and adopt new tools and behaviors.
- Deliver training, coaching, and support materials to build skills and confidence in new ways of working.
- Develop and implement communication plans tailored by audience and transformation phase.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder briefings, and forums to drive awareness and alignment.
- Partner with project and digital teams to embed change activities into overall transformation plans.
- Work with leaders and managers to coach and reinforce desired behaviors.
- Track adoption and proficiency metrics; gather feedback and recommend adaptations to plans.
- Align and support with productivity goals.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or related field. Work experience can substitute for formal education.
- 5–7 years experience in change management, organizational development, or related roles supporting digital transformation.
- Certified Change Management professional (Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent).
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Digital fluency and evidence of contributing to modern transformation initiatives; familiarity with Ai-related tools is required.