Senior Change Manager

Seven Consulting; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning and development environment

In-house training sessions

Individual career development plans

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Excellent remuneration with bonuses

Paid overtime

Quarterly social and family events

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Change Manager to oversee change management services autonomously. The ideal candidate will have 6 to 9 years of experience in Change Management, with a strong background in project delivery and organizational change. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word and PowerPoint, is required. The role offers a collaborative environment, excellent remuneration, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• 6 to 9 years of experience in Change Management roles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with executive presentation skills.
• Experience applying a Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead Change Management services autonomously on complex programs.
• Scope change management work and make resourcing estimates.
• Propose solutions to minimize unfavorable impacts of change.
• Evaluate and measure success of change interventions.

Skills

Change Management

Project Management

Strong Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Psychology, Organisational Psychology, Communications, Human Resources, Project Management, Applied/Behavioural Science

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Due to the continued success and growth of Seven Consulting, we built a Change Management Practice in 2023 to complement our Program Delivery, Program Management Office (PMO) and Consulting services.

In our first phase of recruitment, our General Manager, Change Management hired 6 permanent Change Management Practitioners across Sydney and Melbourne. We’re delighted to be recruiting one contract Senior Change Manager in Melbourne.

Established in 2002, Seven Consulting is Australia's best program delivery company. Our results show client satisfaction at 99.25% and team satisfaction at 98.68% for 2025.

We specialise in the successful delivery of large-scale, complex IT-enabled business transformation projects ranging from $1M to $1.4Bn with some of Australia's top companies. We have offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Manila.

We are looking for talented Senior Change Managers with relevant experience, who share our passion for delivering quality outcomes through business change, to join our team on a full-time permanent basis.

Your New Role

As a Senior Change Manager, you will work directly with our clients across all areas of change management to deliver high quality outcomes. Each engagement is different, but typically a Senior Change Manager is expected to be able lead Change Management services autonomously on a complex program with responsibilities that include:

• Taking briefs from clients with the ability to provide direction, indicate next steps and follow up
• Scoping change management work and making resourcing estimates
• Analysing a client's business, operations and structure to understand where there is a potential impact from change and to what level that impact needs to be managed
• Proposing solutions to reduce any unfavourable impacts of organisational changes
• Meeting and presenting to executive stakeholders including preparing business documents and slides
• Proposing strategic tactics to manage organisational changes for a program in a way that leads to the desired outcomes
• Executing on plans, scheduling, reporting on progress, raising risks and issues, maintaining effective relationships, and being a supportive project team member
• Evaluating and measuring the success of change interventions across activity, proficiency, usage and adoption
• Applying Project Management principles as well as Agile, Waterfall and blended methods
• Providing the needed level of support to the recipients of change as well as business leaders during and after the project

What You Bring

Coming into the Change Management Practice at the Senior Change Manager level means that you will bring in-depth knowledge of project delivery and the end-to-end strategy, planning and delivery of organisational change. Typically, Senior Change Managers have:

• 6 to 9 years of experience in Change Management roles
• A Bachelor's degree or higher (often in Psychology and Organisational Psychology, Communications/Journalism, Human Resources, Project Management, Applied / Behavioural Science or similar)
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with well-honed executive presentation skills
• A desire and ability to contribute to the Change Management Practice
• A desire and ability to mentor Change Management practitioners who are more junior in the team

In your application, please indicate if you have experience applying a Digital Adoption Platform (DAP), creating digital assets (e.g. interactive PDFs), or video creation and editing.

You will also possess the following essential attributes for managing change at this level

• Resilience
• An inquisitive nature
• Empathy
• Problem analysis and solving
• Influencing and negotiating
• Strategic thinking
• Business acumen

To be eligible for employment you must either be an Australian citizen or permanent resident or have a visa with work rights.

What We Offer

Seven Consulting is committed to building a community of high calibre Program Delivery, PMO, Change Management and Consulting professionals and providing a rewarding career by offering:

• A continuous learning and development environment
• In-house training sessions and external training allowances
• Individual career development plans
• A mentoring / mentee program
• A collaborative and inclusive culture
• Excellent remuneration, regular and well-defined bonuses and profit share
• Paid overtime
• Recognition and rewards for high performance
• Job security and support during personal hardships
• A team charity initiative – Project 7 – to support the community
• Quarterly social and family events

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Seven Consulting embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability.