Change Management Consultant - 100% Virtual

Clarity Consultants; California, Campbell (MO, CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Change Management Consultant to support a critical payroll transformation initiative. This role is pivotal in aligning strategies to minimize disruption and ensure successful adoption of a new cloud-based payroll system. The ideal candidate will leverage strong communication and collaboration skills to engage stakeholders and build a change champion network. With a focus on proactive problem-solving and user confidence, this position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to digital modernization efforts. If you thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about driving change, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading organizational change initiatives.
• Change Management Certification (e.g., Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Align change activities with project milestones and user groups.
• Create engaging communications to drive alignment and engagement.
• Identify learning needs and develop mitigation strategies.

Skills

Change Management

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Microsoft Suite

Organizational Change Initiatives

Education

Change Management Certification

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Overview:

We are working with a client who is undergoing a strategic payroll transformation, transitioning payroll processing to a cloud-based system. The Field Management Team (FTM) requires an experienced Change Management Consultant to support the success of this initiative. This role will focus on aligning change strategies and tactics to minimize disruption, drive adoption, and ensure the field population-particularly field mechanics-is supported through the transition.



Why This Role Matters Now:

This transformation is critical to our client's digital modernization efforts. Delays or ineffective change adoption could lead to confusion, productivity loss, and payroll errors that impact employee satisfaction and operations. Ensuring smooth implementation through well-orchestrated change management is essential to mitigate risk.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Partner with the Change Management Center of Excellence (CoE), FTM project team, and business stakeholders to align change activities with project milestones and impacted user groups.
  
• Leverage tools such as impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, communications plans, and training plans to support project goals.
  
• Create and deliver tailored, engaging communications to stakeholder groups that drive alignment, knowledge sharing, leadership buy-in, and employee engagement.
  
• Build and/or manage a change champion network, with internal support, to facilitate communication and support across departments.
  
• Identify learning needs, risks, and resistance points. Develop mitigation strategies to build user confidence and address issues proactively.
  
• Establish success metrics, monitor people-related risks, and adjust plans based on stakeholder feedback and project progress.
  
• Provide regular updates to the Change Management CoE and Project Team with documented progress, insights, and recommendations.
  
• Potential to contribute to other concurrent or future change initiatives.
  

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience leading and executing organizational change initiatives
  
• Change Management Certification (e.g., Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent)
  
• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation
  
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills
  
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and through others
  
• Experience with Microsoft Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, etc.)
  
• Experience in industrial or field service environments preferred
  

Ideal Candidate Traits:

• Proactive and collaborative team player who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments
  
• Consultative mindset-someone who offers ideas and adds strategic value, not just executes tasks
  
• Comfortable interfacing with all levels of stakeholders, from field staff to senior leadership
  
• Skilled at gathering and incorporating feedback and sharing lessons learned
  

Start Date: Mid to late May, 2025

Duration: 6 months with potential for extension

Work Hours: 20 hours per week

Location: 100% Remote

Travel Requirements: None



The pay range is $65 to $70 per hour on an independent contractor basis and is determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, relevant education, certifications, and specific work location.



Clarity Consultants is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.