Change Management Director - Transformation Leader

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CLA is seeking a dynamic Change Management Director to lead strategy and execution for transformation initiatives. You will align change plans with business goals, engage stakeholders, and drive adoption across functions.

In this role, you will partner with senior leaders, coach teams, and develop readiness and training programs to ensure sustained value realization. Strong leadership and communication are essential to navigate cross-functional change.

Qualifications

• 7 years' experience in project management and/or change management.
• Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, organizational development, change management, human resources, project management, strategy, or related field preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in change management, transformation, organizational development, business readiness, strategy, or related work preferred
• Experience leading change management for complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives preferred
• Experience developing change strategies, stakeholder impact assessments, communication plans, readiness plans, training support plans, adoption plans, and sustainment approaches preferred
• Experience coaching or leading change professionals, project teams, or cross-functional stakeholders preferred
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and business stakeholders to influence decisions, manage risks, and support adoption preferred
• Experience working in a professional service, matrixed, or enterprise transformation environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management strategy for transformation initiatives, including stakeholder impact, readiness, communications, adoption, training, resistance, and sustainment planning.
• Partner with business navigation and transformation leaders to identify change impacts, risks, stakeholder needs, and readiness considerations early in the process.
• Guide project teams and business leaders in understanding the people-side impact of change and what is needed to support adoption.
• Develop and oversee change plans, communication strategies, readiness plans, stakeholder engagement approaches, and adoption support.
• Lead and coach change seniors and change associate's in building change capability and delivering high-quality change work.
• Provide direction, feedback, and action plans to support team member development and performance.
• Partner with service line and functional leaders to align change activities to business priorities, timing, capacity, and readiness.
• Identify change saturation, competing priorities, resistance themes, adoption risks, and stakeholder concerns that may impact success.
• Prepare leadership‑ready updates, recommendations, and decision‑support materials related to change readiness, adoption, risks, and business impact.
• Support governance, roadmap, and transformation discussions by bringing a change management lens to planning and decision‑making.
• Monitor change effectiveness and recommend adjustments to improve readiness, adoption, sustainment, and value realization.
• Strengthen change management processes, tools, templates, and ways of working across the team.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Strategy

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

CLA is seeking a dynamic Change Management Director to lead strategy and execution for transformation initiatives. You will align change plans with business goals, engage stakeholders, and drive adoption across functions.

In this role, you will partner with senior leaders, coach teams, and develop readiness and training programs to ensure sustained value realization. Strong leadership and communication are essential to navigate cross-functional change.