OCM Lead

IMR Soft LLC; Mundelein (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IMR Soft LLC is seeking an experienced OCM Lead for a hybrid role in Mundelein, IL. The position focuses on developing and executing customized change management roadmaps, leading impact analyses, and managing stakeholder engagement across complex client projects.

You will deliver status reports, executive-level presentations, and readiness content while leveraging MS Office and project management frameworks to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience leading change management engagements
• Consulting experience required

Responsibilities

• Support clients in achieving sustainable performance and/or improvements
• Create a customized change management roadmap and implement activities for each project phase
• Lead impact analyses, assess change readiness, identify key stakeholders
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and program health
• Anticipate organizational changes with large-scale implementations and required interventions
• Ensure key change initiatives deliver on business objectives
• Determine metrics to measure progress and reinforce behavior
• Coordinate with other initiatives to align timelines
• Develop executive-level presentations
• Develop readiness and skilling content using multiple modalities
• Utilize Project Management frameworks
• Identify opportunities to provide client value
• Contribute to internal areas such as business development and recruiting
• Engage in activities supporting our culture
• Collaborate with internal and client teams; maintain program sites and deliverables

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project Management frameworks

Job description

Job Title: OCM Lead
Location: Mundelein , IL
12+ months This is hybrid role 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in Mundelein, IL

• Support clients in achieving sustainable performance and/or improvements within their organizations
• Create a customized change management roadmap based on the needs of the project and implement the change management activities for each phase of the project
• Lead impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health
• Anticipate organizational changes that come with large-scale implementations and the change management and communications interventions which will be needed
• Ensure that key change initiatives deliver on business, schedule, and budget objectives
• Determine appropriate metrics and measures that will help the client measure progress, reinforce behavior, and adjust improve implementation results
• Coordinate with other initiatives to make sure there is a common understanding on timelines and other overlaps
• Develop readiness and skilling content leveraging multiple modalities based on customer experience best practices
• Utilize Project Management frameworks and methods in a variety of roles
• Identify opportunities to provide or create additional client value
• Contribute to internal areas such as business development, people development, recruiting, marketing, and more
• Engage in activities dedicated to supporting our culture
• Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
• Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information
• Contribute to the development of high-quality and timely deliverables

Job Title: OCM Lead
Location: Mundelein , IL
12+ months This is hybrid role 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in Mundelein, IL

• Support clients in achieving sustainable performance and/or improvements within their organizations
• Create a customized change management roadmap based on the needs of the project and implement the change management activities for each phase of the project
• Lead impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health
• Anticipate organizational changes that come with large-scale implementations and the change management and communications interventions which will be needed
• Ensure that key change initiatives deliver on business, schedule, and budget objectives
• Determine appropriate metrics and measures that will help the client measure progress, reinforce behavior, and adjust improve implementation results
• Coordinate with other initiatives to make sure there is a common understanding on timelines and other overlaps
• Develop Executive-level presentations
• Develop readiness and skilling content leveraging multiple modalities based on customer experience best practices
• Utilize Project Management frameworks and methods in a variety of roles
• Identify opportunities to provide or create additional client value
• Contribute to internal areas such as business development, people development, recruiting, marketing, and more
• Engage in activities dedicated to supporting our culture
• Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
• Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information
• Contribute to the development of high-quality and timely deliverables

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience leading significant change management engagements with successful outcomes in complex organizations
• Consulting experience required
• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
• Strong coaching and influencing skills; ability to influence others and move toward a common vision and/or goal
• Ability to quickly build trust and value-based relationships with employees at all levels of the organization
• Solid facilitation experience
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite and Project Management frameworks
• Prosci or other Change Management certifications preferred
• Motivated by an entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable with ambiguity
• Confident, self-aware team player open to receiving and providing, effective feedback
• Ability to facilitate project teams, guided by a strong understanding of group dynamics while driving results
• Exhibit exceptional communication skills and strong work ethic Competent in group facilitation