Organizational Change Management Lead

Navaide; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in San Diego is looking for an Organizational Change Management Lead to drive the adoption of new technologies through human-centered strategies. The role involves managing user engagement, developing communication plans, and supporting senior leaders in transformation initiatives. With 7-10 years of related experience, including change management for digital transformations, the ideal candidate will ensure smooth transitions across business units. This full-time position is based onsite in California, offering a chance to impact a rapidly evolving work environment.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience leading change management activities for digital transformation.
• Prior experience with large-scale organizational transformation.
• Demonstrated experience with SAP transformations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive human-centered adoption of new processes and technologies in enterprise transformations.
• Develop and execute communications and training plans for user adoption.
• Serve as a trusted change advisor, helping stakeholders navigate changes.

Skills

Change management activities

Digital transformation

Enterprise systems implementations

Process modernization

User engagement strategies

Human-centered design principles

Job description

Organizational Change Management Lead – San Diego, California

Navaide

About us: Navaide: Catalysts for a Stronger Tomorrow

At Navaide, we exist to empower organizations to evolve and adapt in a rapidly changing world. By combining human ingenuity with transformative technology, we develop innovative solutions that drive progress for the people and systems that strengthen our nation. Our mission is rooted in agility, scalability, and a commitment to exceeding expectations, ensuring impactful results for our clients and communities.

Position: Organizational Change Management Lead

Location: San Diego full time onsite

How You Will Make an Impact

The Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead is responsible for driving the human-centered adoption of new processes, technologies, and operating models across large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives. This role partners closely with program leadership, delivery teams, business stakeholders, and end-user communities to ensure that transitions to new systems, data structures, and business processes are understood, embraced, and successfully adopted across the organization. The OCM Lead develops and executes communications, stakeholder engagement strategies, and training plans that enable smooth adoption and sustained behavior change.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Serve as the primary change leader for enterprise digital transformation programs, delivering consistent communication, stakeholder engagement, and user adoption support across business units and functional organizations.
• Serve as a trusted change advisor for program leadership, command stakeholders, and end-user communities, helping them navigate process changes, technology enhancements, and organizational impacts.
• Apply human-centered design and change management principles to ensure transformation efforts prioritize user needs, clarity of communication, and ease of adoption.
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies, identifying change impacts, preparing messaging, and guiding users through process and system transitions to ensure adoption, compliance, and operational continuity.
• Coach project teams and local change champions on communication best practices, readiness planning, and reinforcing new ways of working.
• Support senior leaders and sponsors in communicating priorities, reinforcing expectations, and championing adoption of transformation initiatives and continuous improvement goals.
• Surface risks, change barriers, and user concerns early, delivering clear, actionable recommendations to sponsors and decision-makers.
• Develop and deliver communications including leadership briefings, readiness assessments, FAQs, newsletters, training content, deployment communications, and end-user support materials.
• Build, mentor and manage a network of change agents across departments, functions, and project teams to sustain adoption and reinforce desired behaviors.

Relevant Skills & Experience

• 7-10 years of demonstrated experience leading change management activities for digital transformation, enterprise systems implementations, or process modernization programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading change management activities for digital transformation, enterprise systems implementations, or process modernization programs.
• Prior experience supporting large-scale organizational transformation or enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading change management activities for digital transformation, enterprise systems implementations, or process modernization programs.
• Prior DoD or Federal transformation experience (preferred).
• Demonstrated experience leading OCM for SAP transformations (preferred).

About Navaide

Navaide is a small business delivering advanced consulting services to federal government clients. We empower defense and civilian organizations to succeed by combining human ingenuity with cutting-edge technologies. Our work spans digital transformation, systems modernization, financial system optimization, and the strategic use of data, AI, and automation.

We support our clients by streamlining operations, modernizing complex legacy platforms, and driving improved decision-making. Our footprint includes active delivery across financial systems, acquisition platforms, and enterprise analytics. Navaide is proud to hold multiple strategic contract vehicles, including:

• GSA 8(a) STARS III
• OASIS+
• GSA MAS (IT Schedule 70)
• SeaPort-NxG

Why Join Navaide?

Delivering innovative solutions to governments' most complex challenges. We bridge innovation and technology to modernize and consolidate business systems for federal, state, local, and commercial clients.

About Our Culture

Navaide honors integrity, curiosity, diligence, and collaboration in everything we do. We believe in building strong relationships with our clients, communities, and teammates, united by a shared purpose of creating a stronger tomorrow. Navaide is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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