Senior Associate, Strategic Change Management

KPMG LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG LLP in Chicago seeks a Sr. Associate, Strategic Change Management to lead client service delivery on large-scale transformations and apply Change Management, Organizational Development, and Learning & Development practices.

You will facilitate sessions with mid-level leaders, collect and analyze data, and develop adoption reports to steer course corrections. The role involves mentoring staff, managing scope and risks, and contributing to knowledge capital and training initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of relevant work experience related to Change Management, Organizational Development, or Human Resource Consulting, with two years in Advisory Services within a major consulting firm
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university required
• Experience designing and leading initiatives business transformation projects with strong process understanding
• Experience mentoring or managing employees including goal setting and performance reviews
• Strong communication skills to lead stakeholder engagements and work with executives

Responsibilities

• Lead client service delivery teams in the active execution of change management programs for large-scale transformations
• Utilize knowledge in Change Management, Organizational Development and Learning & Development to drive experience-centric strategies and prepare materials for meetings
• Facilitate sessions with mid-level leaders; collect and synthesize data; contribute to adoption reports and course corrections
• Build long-term relationships with executives across KPMG service lines and drive opportunities
• Engage in development of Change Management methodologies and contribute to training efforts
• Manage scope and junior resources; deliver change management projects using AI/Agents and analyze workforce data
• Uphold integrity, professionalism, and KPMG's respectful work environment

Skills

Change Management

Organizational Development

Learning & Development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

MS Project

Job description

KPMG is currently seeking a Sr. Associate, Strategic Change Management for our Consulting practice.

Responsibilities:

• Lead client service delivery teams in the active execution of change management programs for large-scale transformations
• Utilize technical and industry knowledge in the areas of Change Management, Organizational Development and Learning & Development to drive experience-centric strategies to change; Prepare materials for executive and leadership meetings, workshops, and design sessions
• Facilitate working sessions with mid-level leaders and functional teams; Collect and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data (surveys, interviews, metrics); Contribute to adoption reports and recommendations for course correction
• Build long-term business relationships with key executives through engagement delivery and across KPMG service lines and drive responses across the full lifecycle of business development opportunities
• Actively engage in the development and innovation of Change Management methodologies and intellectual capital including contributing to articles, whitepapers and firm/industry training efforts
• Manage scope, and junior resources on client engagements, while also identifying and mitigating any associated risks or issues; Deliver change management projects using AI/Agents with an Ability to build agents and analyze change workforce data.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of relevant work experience related to Change Management, Organizational Development, or Human Resource Consulting, with two years of experience in Advisory Services within a major consulting firm
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university required
• Experience designing and leading initiatives business transformation projects based on a deep understanding of business processes, project management methodologies and leading practices in Organizational Development, Learning & Development, evaluation and Change Management
• Experience managing a portfolio of activities within a project or team; previous experience in setting priorities and balancing competing deadlines desired and experience mentoring or managing employees including annual goal setting, performance review and discussing career opportunities
• Working knowledge in scoping, project management, budget management and staffing projects
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead conversations and create stakeholder engagement with clients and colleagues across an organizational hierarchy and strong demonstrated ability in AI, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project and other Microsoft tools to develop work plans, articulate complex issues, analyze data and structure information
• Travel as needed
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)