Senior Change Leader: Transformation & Adoption

Slalom; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 96,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health coverage

Vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Senior Change Manager for a Portland-based, on-site role focused on leading organizational change across large-scale transformations. You will partner with client executives and delivery teams to prepare organizations for change, drive stakeholder engagement, and accelerate adoption of new processes and technologies.

The role requires a strong consulting background in change management, proven experience leading complex implementations, and the ability to translate

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in organizational change management, business transformation, consulting, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience independently leading change management activities for complex business or technology implementations.
• Demonstrated expertise conducting stakeholder analyses, change impact assessments, and readiness evaluations.
• Experience developing and executing communications, engagement, training, and adoption strategies.
• Strong facilitation skills with experience leading executive interviews, workshops, and leadership discussions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience creating executive-level presentations and communications.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities across all organizational levels.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the change management workstream for large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Develop and manage comprehensive change management plans, deliverables, timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Define change strategies that align with business objectives and support successful implementation outcomes.
• Identify organizational impacts and develop approaches that prepare stakeholders for change.
• Conduct stakeholder assessments to identify influence, engagement needs, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform organizational change impact analyses across people, processes, roles, and technology.
• Assess organizational readiness and develop action plans to address adoption barriers.
• Facilitate executive interviews, leadership discussions, readiness reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
• Build trusted relationships with sponsors, leaders, and key stakeholders throughout the engagement.
• Develop and execute strategic communications plans that build awareness, understanding, and commitment.
• Create targeted messaging for executive, leadership, manager, and employee audiences.
• Design engagement activities that encourage participation and foster support for change initiatives.
• Monitor stakeholder sentiment and identify opportunities to improve communication effectiveness.
• Partner with learning and development teams to assess training needs and support training strategies.
• Develop adoption and reinforcement plans that drive sustained behavior change.
• Support leadership alignment around desired future-state behaviors and organizational outcomes.
• Track user adoption metrics and recommend interventions to improve engagement and utilization.
• Identify sources of resistance and develop tailored mitigation strategies.
• Coach sponsors, people leaders, and change champions on effective change leadership practices.
• Monitor change risks and recommend corrective actions to improve adoption and business readiness.
• Support reinforcement activities that sustain long-term organizational outcomes following implementation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, sponsors, project teams, and business leaders.
• Facilitate workshops, strategy sessions, leadership meetings, and decision-making discussions.
• Partner with business, technology, operations, communications, and learning teams to deliver integrated change solutions.
• Provide proactive recommendations to address organizational challenges and adoption risks.
• Mentor and support junior consultants and change practitioners.
• Produce high-quality client deliverables, presentations, assessments, communications, and executive materials.
• Contribute to overall program success through strong collaboration, problem-solving, and client relationship management.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Executive interviews

Facilitation

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Senior Change Manager for a Portland-based, on-site role focused on leading organizational change across large-scale transformations. You will partner with client executives and delivery teams to prepare organizations for change, drive stakeholder engagement, and accelerate adoption of new processes and technologies.

The role requires a strong consulting background in change management, proven experience leading complex implementations, and the ability to translate