Senior Change Management Strategist

Sidley Austin LLP (IL LLP); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Benefits package

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Sidley Austin LLP in Illinois is seeking a Change Management Senior Analyst to support the adoption of strategic initiatives, business process improvements, and technology transformations across the Firm. You will work with leaders to develop and implement readiness, engagement, training, and adoption activities that minimize disruption and drive sustainable outcomes.

The role requires 5+ years in organizational change management, strong communication skills, and proficiency with Word, Excel,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, Communications, HR, Psychology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in organizational change management, business transformation, organizational development, consulting, or strategic project initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing communications and presentations for varied stakeholder audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management activities for strategic, operational, and technology initiatives.
• Develop and implement change management plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities.
• Conduct change impact and readiness assessments to identify adoption risks, barriers, and opportunities and recommend actions.
• Partner with project managers, business leaders, and key stakeholders to support alignment, readiness, and effective implementation of change initiatives.
• Develop and deliver communications, presentations, messaging, and other materials to promote awareness and engagement throughout the change lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to develop and support role-based training, learning resources, and user enablement activities.
• Monitor adoption, readiness, and engagement measures and recommend actions to improve outcomes.
• Prepare dashboards, status reports, and presentations communicating progress, risks, adoption results, and organizational impacts.
• Contribute to improvements to the Firm’s change management methodology, processes, tools, and templates.
• Research emerging change management practices and recommend enhancements to Firm practices.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Training development

Project collaboration

Data analytics

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci/CCMP)

PMI/Agile/Lean/Six Sigma related certs

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Sidley Austin LLP in Illinois is seeking a Change Management Senior Analyst to support the adoption of strategic initiatives, business process improvements, and technology transformations across the Firm. You will work with leaders to develop and implement readiness, engagement, training, and adoption activities that minimize disruption and drive sustainable outcomes.

The role requires 5+ years in organizational change management, strong communication skills, and proficiency with Word, Excel,