Senior Change Management Strategist

Argano; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Argano's Business Consulting practice seeks a Senior OCM Consultant to own the change management workstream on complex client engagements. You will lead strategies, plans, and interventions to drive adoption, coaching executives, and coordinating stakeholder engagement across ERP and operating model transformations.

You will also design communications and training frameworks, contribute to methodologies, and mentor junior practitioners. Travel up to 50% is expected depending on engagement phase.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on organizational change management on enterprise-scale transformation programs.
• End-to-end OCM delivery experience from strategy through stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and sustainment.
• Proven experience coaching senior executives as change sponsors, not just a trainer or communicator.
• Strong understanding of psychology, resistance patterns, adoption curves, and what moves people to commit.
• Ability to influence without formal authority, navigate ambiguity, and align diverse stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engagement Planning & Delivery by translating plans into detailed OCM workplans and deliverables.
• Apply Argano's LIFT methodology to tailor change strategies for each client.
• Build trusted relationships with client leaders and sponsors and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Design and execute change strategies to maximize adoption and minimize resistance.
• Develop stakeholder analyses and engagement plans across groups and levels.
• Coordinate Executive Coaching & Sponsorship to prepare leaders as active sponsors and model desired behaviors.
• Create and implement Communications strategies and plans across channels, ensuring timely messaging.
• Support Training & Enablement design, defining role-based training and delivery with instructional colleagues.
• Contribute to Practice Development by refining OCM methodologies and mentoring junior staff.
• Collaborate on Business Development by identifying expansion opportunities and contributing to proposals.
• Travel up to 50% to client sites as required.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive coaching

Communication

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

MBA or related advanced degree (advantage)

Prosci ADKAR certification (preferred)

CCMP/Kotter/LaMarsh credentials valued

Job description

Argano's Business Consulting practice seeks a Senior OCM Consultant to own the change management workstream on complex client engagements. You will lead strategies, plans, and interventions to drive adoption, coaching executives, and coordinating stakeholder engagement across ERP and operating model transformations.

You will also design communications and training frameworks, contribute to methodologies, and mentor junior practitioners. Travel up to 50% is expected depending on engagement phase.