Senior Change Manager — Transformation Lead (Onsite Portland)

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

Job summary

Slalom Flex in Portland, OR is seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager to lead organizational change for complex business and technology transformations. This role partners with client executives and delivery teams to prepare organizations for change, drive stakeholder engagement, and accelerate adoption of new processes and ways of working.

The ideal candidate will translate transformation objectives into practical adoption strategies, serve as a trusted advisor from strategy through

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 engagement

Communication

Leadership

Facilitation

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Slalom Flex in Portland, OR is seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager to lead organizational change for complex business and technology transformations. This role partners with client executives and delivery teams to prepare organizations for change, drive stakeholder engagement, and accelerate adoption of new processes and ways of working.

The ideal candidate will translate transformation objectives into practical adoption strategies, serve as a trusted advisor from strategy through