Senior Organizational Change Manager (Hybrid)

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Health, dental, vision, 401k

Job summary

CLA is seeking a Senior Organizational Change Manager to join our internal team. You will partner with clients and CLA project teams on people-centered aspects of large-scale data, technology, process, and digital transformation initiatives.

You will lead change management planning, stakeholder engagement, training, and adoption measures to ensure sustainable outcomes. A bachelor’s degree and four years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, change management, or a related field.
• Four years of experience in organizational change management, project management, transformation consulting, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, organizational readiness, adoption, or resistance management activities.
• Knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, tools, and project lifecycle approaches.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to understand objectives, needs, stakeholders, and risks of large-scale transformations.
• Assess change scope, readiness, and employee impacts to determine the change approach.
• Develop and implement employee-focused change strategies that drive adoption and proficiency.
• Create integrated change management plans covering engagement, communications, training, sponsorship, coaching, resistance management, and reinforcement.
• Facilitate readiness, planning, alignment, and team effectiveness workshops.
• Develop and manage change roadmaps, timelines, and adoption measures.
• Collaborate with client leaders to integrate change activities into broader plans.
• Monitor progress, adoption, resistance, and risks, adjusting strategies for sustainable outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Project management

Transformation consulting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/OD/HR/change management

Job description

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services.

Even with more than 9,000 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is growing and seeking a Senior Organizational Change Manager to join our internal team. This position offers an opportunity to partner with clients and CLA project teams on the people side of large-scale data, technology, process, and digital transformation initiatives.

How You’ll Create Opportunities in This Senior Organizational Change Management Consultant Role

• Partner with clients to understand strategic objectives, business needs, stakeholders, and risks associated with large-scale process, data, and technology transformations.
• Assess change scope, complexity, organizational readiness, and employee impacts to determine the appropriate change management approach.
• Develop and implement employee-focused change strategies that increase adoption, utilization, and proficiency with new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Create integrated change management plans covering stakeholder engagement, communications, training, sponsorship, coaching, resistance management, and reinforcement.
• Facilitate change readiness, strategic planning, stakeholder alignment, and team effectiveness workshops.
• Develop and manage change roadmaps, timelines, project plans, impact assessments, readiness assessments, and adoption measures.
• Collaborate with client leaders and CLA project teams to integrate change management activities into broader project and implementation plans.
• Monitor change progress, adoption, resistance, and organizational risks, adjusting strategies to help clients achieve sustainable business outcomes.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, change management, or a related field. A combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in place of a degree.
• Four years of experience in organizational change management, project management, transformation consulting, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, communications, training, organizational readiness, adoption, or resistance management activities.
• Knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, tools, and project lifecycle approaches.

What Would Be Nice to Have

• Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional, or another recognized change management certification.
• Experience supporting technology, data, digital, process, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in a professional services, consulting, or client-facing environment.
• Experience facilitating workshops and presenting recommendations to client leaders and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, readiness assessments, communication plans, training strategies, and adoption measurement.

Travel Requirements

This position requires less than 10% travel.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.