Senior Organizational Change Manager (Hybrid)

CliftonLarsonAllen; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness at CLA

Job summary

CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) is seeking a Senior Organizational Change Manager to partner with clients and CLA teams on large-scale data, technology, process, and digital transformation initiatives. You will drive employee-focused change strategies, readiness activities, communications, training, and sponsorship to enable adoption and value realization.

The role emphasizes collaboration across client leadership and CLA project teams, monitoring adoption and risk, and adjusting approaches for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, change management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Four years of experience in organizational change management, project management, transformation consulting, or 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 strategic objectives, stakeholders, risks, and change management needs for large-scale transformations.
• Assess change scope, organizational readiness, and employee impacts to tailor change approaches.
• Develop and implement employee-focused change strategies to increase adoption and proficiency with new processes and tech.
• Create integrated change management plans covering engagement, communications, training, sponsorship, coaching, resistance management, and reinforcement.
• Facilitate readiness, planning, stakeholder alignment, and team effectiveness workshops.
• Develop and manage change roadmaps, timelines, impact assessments, readiness assessments, and adoption measures.
• Collaborate with client leaders and CLA project teams to integrate change activities into broader implementations.
• Monitor progress, adoption, resistance, and risks, adjusting strategies to achieve sustainable outcomes.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Training

Organizational readiness

Adoption

Resistance management

Project lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree (business/organizational development/HR)

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.