Strategic Change & AI Adoption Lead

Parexel; Chesapeake (VA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation

Job summary

Parexel is seeking an Associate Director, Strategic Adoption to join our East Coast team in a remote capacity. You will drive organizational readiness and adoption for enterprise transformations, collaborating with senior leaders to enable change across the business.

You will lead change programs, craft communications, develop training, and measure adoption outcomes, supporting AI enablement and CoE initiatives. A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in change management are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in organizational change management, transformation, communications, organizational readiness, employee engagement, learning, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading technology, process, organizational, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting executive stakeholders and senior leadership teams.
• Experience conducting stakeholder analyses, impact assessments, readiness assessments, and adoption planning.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead organizational readiness activities for enterprise transformation programs.
• Develop and execute integrated change enablement plans aligning stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and reinforcement activities.
• Conduct stakeholder assessments, change impact analyses, readiness assessments, and risk evaluations.
• Identify barriers to adoption and implement mitigation strategies.
• Partner with functional leaders to embed changes into business-as-usual operations.
• Establish adoption metrics and feedback mechanisms to drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with AI Enablement and Innovation CoE teams to accelerate AI adoption.
• Create executive presentations, newsletters, leadership communications, and success stories.
• Facilitate ambassador, champion, and stakeholder networks.
• Support Transformation Enablement CoE standards, methodologies, and capability building.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on change readiness, engagement, and adoption best practices.

Skills

Organizational change management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic communications

Collaboration across teams

Attention to detail

Adoption outcomes

Communications platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

Parexel is seeking an Associate Director, Strategic Adoption to join our East Coast team in a remote capacity. You will drive organizational readiness and adoption for enterprise transformations, collaborating with senior leaders to enable change across the business.

You will lead change programs, craft communications, develop training, and measure adoption outcomes, supporting AI enablement and CoE initiatives. A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in change management are required.