Strategic Change & Communications Lead

Memorial Health; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Health in Springfield, IL is seeking an experienced Change Management professional to develop and coordinate plans for strategic initiatives. You will assess stakeholder impacts, readiness, and adoption while partnering with sponsors, leaders, and project teams to ensure changes are understood and sustained.

The role focuses on people-side change, supports standard methodologies, and helps deploy tools, templates, and reporting practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Change management certification required or equivalent.
• 3+ years in change management, communications, or related work.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes change management and communications plans.
• Performs stakeholder analyses, readiness assessments, and adoption risk assessments.
• Collaborates with sponsors, leaders, and project teams to integrate change activities.
• Creates deliverables such as engagement plans, leader talking points, and training support materials.
• Monitors readiness, engagement, adoption, and sustainment indicators.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder analysis

Communication planning

Adoption & sustainment

Leadership collaboration

MS Office

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Memorial Health in Springfield, IL is seeking an experienced Change Management professional to develop and coordinate plans for strategic initiatives. You will assess stakeholder impacts, readiness, and adoption while partnering with sponsors, leaders, and project teams to ensure changes are understood and sustained.

The role focuses on people-side change, supports standard methodologies, and helps deploy tools, templates, and reporting practices across the organization.