Strategic Change & Governance Lead

Guidehouse; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobility Stipend

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community

Health Insurance

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a seasoned Change Management lead to drive organizational transformation efforts for a major enterprise program in the Arlington area. You will shape stakeholder engagement, communications, and workforce readiness strategies, while establishing governance and reporting with senior leadership.

You will collaborate with business, technology, and data teams to ensure adoption, mitigate risks, and deliver solid adoption metrics through dashboards and executive briefings.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen due to nature of client engagements.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST".
• Seven(7) to Ten(10) years of experience leading organizational change management, transformation, governance, or business modernization initiatives.
• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise programs involving multiple stakeholders and business units.
• Demonstrated ability to develop communications strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and readiness assessments.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Experience managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Must be able to travel to client site when needed.
• Will work from the Guidehouse office in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities

• Lead organizational change management and governance activities supporting a large-scale enterprise transformation program.
• Develop and execute change management strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, communications campaigns, and workforce readiness initiatives.
• Establish governance structures, decision-making processes, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Conduct stakeholder analyses, organizational impact assessments, and readiness evaluations.
• Facilitate executive workshops, governance boards, working groups, and leadership meetings.
• Partner with business, technology, data, and program teams to align transformation activities across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Develop executive briefings, communications materials, engagement plans, and adoption metrics.
• Identify organizational risks and resistance points, and develop mitigation strategies to support successful adoption.
• Monitor program readiness and adoption through reporting, dashboards, surveys, and stakeholder feedback.
• Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership regarding change impacts, risks, and opportunities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Public Administration, or related field

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a seasoned Change Management lead to drive organizational transformation efforts for a major enterprise program in the Arlington area. You will shape stakeholder engagement, communications, and workforce readiness strategies, while establishing governance and reporting with senior leadership.

You will collaborate with business, technology, and data teams to ensure adoption, mitigate risks, and deliver solid adoption metrics through dashboards and executive briefings.