Lead Change Management Consultant

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Position Summary

The Lead Change Management Consultant manages all aspects of change on a single complex project, transformational effort or across multiple initiatives within a program. This position is accountable to business leaders for delivering business outcomes that are dependent on people adopting solutions successfully.

• Defines and delivers robust change management strategies, approaches and plans for multiple engagements that can cross functional boundaries

• Applies Prosci methodology, tools and approaches to internal client team members, providing coaching on usage as needed; uses instruments and tools to describe and plan change impacts on multiple engagements and customizes approach and methodology based on previous change impacts and prior experience

• Determines contributing factors to strong sponsorship, coaches and supports sponsors on expected behaviors and becomes primary contact for sponsors

• Executes and manages change management scope for large scale programs and projects, including sponsorship, coaching, communications, training and resistance management plans

• Articulates, envisions and creates desired patterns in human dynamics (behaviors, mindsets and culture)

• Integrates change management with project management and influences successful mitigation strategies

• Develops organizational best practices

• Integrates success measures, metrics and monitoring across multiple initiatives in a program

Responsibilities

• Develops change management programs to solve complex business group or company issues

• Finds innovative solutions

• Coaches and advises sponsors

• Anticipates internal and/or external business challenges and needs

• Provides advice and technical expertise to other organizations/groups and/or executive management in the area of change management

Required/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree AND six (6) years related work experience

• In lieu of Bachelors degrees AND 6 years related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 10 years related work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Masters degree AND eight (8) years related work experience

• Certified Change Management Professional

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong leadership skills: negotiation, conflict management skills, influencing skills, ability to give and receive positive and constructive feedback

• Demonstrated ability to communicate a vision and obtain buy-in

• Ability to adapt and changes as business needs change

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

• Experience with large-scale change initiatives; experience providing oversight to contingent workers

• Experience working with agile teams, approaches and tools

• Competency in one or more complementary disciplines such as project management, Agile, innovation, design thinking, customer experience, training, communication, digital transformation

• Experience in supplier contract management

• Comfort with complexity, ambiguity and change

• Experience with leadership meeting preparation and support.

• Experience with employee engagement responsibility.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid Mobility Classification - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable daily commute to a Duke Energy facility.
• 3 days in office; flexible

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Travel Requirements

5-15% Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)No Represented/Union PositionNo Visa Sponsored PositionNoPlease note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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