Change Management lead

Job Description


Change Management Lead - Divestiture & Separation

Local - Chicago based Candidates Only

Lake Shore Associates is looking for an experienced Change Management professional who thrives in complex, high-stakes transformation environments. We are seeking a Change Manager with proven divestiture, separation, and

Transition Services Agreement (TSA) experience to lead the people and organizational side of a business separation.

This lead will develop and execute the change strategy across the TSA, Day 1 readiness, Day 2 transition, and longer-term separation journey, ensuring leaders, employees, and impacted stakeholders understand what is changing, when it is changing, and what is required to successfully transition to the future state.

The Skills You Bring

• Lead the Change Management plan for the divestiture and separation, aligning change activities to the broader transaction, TSA, Day 1, and Day 2 objectives.

• Develop and execute the organizational change roadmap across the separation lifecycle, including TSA transition, Day 1 readiness and, Day 2 stabilization.

• Develop organizational change impact and readiness assessments, stakeholder engagement, executive communications, leadership alignment, employee communications across impacted functions and geographies.

• Establish the organizational readiness activities to ensure impacted business units, functional teams, and employees are prepared for Day 1 and subsequent Day 2 changes.

• Develop the communications strategy and integrated communications plan for the separation, including key messages, timing, audiences, communication channels, leadership talking points, FAQs, and employee-facing materials.

• Build and manage the stakeholder engagement plan, identifying key stakeholders and sponsors and establishing the appropriate engagement cadence throughout the separation.

The Expertise You Have

• At least 8 years of Change Management experience is required.

• Experience leading change for a large-scale corporate divestiture, spin-off, or separation from planning through Day 1 and Day 2.

• Experience with TSA definition, transition, stabilization, and exit activities.

• Experience supporting global or multi-geography transformations.

• Prosci, CCMP, or other recognized Change Management certification.

This role requires a strategic thinker who is highly execution-oriented and can establish the overall change framework, lead cross-functional change activities, and drive the detailed work required to ensure the organization is ready for separation, prepared for Day 1, and positioned for a successful Day 2 transition.

Company Overview

At Lake Shore Associates we have been serving clients for over 20 years, and we have been privileged to partner with outstanding companies that range from mid-size to some of the biggest names in the country. Leading with kindness, vulnerability, and purpose not only delivers bottom line results, but it also enables a sustainable leadership framework that can be replicated time and time again. Our associates are driven, seasoned, collaborative, and nimble. We deliver better value through straight talk and a work ethic that powers our efforts beyond glossy presentations all the way through delivery.

Lake Shore Associates is proud to be a women-owned management consulting firm where we are trusted, build partnerships, and deliver value.

Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

No third-party agencies, staffing firm submissions will be accepted. Direct applicants only.