Job Description
Job Title: Change and Organization Development Strategist
Location: New York City NY Monday and Friday work at home, Tuesdays through Thursday in office (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 months duration with potential to extend.
Shift: Candidates should be flexible to work a 7.5-hour shift between 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, or 8:00 am. To 4:00 p.m. with a half hour lunch.
Overview:
This is an exciting opportunity to support Client's Enterprise Change and OD Center of Excellence. This team plays a pivotal role in the company's evolution by supporting leaders, managers, and employees through change- preparing for new skills and behaviors and reinforcing adoption.
This role requires a consultative approach and an execution-focused mindset as it partners with the business to provide best practice change management and organization development tools and strategies to help drive large scale and complex transformations while retaining a strong focus on our customer and employee first culture. The work includes, but is not limited to, assessing leadership alignment, stakeholder assessment, learning needs, communication strategies and end-to-end organizational development efforts.
The individual must be able to advise and influence leadership on appropriate tactics and initiatives regarding change and surface related risks to aid decision-making and continued action/progress.
The ideal candidate will have experience supporting change and transformation efforts within the financial services industry and/or large, complex corporate environments. S/he is a team player with a positive growth mindset who is adept at learning the business, creating internal partnerships, demonstrating empathy, fostering collaboration, and implementing solutions that reinforce organizational culture and inspire employee engagement.
- MUST HAVE Qualifications
- Apply a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
- Develop and implement change management plans aligned with organizational objectives.
- Conduct stakeholder analysis and change impact assessments
- Identify and manage anticipated and persistent resistance
- Consult and coach project teams in leading/driving change efforts
- Design and deliver targeted talent and organization development programs to clients as needed, e.g., leader assimilation, development planning, coaching What You'll Do:Change Management Strategy Planning
- Apply a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
- Develop and implement change management plans aligned with organizational objectives.
- Conduct stakeholder analysis and change impact assessments
- Identify and manage anticipated and persistent resistance
- Consult and coach project teams in leading/driving change efforts
- Organization Development
- Diagnose needs and apply Organization Development techniques to help drive organizational, team, and employee effectiveness
- Design and deliver targeted talent and organization development programs to clients as needed, e.g., leader assimilation, development planning, coaching
- Measurement and Evaluation
- Establish means to measure the success of change initiatives.
- Conduct regular evaluations to assess the impact of change initiatives in support of business objectives
- What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree preferred with specialized coursework in HR, I/O Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, or related disciplines.
- 3-5 years of Change Management and/or Organization Development experience; PROSCI Change Management Certification preferred
- Experience supporting complex change initiatives- e.g., designing tools, assessing organizational impacts, implementing targeted strategies, and measuring outcomes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence at all levels, including facilitating inclusive meetings of all sizes
- Collaborative relationship builder and team player
- Strong project management skills including fluency with MS Office and Teams and a willingness to embrace new technologies. Interview Process:
- 1st round interview with hiring manager, 2nd round with separate managers.
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