Lead Change Management Consultant

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Number of openings: One (1)

Mobility: Hybrid

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 must live within a reasonable commute to their designated Duke Energy facility, not greater than 50 miles one way. Employees are expected to report to their assigned Duke Energy facility as required and directed by their manager, on average 3 full workdays per regular workweek.
• 3 days in office; flexible

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Travel Requirements

5-15%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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