Vaco is actively seeking a Strategic Change Specialist for a direct-hire opportunity supporting a nationally respected organization in St. Louis.

Position Summary

The Change Management Specialist drives strategic technology and organizational initiatives across the enterprise. This role will bridge strategy, change management, and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment and execution across complex, cross-functional IT initiatives.

As a high-visibility, early-career role, the role will coordinate across leadership, technical teams, cross functional stakeholders to ensure strategic initiatives achieve clarity and execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technical teams to translate strategic initiatives into clear, actionable roadmaps and execution frameworks.
Coordinate stakeholder engagement efforts to ensure alignment across leadership, product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and end-users.
Rapidly assess new and evolving initiatives, structuring ambiguous inputs into defined plans, priorities, and deliverables.
Support and evolve change management practices by developing structured approaches to adoption, communication, and value realization.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure initiatives maintain enterprise alignment and stakeholder visibility.
Develop and refine tools, templates, standards, and models to improve consistency and scalability of delivery across initiatives.
Prepare high-quality, executive-level deliverables including status updates, roadmaps, business cases, value propositions, and performance metrics.
Coordinate across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and ensuring forward momentum.
Engage with shifting priorities and evolving information, maintaining progress while bringing structure and clarity to evolving situations.
Identify gaps in alignment, communication, or execution, and proactively address them before they impact outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

1 - 3 years of post-graduate experience preferably within consulting, strategy, or technology-focused environments.
Demonstrated ability to support or drive initiatives, coordinate across stakeholders, and deliver structured outputs in a professional setting.
Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to break down complex or vague situations into actionable components.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging for both executive and technical audiences.
Proven ability to operate in fast-paced environments with competing priorities and frequent context switching.
High degree of ownership and initiative with a bias toward action and problem-solving before escalation.
Extremely strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and trust across diverse stakeholder groups.

Additional Details

Employment Type: Perm / Direct-Hire
Location: Downtown St. Louis
Cadence: 100% onsite
Target Compensation: $95k - $120k, depending on skills and experiences
Engagement Status: Applicant must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based sponsorship, now or in the future, including: H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa programs.

Interested Candidates are Encouraged to Apply for Immediate Consideration!

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Strategic Change Specialist

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