Change Management Consultant

Job Title: Change Management Consultant

Job Location: Boston, MA

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $75hr - $80hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor s degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience developing, leading, and executing change management strategies with proven success in driving readiness and adoption.
• Change Management Certification such as Prosci, ACMP, CCMP, or equivalent.
• Proven ability to act as a strategic partner for key stakeholders and business functions.
• Experience designing and implementing communication, engagement, learning, and training programs.
• Strong ability to influence sponsors, stakeholders, and project teams.
• Hands-on experience conducting and interpreting change management assessments such as impact, readiness, and adoption assessments.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Copilot.

• Experience working on medium to large-scale digital, cultural, and process transformation initiatives.
• Experience partnering with global resources and third parties.
• Experience with change management tools and platforms such as ADKAR dashboards, survey tools, and AI tools.
• Experience mentoring and developing other change practitioners.
• 10+ years of change management experience preferred.
• Previous experience in a program management office or transformation office preferred.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies preferred.

• Create and execute change management plans for assigned projects using established methodologies.
• Orchestrate cross-initiative change management strategy and sequence changes effectively.
• Align change outcomes with business KPIs.
• Build and maintain trusted partnerships with project and program leadership.
• Document and obtain approval for the change management scope of work.
• Tailor change management deliverables based on project complexity.
• Create and implement change management deliverables including impact assessments, skill gap analysis, learning needs analysis, readiness assessments, adoption assessments, communications, leadership toolkits, and engagement plans.
• Provide readiness and adoption updates during project meetings and steering committee meetings.
• Monitor readiness and adoption metrics, feedback, and insights to adjust strategies proactively.
• Identify and resolve people-related and adoption risks and issues.
• Create, analyze, and report on change success metrics aligned with project outcomes.
• Identify and empower change advocates within stakeholder communities.
• Influence sponsors, stakeholders, and project teams to achieve successful adoption.
• Coach business stakeholders, people managers, and team members on change management concepts and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and C-suite stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of behavioral science principles in change strategy.
• Demonstrated success building organizational change capability.
• Knowledge of industry best practices and emerging trends in change management.
• Ability to frame recommendations, trade-offs, and strategies in complex organizational environments.

• Change management strategy and execution.
• Readiness and adoption planning.
• Stakeholder engagement and communications.
• Learning and training program development.
• Change impact assessments.
• Skill gap and learning needs analysis.
• Sponsor coaching and leadership enablement.
• KPI and success metric development.
• Risk identification and mitigation.
• ADKAR and related change management tools.
• Survey and analytics tools.
• MS Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Copilot.
• Agile and Waterfall methodology awareness.

• Bachelor s degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Master s degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Change Management Certification (Prosci, ACMP, CCMP, or equivalent) required.