Senior Change Management Consultant - Local to Minnesota

Job Title: Change Management with Agile and Product Center of Excellence

Location: Minnesota/ Remote 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead change management efforts supporting our transition from project-based delivery to a Product Agile Operating Model.
• Conduct stakeholder assessments, organizational readiness evaluations, and change impact analyses.
• Develop and execute comprehensive change management, communication, and adoption strategies.
• Partner with executive sponsors to support Product Model Transformation initiatives and Product Center of Excellence development.
• Support the scaling and maturation of Agile product teams and product-based ways of working.
• Develop executive messaging, leader communications, readiness assessments, and sustainment plans.
• Build alignment among business and technology leaders as product ownership and accountability evolve.
• Anticipate organizational challenges and provide recommendations to improve adoption and engagement.

Ideal Background

• Experience leading large-scale enterprise transformations involving operating model change.
• Proven success supporting organizations transitioning from project-centric to product-centric delivery models.
• Experience with Product Operating Models, Product Centers of Excellence, Agile transformations, or Agile-at-Scale environments.
• Strong understanding of product management principles, outcome-based delivery, roadmap planning, and Agile product organizations.
• Experience partnering with executive leaders to drive organizational adoption and behavior change.
• Ability to develop strategy and personally execute change plans, communications, stakeholder engagement, and adoption activities.
• Strong executive presence with experience influencing across business and technology organizations.

Looking for a senior change leader who has helped organizations evolve from project-based delivery to product-based operating models. The ideal consultant can assess where the organization is today, identify what is needed to mature and scale product-focused ways of working, and partner with executive leaders to drive adoption across a multi-year transformation initiative. The focus is on the people, process, and operating model changes required to successfully build and sustain a Product Agile organization.