Lead Change Management Consultant - Grid Planning & Integration

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Job Summary

The Lead Change Management Consultant manages all aspects of change on multiple complex projects, transformational efforts 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

Job Duties and 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.
• Support training, communications, and stakeholder engagement on multiple long-term technology projects and programs
• Create department specific processes for Change Management

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• In addition to required degree, six (6) years related work experience
• In lieu of Bachelor's degree(s) AND 6 year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 10 year(s) related work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Experienced or Certified in Prosci
• Technology project experience
• Utility experience

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 change as business needs change
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with large-scale change initiatives
• Competency in one or more complementary disciplines such as project management, Agile, innovation, design thinking, customer experience, training, communication, digital transformation
• Comfort with complexity, ambiguity and change

Working Conditions

• Hybrid - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to the designated Duke Energy facility.

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