Assistant Manager & Manager Project and Organizational Change Manager

Job Location :: Any where in India

Project Management responsibilities

• Work closely with leaders across different geographies in designing, leading and implementing internal business programs of varying size and complexity
• Perform rapid assessment of landscape for clients and provide insights to accelerate action towards refining their current state
• Drive decision making and be the trusted advisor to the stakeholders
• Bring diverse and thought-provoking perspective to transformations, including market trends, new and innovative ideas from your experience and points of view
• Explore and co-create solutions that address the needs of clients
• Drive and build upon a culture of continuous improvement by developing innovative ideas
• Develop detailed project plans, anticipate risks and plan mitigations ahead of time
• Effectively collaborate with multiple and diverse set of stakeholders in a global environment
• Deploy your core skills (particularly Project Management) to lead the initiative with governance and control, track progress, report on SLAs and KPIs regularly to create client confidence

Change Management responsibilities

• Devise effective change management plans post identifying stakeholder challenges and understanding expectations
• Conduct Change Impact Analysis and Change Readiness Assessment, evaluate results and give recommendations that are actionable on immediate and long-term basis
• Develop and rollout communication and training plans to actively engage the business
• Explore and co-create solutions to maximize employee adoption and minimize resistance
• Track adoption and set up governance/ review mechanisms to ensure effective change roll out

Skills and attributes for success

• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills, including business narratives and storytelling
• Application of project management methodologies - project initiation, current state analysis, future state design, process design, implementation and project transition/close
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong facilitation skills with senior stakeholders to drive decisions and consensus
• Understanding of functional processes such as IT, HR, Finance and their transformations
• Strong MS Office skills particularly, to develop engaging presentations
• Significant experience in leading transformations and strategic initiatives, and leveraging consulting skills, project and change management as key enablers
• Ability to work and team across cultures and organizational ranks
• Good analytical, judgment, tact and decision-making ability along with critical thinking skills
• Ability to take up travel and conduct multi time zone meetings outside of local business hours, when needed

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 10+ Years of relevant consulting experience with at least 6+ years of project management and change management
• Experience of managing workstreams / project initiatives in large scale, complex transformations
• Proven ability to guide, lead and coach client leadership / project teams across the lifecycle of complex programs and strategic initiatives
• Experience of managing senior stakeholder relationships at CxO, Partner, Functional Head levels
• Awareness and experience of leveraging technology as enablers

Good to have

• Experience working in the Big 4 professional services firms and other global management consultancies is highly desirable
• MBA or equivalent advanced education is preferable
• Certification in Project Management (PRINCE II, PMP), Agile methodology, Change Management, Design Thinking, Facilitation will be an advantage