Organizational Change Management Lead (M&A) – Fully Remote

Our direct, F100 client is looking for a remote Organizational Change Management Lead to join their organization on an extendable, 12-month contract position. You will specifically be joining their OCM Center of Excellence, contributing to OCM capabilities dedicated to Mergers, Acquisitions, and Integrations. Qualified candidates will have a strong organizational change management background, as well as experience implementing improvements to change management processes and managing organizational change initiatives for said new processes. This is a remote position but will follow an ET schedule.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

– Own, develop and mature the M&A OCM artifact suite, keeping stakeholder analysis, change strategy, communications strategy and change plans consistent with one another.

– Lead structured persona interviews across FIT stakeholder groups to surface role-specific impacts, communication needs, adoption risks, readiness gaps, process dependencies, decision points and enablement needs.

– Validate artifacts and assumptions directly with stakeholders and sponsors, securing agreement on scope, objectives and timelines for change initiatives.

– Conduct change impact assessments that identify and quantify the effect of proposed changes by role, process, system and channel.

– Connect enterprise M&A OCM strategy to individual MAIT and FIT playbooks, existing internal processes and acquisition readiness plans, validating artifact links and IPOR alignment.

– Develop and deliver clear communications so stakeholders understand what is changing, why, and what is expected of them; coordinate communication campaigns, workshops and engagement sessions.

– Engage senior leaders, managers and employees to build support and commitment, and influence across multiple levels of leadership where there is resistance to large-scale change.

– Lead the OCM strategy when an acquisition occurs, translating the enterprise approach into actionable plans and coordinating contractors assigned to tactical execution.

– Define and maintain the contractor execution model, directing surge resources toward communication drafting, meeting logistics, artifact updates, tracking, status reporting and tactical plan execution while retaining strategy, stakeholder relationships, governance and quality control internally.

– Monitor progress, identify risks and issues, evaluate the effectiveness of change approaches, and recommend improvements; raise awareness when initiatives overlap or belong under a broader change plan.

– Document change activities, progress and outcomes, and present insights, learnings and recommendations to stakeholders and project teams.

– Serve as a subject matter expert on change management practice and contribute to the COE’s capability development.