Slalom Flex (Project Based) Change Manager

Hybrid Opportunity : Must be local to Portland, OR

Overview : At Slalom, our change approach is human-centered. We get to the heart of people’s needs and engage those impacted in experiences that drive adoption and outcomes.

We are seeking a change management practitioner to join our team to lead change initiatives for large-scale, cross-functional transformations for our clients.

What You’ll Do :

• Understand client’s business and design effective change strategy and plan in support of business outcomes.
• Assess and understand impacted stakeholders, creating personas and detailed change impact assessments to shape stakeholder journeys and change interventions.
• Create change management strategies to support implementations for different types of projects, including technology implementations, business process improvement and culture change initiatives.
• Deploy change management strategy including but not limited to written communications, stakeholder engagement, leadership alignment, training, and the management of change champion networks.
• Measure and monitor organizational readiness and change adoption and present findings and recommendations to continually improve.
• Develop client change management capabilities. For example, develop leaders and managers by providing clear guidance, expectations and talking points to equip them to communicate with stakeholders about change.
• Work in multiple disciplines across industries, building client knowledge and credibility quickly (projects vary in length, lasting anywhere from a few weeks to several months or a year).

What You’ll Bring :

• Experience operating at both the strategic and tactical level from aligning leaders around a change strategy to managing all aspects of change implementation, adoption, and measurement.
• Ability to identify potential people-related risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop specific plans to mitigate or address concerns.
• Ability to develop actionable and targeted change management deliverables including change management plans, stakeholder impact assessments, personas, journey maps, communications plans, training plans, and adoption plans.
• Outstanding communication skills with stakeholders of all levels.
• Ability to facilitate training for both functional and leading / teaming curriculums.
• Ability to think critically, problem solve, and make recommendations.

Nice to Have :

• Working knowledge of change management approaches and methodologies, such as Slalom Change Agility, Prosci ADKAR, ADDIE Learning Model, and Kotter’s Change Model
• Experience in adjacent capabilities, such as, business strategy, talent strategy, process optimization, operating model, agile, or program / project management.

About Us

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. Over 40 markets around the world, Slalom's teams have the flexibility to move fast and do what's right.

They are backed by regional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world's top technology providers.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 14,000 employees. Slalom has been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For five years running and is regularly recognized by employees as a best place to work.

Learn more at slalom.com.

At Slalom, our vision is to create a thriving, inclusive, and diverse global team where people love their work, love working together, and are learning and growing every day.

I&DE is not just something we do, but rather who we are as a company. Our overall I&DE strategy is embedded in our greater People Strategy to ensure continuity and presence across all our markets and teams.

We lead with inclusion and believe that all our employees should feel understood, included, connected and safe. We’re committed to a diverse workforce at all levels, and we view diversity broadly (gender, race / ethnicity, disability, background, geography, thinking, working styles, etc.

Equity is our responsibility and our North Star.

Learn more about our commitments to ID&E as well as our Corporate Social Responsibility commitments at Slalom.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short / long-term disability.

We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the pay range is $65 / hour to $75 / hour.

Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors.

The pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities.

Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.