Change Management Lead

Desired qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years relevant experience or a combination of education and experience. Experience in management of projects with extensive size/complexity and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years experience in change management.
• 5+ years experience in consulting, business operations, program management, HR, learning and development, or other relevant fields.
• Proven track record of managing complex, enterprise-wide, and multi-disciplinary change initiatives.
• Fluency in change management principles, methodologies, tools, and best practices with direct experience performing change assessments, developing strategy, and executing change plans.
• Experience building change leadership capability in others and/or developing and scaling change approaches, tools, and templates.
• Experience with learning and development including training design, development, and delivery at scale is a plus.
• Thrive in a culture of ownership, delivery, and innovation.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and bending between the tactical and strategic.
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of key stakeholders and motivate teams.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to organize work and to manage multiple projects.
• Exceptional and effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated success in supporting adoption success efforts for technology implementations including managing training, communications, process improvement, and other change management efforts.
• Demonstrated resilience, diplomacy, influence, relationship building, and problem solving skills in a variety of situations.
• Keen grasp of interpersonal and impact awareness.
• Ability to drive progress and adapt in a rapidly changing environment.

Certifications and Licenses:

• Prosci certified completion of a Change Management Certificate program, or certification in process desired.

Physical Requirements*:

• Frequently sit, perform desk based computer tasks, grasp lightly/fine manipulation and lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally stand/walk, write by hand, twist/bend/stoop/squat and lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 20 pounds.
• Rarely use a telephone, kneel, crawl, climb ladders, reach/work above shoulder, grasp forcefully.

Working Conditions:

• Travel locally and cross-university.

Work Standards:

• When conducting university business, must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving requirements.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.