Senior Change Lead - REMOTE

Company: Professional Employment Group
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Professional Employment Group is working with a Fortune 500 company in the St. Louis, Missouri area. We are seeking a Sr. Change Lead to join their team on a 18-month contract, paying up to $62.50/hour. This position is fully remote and has typical Monday-Friday office hours. PEG offers medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Delivering human-centered complete wealth management, we must attract and retain financial advisors (FAs) in a highly competitive talent marketplace. Within our industry, a growing number of FAs are being drawn to the independent model for many reasons, one of which is to benefit from its greater tax efficiency. Our model is unique and unlike any other in the industry. Firm-wide impact and alignment required with several firm strategic initiatives in flight. Technical and complex subject matter to assess, plan, and deliver. Scope is top producing US Financial Advisors. Senior change lead will be responsible to the Joint Venture Service Partner (JVSP) Project Leader, and will partner with the Communications, Education and Service Leads.JVSP is priority - but will also work with Branch P&L Redesign Project Leader. The two efforts are closely aligned.Will also work closely and align with Client Team Evolution and Design (CTED) Change and Communications Leads.The project is sponsored out of Finance and has significant Branch Development exposure, impact, and engagement.
What You Will be Doing: Senior Change Leads are responsible for the design and execution of change management for large, complex, and cross-functional efforts that constitute one or many programs and/or projects. --- Lead the strategy and execution of change management on transformational programs that support the firm's core strategies and deliver tangible and sustainable results. --- Estimate resources needed for program change efforts and partner with program leader and HR to secure and onboard appropriate resources --- Partner with the program leader to document the program objectives, benefits, structure, and governance that will support holistic monitoring, controlling, and reporting program status and progress towards outcomes. --- Identify measures of successful adoption, utilization, proficiency, and change risk mitigation in consultation with sponsor, business leader(s), program leader and firm change team. --- Lead multiple project change leaders and resources from enabling functions that support the program change management effort. Provide change management guidance, coaching, and mentoring to integration groups and senior leaders to achieve program objectives for adoption, utilization, and proficiency, and change risk mitigation. --- Lead the application of the firm's change management process and tools throughout the program lifecycle, --- Partner with the firm change team and firm change network to identify and assess risks, issues, and opportunities with impacts for stakeholders related to other change underway. --- Create the program's change strategy and integrated change plans to address collective impacts, ensure stakeholder input and involvement throughout the program lifecycle, and reflect prioritized firm change themes, messaging, and integrated plans. --- Holistically manage program change management critical path, dependencies, major milestones, and risks and issues with appropriate escalation. --- Drive and recommend improvements in Change Management and industry "best in class" practices within the firm. --- Effectively execute stakeholder management and communication throughout the life of a program. --- Synthesize and provide reporting on program change impacts and measures of success
Who You Are:

• A bachelor's degree is preferred or equivalent experience ; MBA or graduate degree preferred.
• 8 years of change management or related experience on complex projects is required.
• Experience creating, monitoring, and interpreting stakeholder change readiness and adoption metrics through the entire development lifecycle preferred.
• Prosci Certification is required; CCMP and advanced Prosci certifications preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
  **All Candidates need to answer these two writing prompts in a 5 to 7 sentence paragraph. Please have these 2 writing Prompts at the top of the resume.**
• Site an example of how you were able to grasp technical and complex subject matter that spanned a firm the size of Edward Jones?
• How would your communication to our branch teams differ from a communication to our Home Office and why?
  
  PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROUP:Professional Employment Group, (PEG) is a certified woman-owned full-service staffing agency headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. For decades, PEG has been a leader in the fields of technology, engineering, office administrative, manufacturing and distribution recruiting, successfully connecting Fortune 500 businesses to superior, advanced talent.Professional Employment Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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