Serve as the single point of accountability for all project management activities
Apply and implement metric-focused delivery model for workstream and contract performance reporting
Collaborate with leadership to assemble and assimilate a new delivery team and ensure operational and cultural integration
Rapidly evaluate OCM needs to set vision and strategy and formulate actionable plans
Create environmental infrastructure (SOPs, tools, team dynamics, collaboration requirements) that evolves with discovery
Ensure alignment with client’s implementation schedule and provide oversight for OCM workstreams
Submit status reports summarizing completed efforts, deliverables, and anticipated work
Develop OCM strategy and provide leadership and oversight to ensure strategically-aligned execution
Develop and execute comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan including internal and external stakeholders
Coalesce and synchronize stakeholder management with modernization activities and inter-dependent technical workstreams
Define overarching change management strategy and align team to an adopter-oriented, data-driven OCM approach
Oversee definition and tracking of KPIs to measure program success
Lead pressure-testing of strategy, pivoting direction for improved effectiveness and accelerated adoption
Provide and implement a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) tool to manage change ensuring compliance with government data protection standards
Collaborate with multiple departments to update content on client’s internal digital platforms
Guide workstream to establish agile processes for tailoring and application maintenance
Prioritize and sequence activities in alignment with OCM needs and remove roadblocks for implementation team
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree with 12 years in leading large-scale, complex transformational or modernization initiatives
Diverse organizational change and stakeholder management experience
Excellent leadership and team/people management skills, ability to motivate and inspire others
Demonstrated success supporting enterprise modernizations, collaborating with technical and specialized experts
Experience working directly with C-suite executives on strategy
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Familiarity with complex technical implementations and ability to lead through ambiguity and challenging situations
Microsoft Office Suite expertise (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
U.S. Citizen
Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or equivalent certifications; Change Management certifications (e.g., Prosci Change Management Certification); extensive knowledge of project management software and tools; Previous Federal Consulting Experience