Participate directly in client engagements, providing expert insights and ensuring projects run seamlessly from start to finish.
Engagements include developing change management approaches and strategies; designing and implementing organizational changes to roles, responsibilities, or reporting relationships; leadership development; and HR Excellence initiatives.
Lead, facilitate, and participate in client project meetings while providing a unique point of view from the OE perspective.
Participate in proposal development and delivery to client organizations.
Apply expertise by monitoring and identifying project issues, mitigating risk, and ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of work.
Confidently manage project teams, deliver structure where there is ambiguity, resolve stakeholder resistance and risks, and implement the desired outcomes.
Work closely with diverse teams to deliver results and foster an environment to recognize and reward individual and team achievements.
Present findings both internally at Wavestone and externally to clients, including data acquisition and insights.
Collaborate with an internal network of skilled consultants to solve client problems and deliver high impact projects.
Continually evolve and build a knowledge base (emergent trends, technologies, and approaches) within the area of Organizational Effectiveness/Change management.
Cultivate and maintain long term relationships with clients to identify collaborative efforts and develop new business engagement opportunities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a variety of disciplines to include Business, Marketing, Technology, Engineering, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, or related fields
Master’s degree preferred.
3 or more years’ change management consulting experience required.
Experience in a variety of business projects such as business integration, organizational change, brand/digital marketing, new product launches, mergers & acquisitions, or system integrations.
Project management experience leading projects and managing project teams.
Solid understanding of organizational effectiveness principles to manage projects and implement changes on commercial engagements, but also possess the breadth, desire, and ability to work on non-OE projects as well.
Well-developed financial and business acumen from working in a variety of business functions including supply chain, finance, operations, HR, marketing, and sales.
Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
Expertise in multiple project management tools.
Passion for identifying problems and the desire to collaborate with clients in designing and implementing simple solutions in complex and unclear situations.
Leadership skills and the ability to manage cross-functional project teams.
Demonstrated strategic big picture thinking paired with the ability to pivot and deep dive into the details as required.
Expertise in Microsoft Office products including the ability to develop compelling communication of complex concepts using PowerPoint.
Confidence and presence to engage directly with clients at the senior leadership level.
Strong written and oral communications skills including the ability to communicate concisely and clearly with both line and senior management level clients.
Ability to travel based on client requirements.
Benefits
Medical / Dental / Vision coverage
Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA
Employer Paid disability and life insurance
Short-term & Long-term Disability
Term life and AD&D
Voluntary life insurances
Critical Illness and Accident insurances
401(k) retirement plan - Traditional 401(k) & Roth 401(k)
30 Days of flexible paid time off (accrued monthly)
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
Ability to participate in the company ESOP plan
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