Consultant, OCM Advisory (Midwest)

Job description

Consultant, Organizational Change Management Advisory (Midwest)

*Must be based in the Midwest region*

Pair your adaptable, collaborative, curious mindset with your tech skills to help client digitally transform their ways of working. Better experience for air travelers? Data to help a non-profit better serve kids with needs? An Advisory role at Avanade offers you a purposeful career. Know your clients' needs inside out, work with them beginning to end, enjoy achievements together - and repeat.

Come join us

Our Organizational Change Management Advisory team sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology and industries and thrives on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organizations around the world. Working with our clients we help them define change strategies to transform their working structures and processes, drive adoption and deliver the expected return on their digital workplace strategy.

As you bring your skills, abilities, ideas and energy to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse, inclusive and collaborative culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor and guide you, but also lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact and live. It's all here, so take a closer look! Together we do what matters.

Skills and experiences

• Change experience around people, process and technology
• Application of business change management theories.
• Have a real passion for technology and how it positively influences development of the workplace and employee roles and experience.
• Plan and drive partner engagement, leadership alignment, impact analysis, learning/training, communications, business readiness, deployment, and adoption measurement.
• Experience leading ground-breaking projects for customers.
• Microsoft technologies, e.g. Office 365, Teams, Dynamics CRM, Skype for Business, SharePoint, Yammer etc.
• Experience working in multi-functional and complex teams.
• Relevant professional consulting or advisory experience.

About you

Characteristics that can spell success for this role

• Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
• Resilient, adaptable, flexible
• Intellectually curious and passionate about tech
• Storyteller and engaging content creator

What you'll do

• Assess the impact of a business change, identifying high impact areas and subsequently building an appropriate change strategies and plans
• Articulate a compelling case for change, and coach Change Sponsors (and our own team) on messaging, influence and behavior modelling for their teams.
• Design and delivery of change initiatives such as training, communication enablement, change network enablement, Org design, operating model alignment, cultural embedding, measurement and continuous improvement
• Demonstrate excellent client management and engagement skills.
• Setting up and developing a Change Network to 'Champion' the change with the client, ensuring adoption remains high in the short and long-term.
• Support the closure of the project and ensure the client is able to transition to business-as-usual.

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Advisory team works on check out these case studies:

Mater Hospital accelerates its digital transformation to keep patients and healthcare workers safe

QBE is transforming its digital customer experience with Avanade and Accenture

Blundstone meets customer demand in an agile way

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Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise . You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

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