Change Manager (People Systems) - Amsterdam

*Urgent Role Interviewing Now!- 1 Year Contract*

This is a Amsterdam based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global Technology Client that is working on their largest digital and technological transformation program.

A Change Manager is responsible for the planning and execution of tailored change plans to drive successful change adoption for the complex initiatives they manage. Change Managers lead on high scale and impact changes or transformations, and manage increasing complexity, including conflicting priorities, ambiguity, challenging stakeholders, scope changes, difficult and/or slow decision making. The Change Manager enables Department leadership to lead the change.

Requirements of Special Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven track record in change management with a range of different methodologies, techniques, and best practices
• Experience with large-scale organizational transformation & change efforts
• Proven ability to independently lead multiple change initiatives end to end
• Exceptional interpersonal skills focused on collaboration, building relationships within diverse teams, across organization and outside
• Strong leadership skills, ability to influence and partner with leadership and senior management
• Excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional business understanding; independently using data to drive decision-making and lead by example
• Ability to break up highly complex problems into actionable and easy to understand solutions
• Analytical skilled and mastering data handling, able to tell a clear story with data/insights
• Think holistically and be able to articulate long term vision for the craft and for the department strategy
• Effectively communicate to large (upward) audiences, strong influencer in groups
• Able to function well within ambiguity and in a constantly changing environment

Key Responsibilities :

• Fully understands change impacts, for multiple new and complex audience groups, relating to the full spectrum of changes, including culture, behavior & mindsets, process, technology and tooling, data and policy
• Designs and owns highly effective change strategies that drive successful change outcome
• Gains buy in to change plans and strategy from senior leaders
• Acts as a Departmental Change Business Partner to initiative sponsors and owners
• Understands and influences implementation strategy beyond change scope and contributes to end to end execution
• Designs and executes complex change/transformation plans that reach multiple audiences and effectively drive change
• Develops and implements new ideas and improvements for change management practices and activities that are tailored to audience needs and improve change outcomes
• Identifies KPIs and metrics to track the success of change strategy and plan
• Adjusts strategy and plan as a result. Integrates change metrics into Program success criteria/business outcomes where applicable
• Partners with project/program management, where needed, by creating clear roadmaps and alignment between activities

Please send your CV or call Toni to discuss this further.

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