Change Management Specialist

Panasonic • Newark, NJ

3d • $75,000 - $80,000

About The Position

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey!

Change Management is about the concepts, technologies, or models that organizations use to manage and reduce disruption when changes impact processes and people. It aims to gain buy-in, increase employee engagement, and re-imagine processes that ensure operations continue to run smoothly and effectively. This position requires close working relationships with key program team members in the plan and implementation of key change management tactics designed to contribute to program success.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience
• Minimum Bachelors degree in related field; Masters degree preferred
• Relevant and successful project management, change management, and/or consulting experience of highly complex, cross functional projects involving change management within a fast-paced, global, and dynamic organization
• Experience with human centered design
• Experience with online collaboration and facilitation tools
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively written and verbally with both technical and non-technical parties
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Highly organized, exceptional time management and task prioritization abilities
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere
• Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks on tight timelines
• This position will require travel up to 25 percent

Nice To Haves

• Certifications in change management, organizational development or related field nice to have
• Experience with basic project management

Responsibilities

• Apply a structured methodology, plan and execute change management activities
• Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and support mitigation efforts and address the concerns
• Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans – including communication plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan and resistance management plan for various major HR initiatives
• Support change impact assessment activities
• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy to understand manner
• Execute and coordinate change activities
• Facilitate conversations to engage project sponsors and people managers
• Be an active and visible coach to enable people managers
• Coordinate training activities as needed to support the initiative
• Support the monitoring of change progress
• Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilization and proficiency of individual changes

Benefits

• Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Health Management and Wellbeing Programs –Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
• Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
• Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level