Senior Change Management Consultant

Principal Financial Group • Des Moines, IA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Financial Group is seeking a Senior Change Management Consultant! The Senior Change Management Consultant will provide knowledge and experience related to the skills, structures, tools, and support mechanisms needed to assist in leading change. The change consultant will craft, develop, implement, and evaluate significant change efforts that contribute to the fulfillment of strategic and operational objectives within the organization. Day to day activities will include change management coaching and consultative support within project teams, leading change management design and delivery, learning, communications, change measurement and reporting.
Additional responsibilities include:
Participate in the development and execution of strategies to equip and empower project sponsors, senior leaders, and managers to drive and sustain change and build organizational agility capabilities.
Engage and work through the change process in various steps with key team members to align with upcoming change projects and project support expectations. Advise key partners on the challenges and opportunities arising from disruption among customers and employees.
Lead a portfolio of change management projects, providing coaching and support to project teams and owning change management support for significant projects.
Participate in the design, development, and execution of organizational change strategies in alignment with the change methodology, including impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, change planning, and measurement of change readiness and adoption.
Define and measure success metrics, and supervise change progress and the efficiency of change management plans throughout all project phases, addressing risks and adjusting where vital.
Facilitate knowledge sharing, assemble lessons learned with defining and measuring success metrics, and develop mentorship on standard methodologies.
Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years!

Requirements

• Bachelors degree (Business, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development) or equivalent required.
• 7+ years experience within change management required.
• Understanding of the psychological and behavioral impacts of change processes on people required.
• Ability to establish and maintain credibility at all levels in an organization, which may include executive leadership.
• Knowledge and experience applying change management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Experience supporting large- and small-scale change initiatives.
• Ability to analyze, identify, and understand the significance of changes to provide insights and recommendations regarding encouraged organization impacts.
• Experience producing small to mid-scale communications and communication strategies.
• Assessing learning needs, and crafting and delivering learning content.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide knowledge and experience related to the skills, structures, tools, and support mechanisms needed to assist in leading change.
• Craft, develop, implement, and evaluate significant change efforts that contribute to the fulfillment of strategic and operational objectives within the organization.
• Change management coaching and consultative support within project teams.
• Leading change management design and delivery, learning, communications, change measurement and reporting.
• Participate in the development and execution of strategies to equip and empower project sponsors, senior leaders, and managers to drive and sustain change and build organizational agility capabilities.
• Engage and work through the change process in various steps with key team members to align with upcoming change projects and project support expectations.
• Advise key partners on the challenges and opportunities arising from disruption among customers and employees.
• Lead a portfolio of change management projects, providing coaching and support to project teams and owning change management support for significant projects.
• Participate in the design, development, and execution of organizational change strategies in alignment with the change methodology, including impact assessment, stakeholder engagement, change planning, and measurement of change readiness and adoption.
• Define and measure success metrics, and supervise change progress and the efficiency of change management plans throughout all project phases, addressing risks and adjusting where vital.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, assemble lessons learned with defining and measuring success metrics, and develop mentorship on standard methodologies.

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness.
• Pension Eligible

What This Job Offers

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