Senior Organizational Change Management (OCM) � Higher Education

eStaffLLC • Sacramento, CA

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Organizational Change Management (OCM) Consultant to lead change management activities in large-scale transformation initiatives for a Sacramento, California client in a higher education environment. The consultant will work closely with executive leadership, faculty, staff, and cross-functional teams to establish organizational readiness, build stakeholder alignment, and drive adoption of new processes and ways of working. Experience in higher education and in a community college or community college district is required.

The role develops and executes OCM strategies, roadmaps, and adoption plans; partners with executive leadership to establish transformation objectives and sponsorship; and assesses readiness, stakeholders, impacts, resistance, and adoption barriers. It leads workshops and stakeholder engagement, creates communications and executive presentations, coordinates with project and training teams, and tracks readiness and adoption. The consultant supports transformation across academic and administrative departments, including work involving Finance, Human Resources, Student Services, Information Technology, multiple campuses, and decentralized stakeholder groups.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience leading OCM initiatives for large-scale organizational, operational, technology, or business transformations.
• At least 5 years of experience developing OCM strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, communication strategies, readiness activities, and adoption plans.
• At least 5 years of experience conducting stakeholder analyses, change impact assessments, organizational readiness assessments, and change risk mitigation.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting complex transformation initiatives involving multiple departments, business functions, or decentralized stakeholder groups.
• At least 3 years of experience partnering with executive leadership to establish sponsorship, accountability, and stakeholder ownership.
• Demonstrated OCM experience within higher education institutions.
• Experience in a community college or community college district, particularly supporting institutional transformation or organizational change initiatives.
• Exceptional facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, including the ability to lead executive workshops and influence diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong ability to build consensus, manage resistance, and drive organizational alignment and adoption.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within California higher education or public sector organizations.
• Familiarity with higher education governance, institutional operations, and multi-campus environments.
• Experience integrating OCM with business process reengineering (BPR), training, and implementation readiness.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology modernization or ERP implementations (not required).
• Prosci, CCMP, or comparable change management certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive OCM strategies, roadmaps, and adoption plans for large-scale organizational transformation.
• Partner with executive leadership to establish transformation objectives, sponsorship, stakeholder ownership, and accountability.
• Conduct organizational readiness assessments, stakeholder analyses, and change impact assessments.
• Identify organizational challenges, resistance, and adoption barriers, and develop strategies to address them.
• Integrate OCM activities with project planning, business process improvement, training, and implementation readiness.
• Lead and facilitate executive workshops, stakeholder meetings, discovery sessions, and cross-functional discussions to build consensus and drive decisions.
• Engage institutional leadership, faculty, administrative staff, and technical teams in supporting transformation objectives.
• Establish stakeholder engagement strategies and change champion networks to promote organizational alignment.
• Navigate complex stakeholder relationships, competing priorities, and organizational resistance.
• Develop and execute strategic communication plans explaining transformation goals, impacts, and expectations.
• Create and deliver executive presentations, leadership briefings, stakeholder updates, and organizational communications.
• Translate complex transformation initiatives into clear, actionable messaging for diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with project and training teams to support organizational transition, knowledge transfer, and adoption.
• Establish change readiness and adoption metrics and provide regular progress updates to leadership.
• Support organizational transformation initiatives across academic and administrative departments.
• Collaborate with Finance, Human Resources, Student Services, Information Technology, and other institutional stakeholders.
• Align change management activities with institutional priorities, governance structures, and operational needs.
• Support transformation efforts involving multiple departments, campuses, and decentralized stakeholder groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed