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Program & Change Lead
Company | a.k.a. Brands |
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Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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Salary | $123500 – $134700 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years in change management, change leadership, or organizational transformation roles within complex enterprise environments
- Proven success in leading change initiatives tied to large-scale technology or process transformation programs
- Strong leadership and facilitation skills across cross-functional teams, vendors, and senior leadership
- Deep experience with both traditional waterfall and agile/hybrid delivery methodologies
- Strong commercial and vendor management experience, including contract negotiations and milestone tracking
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to executive-level stakeholders
- Experience in the retail, ecommerce, or supply chain sectors highly desirable
- Demonstrated expertise in change management and stakeholder engagement across multi-location environments
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and execution of change impact assessments, business readiness plans, and stakeholder engagement strategies across all departments in our US region
- Facilitate the adoption of new processes, systems, and operating models by working closely with business stakeholders, business analysts, and engineering leads
- Work closely with our program manager, senior business analysts & engineering leads to own change impact assessments & business readiness planning across departments & geographies
- Define and manage structured approaches to change using frameworks such as Lean Change, ADKAR, or Agile Change Delivery
- Develop and oversee stakeholder communications, training needs analysis, and the delivery of enablement materials such as quick reference guides and walkthroughs
- Drive readiness for go-live, including user onboarding, dress rehearsals, and hypercare planning to ensure a smooth transition into business-as-usual operations
- Assist business analysis with discovery workshops with various stakeholders to understand business goals, pain points, and desired future states within the context of a specific workstream
- Help document current and future state processes, including cross-functional process mapping, capability models, and impact assessments
- Elicit and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements that are clear, testable, and actionable
- Collaborate with architects and delivery leads to shape solution design and roadmap decisions
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification in Change Management (e.g., Prosci, APMG, Lean Change) strongly preferred
- Certification in PRINCE2, PMP, PROSCI, or Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira & Confluence
- Familiarity with TOGAF, or enterprise architecture concepts is a plus