Senior Manager, Project and Change Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Oversee the planning, execution, and ongoing management of intricate organizational change initiatives.

• Predict obstacles, tackle resistance, and integrate changes into everyday operations.

• Develop, manage, and implement comprehensive project plans that align with objectives, milestones, dependencies, resources, governance, budgets, and success metrics.

• Promote accountability, decision-making, obstacle removal, and the attainment of desired outcomes.

• Collaborate with leaders at all levels to foster commitment, navigate competing priorities, and ensure strategic alignment.

• Serve as a trusted advisor, challenge existing assumptions, and promote innovative solutions.

• Mobilize cross-functional teams and coordinate stakeholders and interdependencies effectively.

• Mentor leaders, cultivate talent, and enhance project and change management capabilities.

• Create and refine standards, tools, frameworks, and best practices.

• Set success metrics, assess adoption and business performance, and drive ongoing improvement.

• Work in conjunction with Transformation Office leaders, Operations & Commercial Excellence teams, functional leads, Support Office Leads, field personnel, and vendors.

• Execute responsibilities remotely from a home office with occasional travel to the Rosemont Office.

• No direct supervisory responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 7 years of proven success in leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives and driving organizational change that yields measurable business results.

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and influencing abilities.

• Strong grasp of business strategy, operating models, organizational design, and the elements influencing organizational performance.

• Familiarity with modern organizational change methodologies and engagement strategies.

• Capability to navigate complex and varied situations and manage ambiguity.

• Innovative problem-solving skills to address organizational resistance to change.

• Strong coordination and planning abilities for managing scheduling, resources, project scope, budget, risks/issues, and communication.

• Experience in building and maintaining cross-functional relationships.

• Strategic thinking skills with an ability to foresee risks.

• Ability to translate strategy into actionable execution, fostering adoption, organizational performance, and measurable business outcomes.

• Proficiency in project management tools, including MS-Project and/or other project management software, as well as Microsoft Office applications.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive plan bonus.

• Long-term incentive program.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Pre-tax spending accounts.

• Retirement benefits.

• Paid time off.

• Short-term disability coverage.

• Long-term disability coverage.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Life insurance.

• Fully remote work from a home-based environment.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%.