Change Management Specialist

Job Requisition ID #

23WD70354

The Change Management Team @ Autodesk

The Finance Change Management Office (CMO) uses a structured approach in partnership with the Finance Project Management Office (PMO) to serve as a strategic enablement function for Autodesk's global Finance organization by driving readiness and adoption strategies and plans for people-related changes.

Position Overview

As the Finance Change Management Specialist, you will support the Change Management Manager to assess, develop, execute, monitor, and measure effectiveness of change management strategies and plans for the Finance organization's two primary strategic initiatives, The Future of Finance and The Apollo Program.  These multi-year, complex sets of initiatives will transform and modernize Finance's processes, capabilities, and technologies to advance Autodesk's global growth strategies.  You will report to the Change Management Manager in the Finance Change Management Office (CMO) and will work closely with other CMO team members, Finance leaders, project managers, and key cross-functional partners to ensure a “One Autodesk” approach to each project. This role will also manage CMO's change management software and tools, help evolve CMO's reporting and analytics, and serve as the primary organizer of change management skills building activities within Finance.

Responsibilities

• Support Change Management Manager to create and execute Change Management strategies and plans for multiple simultaneous projects per CMO project plan; help ensure timely delivery of CMO deliverables

• Partner with CMO team to help execute stakeholder engagement plans cross-functionally

• Identify and maintain CMO's stakeholder architecture to consistently assess change management scope, level of impact, and support needed for each project and impacted team

• Execute change impact collection process for each project (identify changes to processes, technology, and new way of thinking for each stakeholder group) and recommend improvements to the collection framework, tools, and approach

• Support execution of change assessments and the sharing of results (e.g. intake assessments, stakeholder interviews, and readiness assessments)

• Manage, evolve, and further operationalize use of CMO's change management software, supporting tools, processes, and standard operating procedures

• In partnership with CMO's training and communication teams, evolve and operationalize new data driven insights, analytics, and change management reporting.

• Support CMO Sr. Manager and Change Management Manager on new project intake, sizing, contracting, and tracking processes; recommend process and tool improvements over time, and maintain standard operating procedures

• Support and organize change management certification and skill building activities led by the Change Management Manager

• Develop positive and productive relationships with key stakeholders through meetings, Teams/Slack chats, focus groups, etc.

• Develop PowerPoint decks and presentations ensuring alignment and integration with overall program communications strategy and plans

• Support Change Network activities and coordinate monthly meetings

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, human resources, organizational development, organizational psychology, or related field

• Experience and working knowledge of change management methods, processes, and tools

• 7-10 years professional business experience working in a cross-functional capacity, with demonstrated progression of increased responsibility; (examples, but not limited to roles in HR, internal or external consulting, project management, organization development/design, learning and development, talent management, business process design, or corporate communications)

• 3-5 years of experience supporting change management activities including stakeholder management, user readiness, training, and communications for one or more complex, global, transformational technology projects

• Strong writing, speaking and interpersonal skills

• Proven record of complex problem solving and decision making

• Experience developing project plans, project budgets, resource plans, and risk management plans

• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite, including intermediate to advanced Excel, PowerPoint and familiarity with SharePoint

• Excellent organizational skills

• Collaborative team player with results focus

• Flexible approach and ability to quickly pivot as necessary to support urgent program needs

• Experience providing data analytics, analysis, and reporting

• Ability to quickly learn and willingness to use any required technology tools meant to support, streamline and track overall project and program change management effort

• Comfortable with ambiguity, changes in direction and priorities, in a fast-paced environment, large complex system implementation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in change management for a global ERP implementation, preferably SAP or S/4HANA

• Project management experience

• Experience or knowledge of change communication, training, and instructional design concepts

• Knowledgeable of process design methods

• Ability to build business acumen quickly

• General understanding of corporate finance a plus

• Change management certification a plus (Prosci/ADKAR, ACMP)

The Ideal Candidate

• Organized – Works and thinks in a methodical and orderly way

• Results-driven – Acts proactively to achieve results. Focuses on achieving results that promote business success

• Communication – Consistently and effectively communicates to stakeholders to keep the business informed and supportive of the project

• Influence – Engages, communicates, and influences effectively at all levels of the organization and across global teams using data and compelling narratives

•  Handles Ambiguity – Deals confidently with unclear or changing situations

• Judgment – Investigates thoroughly to gather relevant information to make informed decisions

• Flexible – Ability to quickly pivot as necessary to support urgent program needs

• Resourceful – Finds alternative solutions to overcome problems and/or limitations

• Project Management – Ability to plan, time management, problem solving, task management, critical thinking

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