Senior Change Manager

at  Sanofi US

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years’ experience in global business transformation environment, within GBS Shared Services industry and/or BPO Services
• Track record of Change Management methodologies incorporated into strategic projects / transitions
• Strong project management skills, with experience leading change initiatives
• Experience in Change Management methodologies with demonstrated experience in incorporating Change Management practices into transition projects (e.g. Communication plans, assessing impact to users, creating plans to ease implementations, etc.)
• Track record of advising and delivering complex change programmer

SOFT SKILLS

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including with Senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication & inter-personal skills, ability to develop high-quality documents
• Able to work in uncertain, constantly changing environment
• Self-starter, initiative-taker, and ability to work independently under pressure
• Strong collaboration mindset with ability to work with a group of people with different functional expertise
• Multi-tasker, able to establish and keep priorities and timelines to effectively manage workload of self and others
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci) is a plus
• Knowledge/certification of Continuous Improvement (CI) methodologies is a plus

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a business or project management related field

• Develop and implement transition change management methodology, best practices, and standards across the Hubs
• Build the strategy and change management narrative for transition to our Hubs
• Work closely with leadership team and transition team to identify opportunities and initiatives for change and develop and implement strategies to achieve the desired outcomes in our transitions
• Develop and execute change management strategy to maximize adoption and minimize resistance during key strategic transitions
• This includes - Lead Change Management stream and coordinate with the transition team to reach the objectives of the transition
• Perform change impact assessment, identify stakeholders, develop change strategy, and integrate change & communication activities into transition plan in alignment with transition manager and team
• Perform proper tracking of deliverables, adjust Change & Communication plan adequately and report status to transition manager
• Promote Change Management mindset across BO organization by - Training Transition Managers and other audience to methodology and best practices
• Establishing and leading a community of Change Agents
• Provide on an ad-hoc basis Change consultancy and advisory services to Transition Managers and other stakeholders