Senior Change Manager
Boardroom Appointments · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →- An exciting 24-month contract opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Change Manager to lead the structured execution of enterprise-wide and strategic change initiatives across multiple business units.
- The successful candidate will drive successful adoption of organisational change across people, processes and technology, with a strong focus on stakeholder alignment, business readiness, behavioural change and value realisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct Change Impact Assessments CIA and readiness assessments for large-scale and multi-functional initiatives.
- Develop integrated change strategies across people, processes and technology.
- Create stakeholder engagement plans focused on trust building, feedback loops and influence mapping.
- Define and track change adoption KPIs and benefits realisation metrics.
- Identify and mitigate change saturation risks across the portfolio.
- Establish and manage networks of Change Agents or Champions to drive local engagement and feedback.
- Lead change workshops and support the design of training programmes.
- Develop and implement resistance management plans.
- Support cultural alignment by reinforcing behaviours aligned with strategic goals.
- Work across functional boundaries to ensure change initiatives are sustainable and effectively embedded within the organisation.
- Apply structured change management methodologies, organisational diagnostics and proactive risk management to support successful transformation outcomes.
What We Are Looking For The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Organisational Psychology or a related field.
- Minimum 8–10 years' experience in change management.
- At least 5 years' experience leading enterprise-wide or complex transformation initiatives across multiple business units.
- Experience within digital transformation, operating model or mergers and acquisitions programmes would be advantageous.
- Proven experience working in both Agile and Waterfall project environments.
- Hands-on experience with business process re-engineering, role design and readiness frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
- Excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- The ability to manage complex change initiatives across multiple stakeholders and business units.
Preferred Certifications
- Prosci
- ACMP
- Lean Change
- CCMP
Advantageous Certifications
- Agile
- PMP
- Design Thinking
- Tools & Frameworks
Familiarity with
- Prosci ADKAR
- Kotter
- McKinsey 7S
- Bridges Transition
- Enterprise portfolio management systems
- Behavioural analytics tools
- Feedback platforms
- Communication planning tools
Key Competencies
- Change management and organisational transformation
- Change impact and readiness assessment
- Stakeholder engagement and influence
- Business readiness and adoption
- Resistance management
- Benefits realisation
- Business process re-engineering
- Workshop facilitation
- Behavioural change
- Change risk and saturation management
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Strong communication and collaboration
Contract Details
- This is a 24-month contract position within an Information Technology environment, offering an experienced Senior Change Manager the opportunity to lead complex transformation initiatives and drive sustainable organisational change.