Change Management Consultant Senior Advisor

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer's and partner's needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward‑thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Change Management Leader (12+ years experience) to serve as a company‑wide expert, coaching executive leadership and driving strategic, global change initiatives across Zebra. In this dynamic role, you will design and deliver end‑to‑end change strategies, tailored communication plans, and engaging internal/external activities for complex, large‑scale projects. If you have a strong bias for action, and a passion for leading peer change managers, come join us in shaping our organizational future!

This role requires a minimum of 3‑days per week in either our Holtsville, NY (preferred location) or Lincolnshire, IL office, 2 days remote (US).

• Understand the impact of changes on different stakeholder groups across multiple business units, and in some cases across all of Zebra, to develop appropriate communications plans, deliver effective and efficient communications, and create engagement activities internally and externally.
• Exercise judgment and experience to tailor the change management approach to meet the needs of a variety of project types, and apply context‑specific methods, tools, and tactics.
• Coach functional business leaders, business unit leaders, and executive leadership team members on change leadership.
• Lead peer change managers across Zebra to drive continuous improvement in change management.
• Manage a dynamically changing portfolio of change management projects.
• Provide direction and lead other Zebra team members as they work on change management tasks.
• Provide direction and lead contractors when they are utilized for change management supplemental tasks.
• Serve as a Zebra change management expert in cross‑business unit and company‑wide strategic change initiatives.
• Develop and deliver project and initiative‑related communications and stakeholder engagement activities, potentially including email communications, awareness sessions, events, newsletters, videos, site banners, and posters, as well as content on intranet sites, extranet sites, and internet sites.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to coordinate content, reviews, timing, and delivery of internal and external communications.

• BA/BS from an accredited college or university. Commensurate experience accepted.
• Minimum of 12+ years’ work experience.
• Experience creating and implementing change management and/or organizational design strategies and plans for large‑scale cross‑business‑unit global projects.
• Demonstrated ability to interface at varying levels of the organization, including senior leaders and individual contributors.

• Experience with R&D/New product development.
• Experience working for a hardware and software manufacturing company.
• Proven ability to develop change strategies, stakeholder plans, communications, and training materials end to end.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft executive‑level content.
• Bias for Action:
  Moves work forward with limited supervision in ambiguous conditions.
• Strong relationship‑building and facilitation skills.
• Comfortable working with business teams, project managers, and leadership.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,…