Slalom Flex (Project Based) – Senior Change Manager

Role:
Slalom Flex (Project Based) – Senior Change Manager

Location:

Portland, OR

* Please note:

This role is not eligible for remote work. Employees must live within a commutable distance of the Portland area and have the ability to be onsite 2 days per week*

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Change Manager to lead organizational change efforts for complex business and technology transformations. This consultant will partner closely with client executives, business leaders, employees, and delivery teams to prepare organizations for change, drive stakeholder engagement, and accelerate adoption of new processes, technologies, and ways of working.

The ideal candidate brings a strong consulting background, deep expertise in organizational change management, and the ability to translate transformation objectives into practical adoption strategies. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership while leading change activities from strategy through implementation and sustainment.

• Lead the change management workstream for large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Develop and manage comprehensive change management plans, deliverables, timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Define change strategies that align with business objectives and support successful implementation outcomes.
• Identify organizational impacts and develop approaches that prepare stakeholders for change.

• Conduct stakeholder assessments to identify influence, engagement needs, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform organizational change impact analyses across people, processes, roles, and technology.
• Assess organizational readiness and develop action plans to address adoption barriers.
• Facilitate executive interviews, leadership discussions, readiness reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
• Build trusted relationships with sponsors, leaders, and key stakeholders throughout the engagement.

• Develop and execute strategic communications plans that build awareness, understanding, and commitment.
• Create targeted messaging for executive, leadership, manager, and employee audiences.
• Design engagement activities that encourage participation and foster support for change initiatives.
• Monitor stakeholder sentiment and identify opportunities to improve communication effectiveness.

• Partner with learning and development teams to assess training needs and support training strategies.
• Develop adoption and reinforcement plans that drive sustained behavior change.
• Support leadership alignment around desired future-state behaviors and organizational outcomes.
• Track user adoption metrics and recommend interventions to improve engagement and utilization.

• Identify sources of resistance and develop tailored mitigation strategies.
• Coach sponsors, people leaders, and change champions on effective change leadership practices.
• Monitor change risks and recommend corrective actions to improve adoption and business readiness.
• Support reinforcement activities that sustain long-term organizational outcomes following implementation.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, sponsors, project teams, and business leaders.
• Facilitate workshops, strategy sessions, leadership meetings, and decision‑making discussions.
• Partner with business, technology, operations, communications, and learning teams to deliver integrated change solutions.
• Provide proactive…