Sr. Organizational Change Manager

Job Description
What’s it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Enterprise Shared Services team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you’ll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights.

BAE is looking for an experienced IT Organizational Change Manager will work to drive higher proficiency and faster adoption of changes impacting project stakeholders and enterprise audiences to ensure optimal results are achieved. The individual will play a key role in ensuring and driving critical activities to meet business and project objectives. The individual will have extensive level of change management experience and is responsible for leading all aspects of a change management for assigned projects. As a part of the PMO team, the individual will design, develop, implement, deliver, track and manage change deliverables that will enable impacted users to successfully transition from their current state to a future state. The change management deliverables including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, change impact assessment, organizational readiness analysis, coaching, resistance management, and change reinforcement.

Responsibilities

Direct change management activities and initiatives in collaboration with organization leadership.

Communicate goals based on organizational objectives; align transformation change advice and consultancy resources to organizational needs. Build change capability by providing training, communications and growing change advocacy within the broader organization. Create change management strategy for enterprise level initiatives and the application of a structured methodology, including leading change management activities, assessing change impact, user readiness, and communication strategy. Conduct impact analysis with key stakeholders and execute plan to address organizational and business readiness Define, measure, and report success metrics and change efforts. Collaborate with transformation program roadmaps and solutions across all business areas. Support and engage senior leaders through large scale change efforts as change sponsor. Ensure alignment with PMO methodologies and activities. Provide mentoring, coaching, and feedback to team; share best practices and lessons learned. Self-motivated, self-driven and willing to take on new responsibilities. Responsible for the success of all change management deliverables assigned.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or

- Associate's degree with 10 years of relevant experience, or

- Equivalent experience (15+ years) leading enterprise-wide changes in organization stemming from changes to IT infrastructure, Applications, PMO processes, or Governance changes.

- Substantial experience with large scale enterprise change adoption impacting people, an understanding of the change lifecycle and how people adopt change.

- Exceptional written and oral communication skills and able to develop executive-level presentations for EVP and Board level audiences. Must be able to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.

- Demonstrated ability to create actionable deliverables for the five change management levers: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, resistance management plan

- Experience managing communications, training, and stakeholder engagement.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Change Management Professional certification (Prosci or equivalent.)
- Experience in Aerospace and Defense industries
- Experience managing formal IT change processes, training, and go-live support.
- Experience with Project Management and Agile development.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120874 - $205486

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc. BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.