Change Management Specialist

Position Description:

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding using data science and analytics. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development. Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company's growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.mathematica.org/career-opportunities/benefits-at-a-glance

Currently, we are looking for a Change Management Specialist to join our vibrant and growing Business Practice group within the Business Operations department in our Princeton, NJ ,Washington, DC, Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago, IL, Cambridge, MA locations, or remote. This role will report to the Director of Business Practice and Change Management and focuses on the people side of change initiatives through Organizational Change Management (OCM). The Change Manager supports leaders and teams throughout the company in the planning and execution of business transformation initiatives. The Change Manager collaborates closely with leaders to define and communicate a clear vision for change, ensure staff engagement, align program objectives across key stakeholders, and drive successful organizational change.

• Collaborate with the Director of Business Practice and Change Management, other Change Management Specialists and initiative leads to lead change management activities and apply a structured change methodology to transformation initiatives.
• Utilize change management best practices to support change and business transformation with initiative teams and throughout the organization.
• Manage multiple priorities and utilize problem-solving skills to meet aggressive deadlines.
• Conduct change impact analyses, identify key stakeholders and assess impact to them, and create actionable deliverables, including communication and training plans.
• Provide direct support, guidance, and coaching across functional boundaries to initiative leads, front-line managers/supervisors, and teams to drive the adoption of organizational changes.
• Identify and address sources of resistance to proposed changes and develop ways to minimize disruption.
• Use established change management tools and methodologies to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and measure stakeholder engagement, adoption, and overall progress of change initiatives.

• Actively support the advancement of organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and apply diversity, equity, and inclusion lens across job responsibilities.
• Additional duties may be assigned as needed

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Communications or equivalent field required.
• Three plus years' experience leading organizational change initiatives and communications aimed at improving effectiveness and performance.
• Prior experience structuring and driving a change initiative.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
• A combination of equivalent education and work experience may be substituted for the above requirements

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of $75,000-$90,000. This position may be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance.

In accordance with Executive Order 14042 and its implementing guidelines, all Mathematica employees must provide documentation that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or obtain an accommodation through Human Resources by providing documentation from a licensed health care provider that they are unable to be vaccinated against COVID-19 because of a disability (which would include medical conditions) or provide an attestation that they are entitled to an accommodation because of a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

Various federal agencies with whom we contract require that staff successfully undergo a background investigation or security clearance as a condition of working on a project. If you are assigned to such a project, you will be required to obtain the requisite security clearance.

Available locations: Princeton, NJ; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Cambridge, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Remote

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.