Senior Change Management Consultant

Senior Change Management Consultant Type: Internal hire — full-time W-2 employee of Innovation Consulting LLC Location: Greater Los Angeles, CA — Onsite, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific Salary: $161K – $215K per year, DOE About the Role Lead enterprise-wide change strategy on highly complex, large-scale utility initiatives, onsite in Greater Los Angeles. Innovation Consulting LLC is supporting a large utility serving Southern California and is recruiting a Senior Change Management Consultant for this work. The ideal candidate works with significant independence and little oversight, is fluent in Prosci and ADKAR, and can move between advising a senior executive in the morning and building a change impact assessment in the afternoon. A professional change management or organizational design certification is required at this level. You will be hired as a full-time employee of Innovation Consulting and deployed as a consultant on client engagements. This position is contingent on contract award, anticipated Q4 2026, with assignments beginning in late 2026 to early 2027. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Change Strategy • Lead the design and development of enterprise-wide change strategies informing portfolios, programs, projects, policies and processes. • Provide strategic analysis, advice and education to senior executives and managers on initiatives that are highly complex and large in scale. • Conduct sponsor assessments, ADKAR stakeholder assessments and change readiness assessments, and translate findings into action. Change Delivery • Build change impact assessments, change management project plans, communication plans and sponsor roadmaps. • Develop training plans, coaching plans and resistance management plans in support of user adoption. • Establish readiness checkpoints and scorecards used in go/no-go decisions, and conduct after action reviews. Team and Stakeholder Management • May lead a team of consultants, associates and analysts. • Identify, manage and escalate issues, risks, timelines and deliverables to business owners. • Integrate with client project managers, human resources business partners, sponsors and PMOs. Work Requirements • Primarily onsite at the client's offices in the Greater Los Angeles metro, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific. Not eligible for fully remote work. Candidates outside commuting distance must relocate to the area before assignment start. • The client provides equipment, workspace and systems access. Work is assigned and directed by the client's Organizational Change Management Senior Manager or designee, with as-needed field travel across the utility's Southern California service territory. Qualifications Required • 10 or more years of total relevant work experience in organizational change management. • Professional change management or organizational design certification — required. Prosci Practitioner Certification strongly preferred. • Thorough knowledge of organizational development and effectiveness best practices and their technical application. • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide change strategy on highly complex, large-scale initiatives. • Project management experience. • Work is mainly self-directed with significant independence and little oversight. • Must be authorized to work in the United States. • Must reside within commuting distance of the Greater Los Angeles metro, or relocate to the area prior to assignment start. • Must be able to clear utility contractor onboarding, including background check and site safety orientation. Preferred • Prosci Practitioner Certification. • Advanced degree in Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Design, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent experience. • Experience with regulated utilities, energy or another CPUC-regulated industry. • Experience on enterprise technology, business process optimization or culture transformation programs. Compensation & Employment Employment Type: Internal hire. Full-time W-2 employee of Innovation Consulting, deployed as a consultant on client engagements. Contingent on contract award. Salary: $161K – $215K per year, DOE Estimated Duration: Ongoing. Work is expected to last up to three years, with potential for renewal. Benefits: Medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) participation. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Pacific. Innovation Consulting LLC is an equal opportunity employer and recruiter. We review candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.