Project Manager II / Change Manager

Job Description The Project Manager II / Change Manager will work to drive higher proficiency and faster adoption of changes impacting PMO 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, PMO and program 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.

This role will also serve as the Deployment Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead for our Contract Life-Cycle Management Program, managing go-live and cutover activity and IT change processes in addition to Organizational Change and Communications Planning.

Responsibilities

Direct change management activities and initiatives under direction from 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 10 years relevant experience leading enterprise-wide changes in organization stemming from the 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 with Project Management and Agile development.

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certification (PMI_ACP, CSM, or equivalent).

• Experience managing formal IT change processes, training, and go-live support.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $103590 - $176130

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 the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems.

Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

At BAE Systems, we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where employees are valued and feel like they belong. We are conscious of the need for all employees to see themselves reflected at every level of the company and know that in order to unlock the full potential of our workforce, everyone must feel confident being their best, most sincere self and be equipped to thrive.

We provide impactful professional development experiences to our employees and invest in social impact partnerships to uplift communities and drive purposeful change. Here you will find significant opportunities to do meaningful work in an environment intentionally designed to be one where you will learn, grow and belong.