Manager, Strategy & Transformation, Organizational Change Management

MorganFranklin Consulting - McLean, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

McLean, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At MorganFranklin Consulting, we are committed to empowering our employees to take charge of their careers and deliver significant value to some of the world's most prestigious Fortune 100 brands, as well as growth companies and mid-market firms navigating critical moments in their lifecycle. We foster a collaborative environment that emphasizes learning and development, allowing you to work closely with business leaders to tackle complex client challenges. Our inclusive workforce encourages participation in initiatives such as our Women's Initiative and the IDEAS committee, which focuses on Diversity & Inclusion, as well as our Employee Engagement Committee that shapes our employee experience. As a member of the Strategy & Transformation team, you will join a group of skilled professionals with extensive experience in business and finance transformation. This team guides clients through significant transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, and IPOs, as well as new system implementations and product delivery. We assist organizations in developing business strategies and executing transformation initiatives across various domains, including operational accounting, financial process improvement, product and technical management, financial technology enablement, financial planning and analysis, and transactions. In this role, you will work with a diverse range of commercial clients, from growth and mid-size companies to leading enterprise Fortune 100 brands. You will support the Organization Transformation service offering by engaging in the transformation of clients' organizations to align with their business strategies. Your responsibilities will include developing frameworks for future state organizational design, applying behavioral tools to assess the impact of change, preparing comprehensive change and workforce transition plans, and delivering strategic advice to C-Level executives. You will also facilitate client working sessions, contribute to current state assessments, and support business development efforts across all stages, building and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients based on integrity and trust.

Responsibilities

• Work with a diverse set of commercial clients ranging from growth and mid-size companies to leading enterprise Fortune 100 brands.
• Support the growing Organization Transformation service offering by transforming clients' organizations to support their business strategies.
• Develop frameworks for future state organizational design and alignment to clients' objectives.
• Apply behavioral tools to assess the impact of change across organizational culture, performance, and readiness for change.
• Assist with the preparation of comprehensive change and workforce transition plans and programs, including strategies to support change and transition initiatives and leadership.
• Identify leadership and stakeholder attributes and articulate the importance of leadership in an effective change process across the organization.
• Develop communications strategies to meet internal communication change management goals.
• Deliver strategic advice and solutions to C-Level executives on how to obtain value from major investments and transformations.
• Facilitate client working sessions ranging from executive and board level meetings to large group presentations and requirements gathering exercises.
• Contribute to current state assessments of business challenges and build improvement roadmaps.
• Leverage a 'roll-up your sleeves' style to develop and execute against clients' strategic initiatives.
• Support business development efforts across all stages (market analysis, client sourcing, relationship building, proposal development, oral presentations, etc.).
• Build and maintain meaningful relationships with clients at all levels that are based on integrity and trust.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Business, Finance, HR or related discipline
• 5+ years of client-facing experience in a professional services organization, and/or highly relevant industry/functional experience in modernizing specific functions or re-designing an organization's structure
• Change management experience using data and insights to enable transformation.
• Functional experience with managing major PMO organizations (particularly in a Scrum or Scaled Agile model)
• Experience in Business Transformation, including process optimization (BPR, Six Sigma/Lean), process automation (i.e. RPA), and performance benchmarking
• Prior experience working directly with and advising C-Level executives, including experience presenting complex ideas and facilitating executive workshops
• Highly effective interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Experience providing mentorship and leadership to more junior team members
• Track record of managing projects and/or workstreams to successful completion
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

Nice-to-haves

• Master of Business Administration (may substitute for business-related undergraduate degree)
• Progressive responsibility in managing client relationships and achievement against business development goals