Project Manager- Change Manager, Communications

Company Profile

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally-native, data-empowered solutions. Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry Team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of our success.

Overview

The Project Manager, Change Manager will lead cross-functional initiatives with a strong focus on project/program management, change management strategies, stakeholder communications, and training design. This role provides strategic planning and executive facilitation, coupled with deep hands-on delivery responsibility.  This role will personally develop and implement project plans, change strategies, communication materials, and training development to drive adoption and readiness. This is a remote, 6 months+ consulting engagement working full time hours. Qualified candidates will work MST or CST time zones and must be authorized to work in the USA without requiring any Visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management activities, including planning, execution, dependency management, risk mitigation, and status reporting.
• Provide strategic planning related to projects and workflows, including leadership workshops, decision forums, and sponsor alignment.
• Develop and execute change management strategies and plans, including stakeholder impact and readiness assessments.
• Create, develop, and deliver communication materials, presentations, messaging, and end-user communications.
• Develop training materials including decks, job aids, guides, digital and asynchronous learning.
• Must have strong writing skills and understanding of audience and topic alignment.
• Drive hands-on implementation of project plans, change activities, communications, and training elements, ensuring alignment with milestones and measurable adoption outcomes.
• Be able to evaluate project phases and workflow and create solutions as well as influence decision making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in project management, with direct ownership of project delivery outcomes. Must have strong PM consulting experience. Ideal if PMI or PMP certified.
• Demonstrated experience in change management, communications, and training development.
• Experience with Salesforce implementations, systems changes and enhancements.
• E-Learning tool experience using Storyboard, Rise, and/or Camtasia is helpful.
• Prosci Certified Change Practitioner® (or equivalent, recognized change management certification) required.
• Helpful if industry background is in environmental or industrial services or related field
• Strong written, verbal, and facilitation skills across executive and frontline audiences.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Hands-on project and change management experience delivering large-scale enterprise initiatives, improving data management and governance programs, and industrial or environmental transformations.
• Professional, executive level presence and the ability to work on video for meetings, workshops and training.

Compensation

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in Colorado, Sand Cherry Associates is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range considers a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a 6 months+ consulting engagement with an expected annual salary of $90-130k . Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.