Senior Organizational Change Manager

Title: Senior Organizational Change Manager

Location: UT-Salt Lake City

Type: Contract
Category: Organizational Change Management
Industry: Technology
Workplace Type: Remote
Reference ID: JN -062026-107481

Description:

Remote

Our client seeks a Senior Organizational Change Manager to lead the enterprise change program for a Jira on-prem to Atlassian Cloud migration. The role owns strategy through execution and partners with business, technology, and program teams to drive adoption, minimize disruption, and ensure a smooth transition. The scope includes stakeholder engagement, communications, enablement, readiness, and measurement with an emphasis on scalable digital learning and AI-enabled change delivery.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

JN -062026-107481

Responsibilities:

• Own the OCM strategy and execution A–Z for the Jira On-Prem to Atlassian Cloud migration.
• Build and execute a comprehensive change plan covering stakeholder engagement, communications, and enablement.
• Conduct impact assessments and develop targeted strategies for impacted user groups.
• Align change activities with program milestones and rollout phases in partnership with program and technical teams.
• Drive organizational readiness, identify risks, and execute mitigation plans.
• Manage resistance and increase adoption through structured engagement and communication.
• Define and track adoption metrics and success measures.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders and leaders to build alignment and advocacy.
• Develop scalable enablement including quick reference guides, job aids, and self-service resources.
• Create AI-generated video content using modern tooling to convert slides into training assets.
• Design concise, accessible, and scalable enablement for large user populations leveraging eLearning platforms.
• Use AI tools and agents to enhance communications, stakeholder analysis, and training development.
• Identify opportunities to embed AI into change workflows and support stakeholder confidence in AI adoption.
• Monitor emerging AI tools and propose improvements to modernize OCM delivery.

Experience Requirements:

• 10+ years of organizational change management experience.
• Proven leadership of OCM for large-scale enterprise transformations.
• Direct experience with Jira to Atlassian migrations, preferably on-prem to cloud.
• Knowledge of structured change methodologies such as Prosci or similar.
• Cross-functional experience with business and technical teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Business acumen and the ability to navigate complex organizations.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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