Change Manager, Global Operations - Remote

Company Description

Dentsu Creative is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the globe who blend local knowledge with global expertise.

Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future. We do it daily for notable brands.

Our borderless approach allows us to assemble great people around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000+ people in dentsu international's global creative network. This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the breadth of career possibilities within Dentsu Creative.

An important part of the Global Operations & Business Transformation team, the Change Manager, Tag Integration shapes and guides change strategies for operational integration activities related to dentsu's recent acquisition of Tag at a regional and market level. The Change Manager, Tag Integration will oversee and manage a portfolio of integration-related change projects to ensure the focus remains on people, minimizing business impacts, and coaching business leads to set them up for success throughout the integration process. The role's main responsibility will be to ensure that an acquired business, process or organizational changes and impacts are identified, strategized, and executed to help achieve dentsu's commercial goals.

You will report into the VP, Global Operations Program Management, Tag Integration and the Global Operations and Business Transformation team. You will create change plans to drive the execution of current integration work streams relevant to the integration of Tag. You will also work with the broader integration Change Team, HR, Marketing and Communications, Production, Client Management, and Creative teams to deliver a positive employee experience. This role is open to remote candidates. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Risk management
• Stakeholder Engagement & Management
• Business Readiness and Adoption Management
• Change Communications
• Change Planning & Impact Analysis
• Change Management Leadership and Delivery

Qualifications

• Prosci certification preferred
• Knowledge of the end-to-end change process, using a range of tools and methodologies.
• Strong and relevant track record of operating within large, matrixed global organizations, can collaborate with multiple levels of business and functional leaders to guide appropriate solutions
• Demonstrate capacity to understand dynamics of multi-discipline teams and resolve team-related issues that could affect deliverables
• Proficient in Microsoft excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), SharePoint, and PM Tools (i.e. SmartSheets/Gantt)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience conducting and delivering change activities including: Change impact assessments, Change readiness assessments, Stakeholder engagement, Training planning and training material creation and delivery, Adoption and benefit realization approach and tracking
• Expertise in leading and delivering a range of different change types (e.g. culture, operating model re-design, technology, process, behavioral-based change)
• Experience undertaking change management within the M&A life cycle, brand closure and/or brand integration operating environment
• 5+ years of Change Management & Strategy experience at an integrated agency or relevant environment

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $78,000-$126,500. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

About Dentsu

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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