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# Principal Change Management Consultant

- **Company:** Apps Associates
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Oracle (Applications), Smartsheet, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://ebdt.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_9003/jobs/preview/1691

## About the Role

Lead organizational change strategy and execution for complex Oracle transformation engagements. Build stakeholder relationships, secure buy-in, activate change champion networks, develop impact assessments and communications plans, and support adoption after go-live. The role requires autonomous work in shifting environments, partnership with delivery leads, and ownership of workstream scope, hours, and commercial value. Candidates should have substantial ERP or enterprise transformation change management experience and knowledge of Kotter, Prosci, or equivalent frameworks., * 5+ years leading organizational change management on ERP, HCM, Oracle Cloud, or similar large-scale enterprise system transformations

 * Proven ability to build trust and influence stakeholders quickly, without relying on formal authority
 * Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences, and across functions (Finance, IT, HR, Operations)
 * Comfortable operating with autonomy in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
 * Working knowledge of Kotter's methodology, Prosci, or an equivalent structured change framework
 * A track record of adapting when project scope or priorities shift, and finding the next valuable contribution rather than waiting for direction

PLUSES

 * Kotter Certification or Prosci Certification
 * Experience delivering change management within Finance, IT, HR, or Operations functions specifically
 * Familiarity with EasyGenerator, Smartsheet, Scribe, or similar content and tracking tools
 * Experience identifying and packaging out-of-scope work into change orders

## Description

* Lead change management strategy and execution across complex, multi-stakeholder Oracle transformation engagements
 * Build genuine relationships with the project team and client stakeholders across Finance, IT, HR, and Operations
 * Communicate with clarity and confidence at every level, from executive steering committees to end users, and move people to buy-in quickly
 * Identify, activate, and sustain change champion networks that carry adoption forward after go-live
 * Insert into the engagement in a valuable way when a workstream is descoped, rather than waiting to be told where to go
 * Apply Kotter's 8-step model (or equivalent) and build practical tools clients actually use: stakeholder maps, change impact assessments, communications plans
 * Own the commercial health of your workstream - scope, hours, and the value you're delivering
 * Partner with delivery leads so change management reads as connective tissue to the project, not a separate lane


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