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The OCM team within the Accelerate ERP program is responsible for leading the overall organization change management approach for deployment groups and key stakeholders. The change lead will collaborate with the business leaders to understand stakeholders and impacts, plan and deliver OCM plans for major deployments across the globe.

Opportunities & benefits that the role offers

Being a Senior Manager of Organization Change Management can offer numerous benefits, both professionally and personally. Some of these benefits may include:

• Leadership Experience: This role often involves managing projects, working with higher level Stryker stakeholders that provides valuable leadership experience that can enhance your skills and prepare you for higher-level management roles.
• Technical Knowledge: Managing OCM for an ERP transformation program allows you to deepen your understanding of technology and processes and how they impact various stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: As the liaison between business teams and the program team and various stakeholders, you'll develop stronger communication skills, both written and verbal, which are essential in any career path.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Organization change management often involves troubleshooting and finding solutions to complex technical problems, honing your collaborative problem-solving abilities.
• Networking Opportunities: You'll have the chance to interact with leaders and professionals across different geographical regions and functional areas, expanding your professional network.
• Job Satisfaction: Contributing to the effective adoption of the ERP transformation can be rewarding, especially when you see the positive impact on the organization's operations and efficiency.
• Creativity: Developing engaging change strategies requires creativity in how we approach and engage impacted audiences. Each deployment requires a customized change strategy which requires creativity of thought.

Overall, being a Senior Manager of Organization Change Management can offer a dynamic and fulfilling career path with opportunities for growth, learning, and making a meaningful impact within the organization.

Is this you?

You have at least 5 years of work experience in leading change initiatives and a minimum of 10 years of work experience in total.
You speak fluent English A key part of this role will be to work with international stakeholders across the world. Spanish, French, German, Polish, or Portuguese language skills are beneficial but not essential for this role, since it involves working in different countries.
You have a passion for learning You are someone who demonstrates a genuine curiosity and willingness to understand the business, process, tools and technology. Preferably you have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in organization management, communications, human resources, learning and development or a related field.
You love a challenge A self-starter who has a high degree of situational awareness and thrives in ambiguity. You are someone who can remain composed under pressure and has the ability to navigate complex issues and channels to successfully deliver solutions in partnership with business and program teams.
You build relationships You have strong interpersonal skills and can influence without authority. You can successfully and effectively work in a global team and collaborate with colleagues across Stryker.
You do the right thing You have a high level of integrity, responsibility, discipline, and attention to detail.

What will you do at Stryker?

Organization Change Management: work with deployment group teams to define and execute change plans to enable a successful transformation journey.
Stakeholder management: partner with business leaders to understand their unique people readiness challenges. Manage multiple stakeholder groups from executive sponsors, business leaders, deployment group team member, process owners and power users to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
User engagement and adoption : facilitate the people side of process and technology changes to ensure end users are ready for go-live and adoption occurs.