Junior Transformation Management Consultant

Company Description

Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm dedicated to creating state-of-the-art narratives for transformation and innovation and deploying them at scale. Our goal is to deliver superior value and tangible results to our clients as they navigate the digital revolution and achieve transformations which generate a positive impact. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients' businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science.

Why Join The Sia Village?

Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing

These are the six core values that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people.

Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):

• Entrepreneurial journey
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives
• Annual seminar, an in-person value-add experience, that allows you to network with colleagues throughout North America

Job Description

Sia Partners is hiring Management Consultants with a deep focus in Change Management. Your role will be to assist in managing and delivering business-critical change initiatives with local clients. Candidates must be capable of exceptional client delivery, have the desire to lead, and have passion for the growth of our firm.

Our team members create great client experiences by bringing energy, intelligence, and effective problem-solving capabilities. We drive growth for top-tier clients throughout their business lifecycle from envisioning and planning through deployment and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in achieving sustainable performance and/or improvements within their organizations
• Create a customized change management roadmap based on the needs of the project and implement the change management activities for each phase of the project
• Lead impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders
• Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health
• Anticipate organizational changes that come with large-scale implementations and the change management and communications interventions which will be needed
• Ensure that key change initiatives deliver on business, schedule, and budget objectives
• Determine appropriate metrics and measures that will help the client measure progress, reinforce behavior, and adjust improve implementation results
• Coordinate with other initiatives to make sure there is a common understanding on timelines and other overlaps
• Develop Executive-level presentations
• Develop readiness and skilling content leveraging multiple modalities based on customer experience best practices
• Utilize Project Management frameworks and methods in a variety of roles
• Identify opportunities to provide or create additional client value
• Contribute to internal areas such as business development, people development, recruiting, marketing, and more
• Engage in activities dedicated to supporting our culture
• Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
• Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information
• Contribute to the development of high-quality and timely deliverables

Qualifications

• 1+ years' Consulting experience required
• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision and/or goal
• Ability to quickly build trust and value-based relationships with employees at all levels of the organization
• Solid facilitation experience
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite and Project Management frameworks
• Motivated by an entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable with ambiguity
• Confident, self-aware team player open to receiving and providing, effective feedback
• Ability to facilitate project teams, guided by a strong understanding of group dynamics while driving results
• Exhibit exceptional communication skills and strong work ethic
• Competent in group facilitation
• Based in Chicago and eligible to work in the United States

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary + Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Healthcare coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance policies
• Generous time off
• Parental leave paid at 100% of base pay for all new parents regardless of gender
• Future Moms Program
• 9 Company Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
• 401(k) matching
• College save-up plan & college loan repayment plan
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Commuter Benefits
• Gym Reimbursement through firm medical plan

Our Commitment To Diversity

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are part of Sia Partners' DNA. Thanks to our expertise in several sectors and our international growth, our teams include a variety of experiences and cultures. We're confident that promoting DEIB creates an environment in which everyone can reach their full potential.

Our global network, Partners, brings together our people worldwide to facilitate local and global progress, focused on the following areas:

• Gender equality (global Gender Equality Index score of 91/100 for FY19-20)
• LGBTQ+
• Race & Ethnicity
• Working Parents
• Disabilities

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.

Covid-19 Update

Please note that, to the extent permitted by state and local law, Sia Partners requires all employees in this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. "Fully vaccinated" means that the individual can provide acceptable proof that the individual has received, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the individual's start date, either both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine plus all boosters recommended for you, or one dose of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine plus all boosters recommended for you. Vaccines must be authorized and/or approved by the FDA. The Company will engage in an interactive process to determine if an exemption to this requirement as a reasonable accommodation is appropriate.

Hybrid Workplace Guidelines

Sia Partners maintains its hybrid workplace arrangements and provides a flexible workplace environment that is driven by client and business/market needs. While our firm does support hybrid work, there are times that we may require our consultants to work onsite at one of our Sia offices or a client office full-time. Consultants are expected to have the ability to be flexible with work location depending upon business needs. When in-between client engagements, Consultants typically work onsite at a local Sia office 2+ times per week.

To learn more about our mission, values, and business sectors, please visit our website.

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.