Ryan Specialty

Director, Organizational Change Management

Ryan Specialty
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesLead💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in change management methodologies and employee adoption strategies, with a strong focus on communication, training, and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to manage complex projects and assess organizational readiness while driving behavioral change and user satisfaction.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Change ManagementProject ManagementAgile MethodologyCommunication SkillsTraining Strategies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as the adoption and change management lead for large-scale employee productivity initiatives
  • Identify current and future-state capabilities and uses
  • Determine behavioral changes and education needed for transitions
  • Develop and execute communication and marketing plans to drive employee adoption
  • Strategize and develop creative campaigns that motivate employees to act
  • Drive a structured change management methodology and activities
  • Conduct readiness and resistance assessments using surveys, interviews, focus groups, or other methods
  • Evaluate and summarize assessment findings for project management and steering teams
  • Identify project change scope and affected users
  • Complete audience analyses and change impact assessments
  • Partner with business sponsors to align changes with departmental goals and daily work practices
  • Identify resistance areas and develop mitigation approaches
  • Create change management plans, strategies, and schedules for OCM workstreams
  • Coordinate communications and partner with Corporate Marketing on messaging and distribution
  • Coordinate training strategies, training, and mentoring for varied audiences
  • Contribute to and review knowledge base articles, end-user manuals, and outage notifications
  • Review support tickets and feedback to identify end-user pain points
  • Leverage or establish Change Champion groups and gather success stories
  • Create and manage systems measuring adoption, utilization, and user proficiency
  • Report on OCM effectiveness and user satisfaction
  • Provide sustainment recommendations for ongoing service offerings

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Change Management or related field with 12-15 years of related experience
  • 5+ years of management experience
  • Serious attention to detail
  • Proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
  • Ability to read and respond to the energy of a group and adjust facilitation style as needed
  • Preferred certification: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI – ACP), Certified Insurance Project Manager (CIPM), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Knowledge of Agile Methodology
  • Knowledge of Financial Management
  • Knowledge of Lean Principles
  • Knowledge of Project Management Tools
  • Knowledge of Project Scope Development
  • Knowledge of Business Planning
  • Knowledge of Business Portfolio Management
  • Knowledge of Software Design Lifecycle
  • Knowledge of Software Project Management
  • Knowledge of Strategy Implementation
  • Effective communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid time off for company holidays
  • Vacation days
  • Sick days
  • Personal days
  • Paid parental leave
  • Mental health services
  • Bonuses for eligible full-time roles
  • Benefits for eligible full-time roles
  • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

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Hard Skills
Change Impact AssessmentBehavioral Change IdentificationAudience AnalysisProject Scope DevelopmentFinancial ManagementLean PrinciplesSoftware Project ManagementStrategy ImplementationUser Proficiency MeasurementAssessment Evaluation
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailInterpersonal SkillsFacilitation SkillsAbility to Manage Competing Priorities
Tools & Technologies
Project Management ToolsCommunication PlatformsSurvey ToolsKnowledge Base Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI – ACP)Certified Insurance Project Manager (CIPM)Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Industry Keywords
Employee Productivity InitiativesChange Champion GroupsOrganizational Change Management (OCM)Creative CampaignsEnd-User Manuals