RS Americas · 6 hours ago
Head of Change Management - Americas
RS Americas is a leading provider of industrial products and solutions, dedicated to delivering exceptional service to its customers. The Head of Change Management will shape and drive strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment of people, processes, and systems to achieve business outcomes while fostering a culture of agility and continuous improvement.
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Responsibilities
Change Management Leadership: Develop and implement enterprise-wide change management strategies, including communication, stakeholder engagement, training, and resistance management. Establish and embed change management methodology across the region
Project & Process Harmonization: Align and integrate multiple projects and workstreams to ensure consistency in approach, messaging, and execution. Create and maintain change “heat maps” to identify cross-project impacts
Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with senior leaders, project sponsors, and cross-functional teams to secure alignment and buy-in throughout the change lifecycle
Impact & Readiness Assessments: Conduct organizational impact analyses and readiness assessments to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities. Develop mitigation strategies to support adoption
Communication & Training: Design and deliver clear, targeted communications and training programs that enable employee understanding and adoption of changes
Measurement & Continuous Improvement: Define success metrics, monitor progress, and gather feedback to refine and improve change initiatives
Best Practices & Capability Building: Champion the use of proven change management methodologies, tools, and templates to build organizational capability and consistency
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Business, HR, or related field
7+ years of experience in change management, organizational transformation, or project integration
Demonstrated success leading change in complex, matrixed organizations
Strong project management, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation skills
Exceptional communication, influence, and problem-solving abilities
Ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution
Preferred
Master's degree in Organizational Development, Business, HR, or related field
Certification in change management (e.g., Prosci, ACMP) strongly preferred
Experience working in global or multi-regional environments is a plus
Company
RS Americas
Global omnichannel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders, and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1999-07-12Acquired
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