Change Manager – Data Focused

Job Description

Required Skills & Competencies

Strong working knowledge of change management methods, stakeholder engagement, communications, adoption, and readiness practices

Practical experience developing change plans, communication plans, stakeholder maps, training plans, and adoption approaches

Working knowledge of data governance, data quality, data ownership, data stewardship, metadata, reporting, analytics, and data literacy concepts

Ability to translate technical or governance changes into clear business impacts, user behaviors, and role expectations

Strong facilitation skills for workshops, awareness sessions, training sessions, and stakeholder discussions

Strong written communication skills for executive messages, user communications, FAQs, guides, training materials, and adoption updates

Ability to identify change impacts across roles, processes, decision points, tools, responsibilities, and ways of working

Practical experience managing resistance, adoption risks, stakeholder concerns, and communication gaps

Ability to design user-friendly training and enablement materials for business and operational users

Ability to work with senior leaders, middle managers, frontline users, data owners, data stewards, and technical teams

Working knowledge of adoption measurement, feedback collection, readiness assessment, and benefit reinforcement

Ability to simplify data concepts for non-technical audiences

Strong coordination and stakeholder follow-up skills

Responsibilities

Lead change management planning for data-related initiatives

Identify impacted stakeholder groups, roles, behaviors, responsibilities, and ways of working

Assess change impacts related to data ownership, governance, quality, reporting, metadata, data platforms, analytics, or AI adoption

Develop communication plans, engagement approaches, training plans, and readiness materials

Create clear messages that explain why the change matters, what is changing, who is impacted, and w