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Job Description:
Parsons is seeking a sharp Configuration Management Project Engineer to join our growing team!
In this role you will lead organizational change initiatives and manage the day-to-day operations of the change management function. This role will manage and execute change strategies for enterprise, departmental, technology, process, and organizational initiatives. The Lead Change Manager/Project Engineer will partner with government sponsors, business leaders, project teams, and technology functions to drive stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, adoption, and sustained business outcomes. In addition to serving as a lead change management practitioner, this position will provide functional leadership for teams across the program.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Execute and manage change management plans, roadmaps, milestones, deliverables, and success measures.
- Perform physical audits against CM controlled artifacts
- Manage CM data repositories utilizing Jira Asset and Sunbird DCIM
- Facilitate, manage, and track action items for configuration management review boards.
- Integrate change management activities into overall program and project plans.
- Ensure that change initiatives are aligned with organizational priorities, business objectives, and measurable outcomes.
- Report change progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and outcomes to program and executive leadership.
- Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, career planning, and formal reviews.
- Provide mentoring, coaching, feedback, and subject-matter guidance to build team capability.
- Identify professional development, training, certification, and succession planning opportunities.
- Establish and maintain change management standards, templates, tools, processes, and governance routines.
- Define functional performance metrics, dashboards, reporting requirements, and operational reviews.
- Lead lessons-learned reviews and apply findings to improve future initiatives.
- Ensure that change management practices comply with program governance, and applicable requirements.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree, with additional years of experience able to count in lieu of a degree
- 8+ years of experience, with additional education, training, and certifications able to count towards total years of experience
- Experience in change management, organizational transformation, organizational development, project management, communications, training, or related discipline.
- Experience managing, supervising, or functionally leading employees, consultants, contractors, or project teams.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing change management strategies and plans.
- Experience leading changes related to technology implementations, process improvements, operating model changes, organizational restructures, or business transformation.
- Experience conducting change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, readiness assessments, and adoption planning.
- Demonstrated experience coaching executives, sponsors, managers, and employees through significant change.
What Desired Skills You Might Bring:
- Experience leading a change management team, center of excellence, or enterprise change capability.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
- Experience with workforce transition, organizational design, operating model transformation, or post-implementation sustainment.
- Master’s degree in business administration, organizational development, human resources, or a related field.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience
- 8+ years of experience, with additional education, training, and certifications potentially counting toward the requirement
- Experience in change management, organizational transformation, organizational development, project management, communications, training, or a related discipline
- Experience managing, supervising, or functionally leading employees, consultants, contractors, or project teams
- Experience developing and executing change management strategies and plans
- Experience leading changes related to technology implementations, process improvements, operating model changes, organizational restructures, or business transformation
- Experience conducting change impact assessments, stakeholder analyses, readiness assessments, and adoption planning
- Experience coaching executives, sponsors, managers, and employees through significant change
- Experience leading a change management team, center of excellence, or enterprise change capability
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments
- Experience with workforce transition, organizational design, operating model transformation, or post-implementation sustainment
- Master's degree in business administration, organizational development, human resources, or a related field
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
