The Organizational Change Management (OCM) & Communications Lead plays a critical leadership role within the SAP S/4HANA Transformation Program, driving the people side of change across a multi-year enterprise business transformation. This position is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive change management, communication, stakeholder engagement, and adoption strategies that enable successful business outcomes and sustainable organizational readiness.
As a key member of the S/4HANA Program Team, the OCM & Communications Lead will partner closely with executive leadership, business stakeholders, functional leaders, and project teams to ensure employees are prepared, informed, engaged, and equipped throughout the transformation journey. This leader will oversee a team of change management and communications professionals while promoting a culture of adaptability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in Change Management Methodologies, organizational readiness, stakeholder engagement, training and adoption strategies, and executive communications.
Travel: Occasional travel up to 20% may be required for stakeholder engagement, workshops, training sessions, and program activities.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Organizational Change Management Leadership
- Develop and execute the organizational change management strategy supporting enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives.
- Apply industry-recognized change management methodologies and frameworks (such as Prosci ADKAR or similar approaches) to drive successful adoption and business readiness.
- Conduct change impact assessments, organizational readiness assessments, stakeholder analyses, and risk evaluations to proactively address barriers to success.
- Develop actionable mitigation plans to address resistance, increase stakeholder buy-in, and foster a culture of change agility.
Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnership
- Build trusted relationships with executive leaders, business stakeholders, functional teams, and program leadership.
- Facilitate alignment between business objectives and program outcomes through active stakeholder engagement and influence.
- Serve as the primary advisor on change-related risks, readiness concerns, and adoption opportunities.
- Lead OCM workshops, feedback sessions, and engagement activities to ensure business needs are understood and addressed.
Communications Strategy & Execution
- Develop and execute integrated communication strategies that support awareness, understanding, engagement, and commitment throughout the transformation lifecycle.
- Create targeted communication plans for diverse stakeholder groups, including executive leadership, managers, functional teams, and end users.
- Ensure messaging is clear, consistent, timely, and aligned with program objectives and organizational priorities.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations and program updates for senior leadership and C-suite audiences.
Training, Readiness & Adoption
- Partner with business and training leads to develop and execute learning and readiness strategies.
- Establish frameworks for measuring change adoption, user readiness, training effectiveness, and business engagement.
- Monitor change adoption metrics, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions to improve end-user adoption and overall program success.
- Support the development of training materials, role-based learning plans, and reinforcement activities.
Team Leadership
- Lead, coach, and mentor a team of change management and communications professionals.
- Foster a collaborative, results-oriented environment focused on continuous improvement and professional development.
- Establish team priorities, manage workload distribution, and ensure high-quality deliverables across all areas of responsibility.
Program Governance & Execution
- Partner with PMO leadership to integrate change management activities into overall program planning and execution.
- Track and report progress against change management objectives, milestones, risks, and key performance indicators.
- Ensure alignment of OCM activities with program governance, project schedules, and business objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of experience leading organizational change management, communications, and business transformation initiatives within complex IT programs.
- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale ERP, digital transformation, or SAP S/4HANA implementations.
- Previous people leadership experience with a proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate high-performing teams.
- Strong understanding of organizational change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
- Experience conducting stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments, organizational readiness assessments, and adoption planning.
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all organizational levels.
- Experience developing and executing communication, training, and engagement strategies.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep understanding of both business operations and IT environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Change Management certification (Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent) preferred.
- Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA transformation programs or other enterprise ERP implementations.
- Knowledge and experience with Signavio process modeling, business process transformation, or process improvement initiatives.
- Experience establishing and tracking change adoption metrics, KPIs, and business readiness indicators.
- Demonstrated success leading digital transformation and enterprise change initiatives.
- Strong facilitation, workshop leadership, and executive engagement skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-focused communications.
- Passion for continuous learning and staying current with industry trends, change management practices, and emerging technologies.
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.
BENEFITS
Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program and educational assistance
- Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time
Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/
POSTING TIMELINE
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
ABOUT US
Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.
Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.
Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.
Every horizon. Every mission. Every day.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Organizational Development, HR, IT, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of experience leading organizational change management, communications, and business transformation initiatives within complex IT programs.
- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale ERP, digital transformation, or SAP S/4HANA implementations.
- Previous people leadership experience with proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate high-performing teams.
- Strong understanding of organizational change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
- Experience conducting stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments, organizational readiness assessments, and adoption planning.
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all organizational levels.
- Experience developing and executing communication, training, and engagement strategies.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep understanding of both business operations and IT environments.
- Candidate must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or protected status/asylee/refugee or able to obtain export authorization).
- Change Management certification (Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent).
- Knowledge and experience with Signavio process modeling, business process transformation, or process improvement initiatives.
- Experience establishing and tracking change adoption metrics, KPIs, and business readiness indicators.
- Strong facilitation, workshop leadership, and executive engagement skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-focused communications.
- Passion for continuous learning and staying current with industry trends and change management practices.
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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