Job summary
The Red Hat Enterprise Apps Strategy and Transformation (EAST) team within IT is looking for an Operational Readiness Consultant to support operational readiness delivery for our growing cross-functional portfolio team. In this role, you will be focused on facilitating and implementing the people-side of strategic and transformational changes introduced by some of our company's most disruptive, complex, and critical programs and delivering against our strategic pillars. As an Operational Readiness Consultant, you will be responsible for the design and delivery of operational readiness plans across multiple programs and at the portfolio level and drive employee and customer adoption of changes. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.
Primary job responsibilities

• Work with a team of operational readiness associates, including a communications strategist and specialist, an organizational change management lead, and a future state operating model lead
• Support the creation, management, and delivery of operational readiness strategies at both the portfolio and program level
• Assess a project and business scenario for change impacts, identify stakeholders, and build a stakeholder management plan
• Deliver against change plans for the duration of the project
• Identify organizational and behavioral dependencies and risks; consult on more tactical communications and learning plans to support

Required skills

• Motivated to engage with global stakeholders and the portfolio team
• Agile in response to changes and needs of various stakeholders
• Analytical approach in identifying risks, opportunities, and dependencies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience in portfolio or program operational readiness delivery
• Ability to tailor plans and approaches to align with a variety of needs and stakeholders and in support of large-scale initiatives and projects

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.
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