Organizational Change Manager (Senior)

About the job

Client: Maryland Department of Health (MDH)

Location: Baltimore, MD (Hybrid position requiring 40% onsite in Baltimore City, including at least one week per month). Additional onsite attendance may be required during system rollouts.

Employment Type: W-2 or 1099

Hourly Rate:

• W-2: $60–$75/hour, plus PTO, 13 paid holidays, and benefits
• 1099: $75–$90/hour

Anticipated Start Date: December 1, 2026

Contract Duration: 12 months, with one optional 12-month renewal

What You'll Do

• Lead organizational change management activities for a large-scale healthcare IT modernization initiative.
• Develop and execute change management strategies, communication plans, stakeholder engagement plans, and adoption roadmaps.
• Conduct organizational readiness and change impact assessments; identify and address resistance and adoption risks.
• Partner with executives, project teams, and stakeholders to facilitate meetings, workshops, communications, and change initiatives.
• Coach executive sponsors and change champions to support organizational readiness and adoption.
• Coordinate change management activities with project delivery, training, and implementation teams.
• Develop project documentation, status reports, risk mitigation plans, and change management artifacts.
• Establish adoption metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure effectiveness and support post-implementation improvements.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• 8+ years managing complex IT development projects.
• 5+ years applying PMI's PMBOK methodologies and artifacts.
• Leadership experience on at least 3 successful projects involving organizational change management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading large-scale change initiatives in government or regulated environments.
• Strong experience in change strategy, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, communications, and resistance management.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, analytical, and executive presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCMP, Prosci, ADKAR, or Kotter change management credentials or training.
• Experience with healthcare IT modernization, EHR implementations, or similar enterprise systems.
• Experience developing sponsor roadmaps, resistance logs, readiness assessments, and adoption dashboards.
• Experience measuring adoption, user proficiency, and change effectiveness through data and reporting.

Additional Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must successfully complete Maryland State Police and FBI background checks before assignment.
• Must comply with applicable State security policies and requirements.

This opportunity is contingent upon State selection, contract authorization, and successful completion of required onboarding procedures.