Change Management Lead - Hr Transformation Program

Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future.At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

The HR Transformation Program (HRTP) is a business-led program that will help to underpin the new ABB Way operating model and the decentralization agenda. It is a key step in modernizing the HR part of our legacy ERP estate and will create sustainable benefits for ABB.As Change Lead, you will organize, execute and oversee the change, communication and training activities in the country/cluster under your lead business. You will work closely connected to the HRTP Change Lead to ensure alignment of local activities with the HRTP change strategy and approach, but also to the Business Area Deployment Lead to ensure coordination with other local program activities and Business Area change & comms initiatives. The role’s mission is to ensure business and end-user readiness by delivering major aspects of the organizational Change Management (incl. impact assessment, stakeholder mapping and engagement, change tracking, planning and orchestrating communication, training planning and supervision) to engage local HR, managers and employees and other stakeholders and build their commitment to change.

Your responsibilities

• Stakeholder mapping and engagement. Identify local stakeholders to build program understanding, buy-in and advocacy. Equip them with relevant materials and represent the program across different forums. Establish listening platforms to continuously collect feedback and propose ways to address it throughout the program.
• Change leadership. Work closely with local business and functional leaders to ensure full understanding of the change the HR Transformation Program drives and manage its impact on the organization.
• Change Impact Assessment. Identify the local specific change impacts of the HR Transformation pro-gram and build the change approach based on the findings.
• User experience validation. Validate system language (e.g. in processes and help text) to ensure it’s clear and understandable for different stakeholders.
• Organize communication. In collaboration with relevant communication functions, ensure that program communication is tailored to local needs and released at the right time through relevant channels.
• Localize Change Plans and Materials. Identify local needs for change and communication initiatives and contents – ensure they are reflected in local change plans and material. This includes translation of material as needed.
• Coordinate training activities. Organize and oversee local training initiatives for testing, HR, end user training and other program activities. Support localization of training material as needed.
• Manage risks and concerns. Collect feedback from local stakeholders, under-stand their impact, facilitate discussions and escalate any concerns or risks as needed according to program governance.
• Networking. Build formal and informal professional networks and connections also beyond leadership level to ensure good understanding of the stakeholders’ needs across the organization.

Your background

• Previous experience within HR function preferably as HRBP or HRIS functions.
• Experience in large Transformation Programs with Change Management capabilities and knowledge of organizational Change Management processes, methodologies, and tools.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and expectation management skills. Proven ability to work effectively with different organizational levels and thorough understanding of how to engage diverse audiences - able to build trustful relationships.
• Knowledge and experience with Workday platform will be highly valued.
• Languages: Fluency in Portuguese, English and Spanish to be tested during the selection process.

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid