A Group Manager within the OCM Advisory Practice represents the Organizational Change capability in pursuits and provides engagement leadership, execution, and tactical project coordination with Director oversight. Most OCM pursuits and projects align to Business Transformations (ERP/CRM), Collaboration and Security (M365 suite), Data & AI Adoption (GenAI/AI, Copilot, PowerBI, etc.), or Strategic Change (Op Model & Org Design, M&A, Change COE) with a small team of OCM practitioners at the Manager, Sr. Consultant and Consultant level. An Avanade OCM Advisory Group Manager has in-depth experience in the following endeavors: * Building lasting relationships with both clients and internal business development and solution area teams * Storytelling and storyboarding in client deliverables and RFPs, with both an eye for detail and leading and upskilling junior practitioners to do the same * Defining the strategic vision and management and measurement of related change journey in partnership with clients * Driving successful adoption of change initiatives within the client’s organization and leading conversations with both client and project teams in organizational change related topics * Owning delivery management activities related to OCM workstream, including project plan development, status metrics and reporting, and stakeholder management * Performing quantitative and qualitative analyses to implement change models * Developing and executing strategic learning or training curriculum plans, including management of offshore training developers, to prepare individuals for success during and after the change * Assessing organizational readiness and current state vs. future state gaps * Playing a key role in business development and expanding the footprint at existing clients or origination at new clients