Advisory Business Consultant

Hitachi Solutions is a global Microsoft solutions integrator dedicated to developing and delivering industry-focused solutions that empower clients to achieve their business transformation goals. Our expertise, industry focus, and intellectual property set us apart, and we maintain a strategic partnership with Microsoft. We are consistently recognized for our achievements in teaming with clients to deliver innovative digital solutions and services.

With over 3,000 team members across 14 countries and 18 years of 100% focus on Microsoft technologies and business applications, we help clients unify, automate, and modernize their data and operations to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer experiences.

As part of Hitachi, Ltd., we benefit from the financial strength, innovative legacy, and global presence of one of the world's largest companies. Since 1910, Hitachi, Ltd. has been a leader in manufacturing innovative products and solutions that support industry and social infrastructure worldwide, employing over 303,000 people across 864 companies in more than 100 countries

Hitachi Solutions, a global Microsoft solutions integrator, is seeking an Advisory Consultant to join our team. This versatile role will support our client projects across Advisory Disciplines, combining elements of Organizational Change Management (OCM), Business Advisory, and Learning to deliver comprehensive support for our clients' business transformation initiatives.

Role Description

As an Advisory Consultant, you will be an adaptable consulting professional, flexing between client needs on projects. You will be responsible for interpreting and executing strategies that enable adoption readiness for end users, including engagement, utilization, and proficiency, to support value realization and ROI for clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate collaborative discovery workshops and envision sessions to define future state business processes
• Participate in stakeholder interviews to identify group impacts, support assessments, and to understand business processes/end user experience
• Understand data needs, engage in data gathering activities, and perform subsequent analysis to identify patterns and understand gaps to assess the current state and future state needs
• Support the creation of, understand, and interpret user flows and personas
• Assess and execute change management strategies to minimize resistance and bolster change adoption
• Design and develop learning experiences through various adult learning methods and learning development formats
• Develop and deliver training, communication plans, and coaching strategies
• Map current and future state business processes
• Support the identification and measurement of business value metrics, and report on progress to internal and external audiences
• Create and refine product backlogs

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in related fields (e.g., Organizational Development, Instructional Design, Business Administration) is a plus
• 3+ years of professional consulting experience
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies; certifications such as Prosci are advantageous
• Experience in learning design and development, including various delivery methods
• Excellent interpersonal skills that enable effective relationship development and management
• Effective written, visual, and verbal communication with proficiency across the Microsoft suite and related tools, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Experience in helping organizations implement Microsoft technologies, including Dynamics, Azure Services, Data and Analytics, and Power Platform a plus
• Experience working in agile project teams and with distributed teams using collaboration tools
• Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to work in ambiguous situations

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel across the United States & Canada as requested by clients
• Experience with advanced learning development software (e.g., Camtasia, Articulate, Storyline) is a plus
• Strong visual design and development skills are beneficial

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability

Base Salary Pay Range*: $115k - 150k base

*The current applicable Base Salary Pay Range for this role is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills relevant to the role, internal equity, alignment with market data, or other law.

Other Compensation / Benefit Overview

In addition to Base Salary, the successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the following plans / programs, upon satisfying all hiring requirements:

* Bonus Plan

* Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

* Life Insurance and Disability Programs

* Retirement Savings with Company Match

* Paid Time Off

* Flexible Work Arrangements including Remote Work

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Beware of scams

Our recruiting team may communicate with candidates via our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address and/or via our SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System) notification@smartrecruiters.com domain email address regarding your application and interview requests.

All offers will originate from our @hitachisolutions.com domain email address. If you receive an offer or information from someone purporting to be an employee of Hitachi Solutions from any other domain, it may not be legitimate.