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Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist - Microsoft 365 Migration

Applied Information Sciences, Inc.
United States, Virginia
Apr 15, 2026
Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

  • Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.

  • Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

  • Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.

  • Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AISAt AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Change Manager.
  • Core Knowledge & Skills: Develops detailed change plans, executes communications and training, identifies risks, and monitors effectiveness.

  • Work & Complexity: Manages moderately complex projects, tailors approaches, and drives operational improvements.

  • Quality & Independence: Maintains high standards, uses feedback for improvement, and makes decisions within project scope.

  • Teamwork & Communication: Guides teams, mentors juniors, collaborates cross-functionally, and manages stakeholder communications.

  • Consulting & Engagement: Offers technical recommendations, advises on process improvements, and contributes to policy development.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist - Microsoft 365 Migration.

Position Summary

We are seeking a mid-level Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist to support enterprise transformation initiatives driven by Microsoft 365 migration and modernization efforts. This role will help plan, coordinate, and execute change activities that enable user adoption, minimize disruption, and improve business outcomes across solutions including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, and Azure B2B collaboration capabilities.

The ideal candidate has practical experience supporting technology-driven change in complex organizations and understands how to translate technical change into business-ready communications, stakeholder engagement, training, adoption strategies, and end-user support readiness. This person should be comfortable working alongside project managers, technical architects, engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to drive successful transition and sustained adoption.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the development and execution of organizational change management strategies for Microsoft 365 migration and collaboration modernization initiatives.

  • Assess change impacts across business units, user communities, support teams, and leadership stakeholders.

  • Develop stakeholder engagement plans tailored to impacted audiences, leadership groups, champions, and support organizations.

  • Create and maintain change artifacts including communication plans, impact assessments, readiness assessments, adoption roadmaps, stakeholder matrices, and feedback mechanisms.

  • Draft clear end-user communications for migrations, feature rollouts, policy changes, cutovers, and post-deployment support.

  • Design and coordinate user enablement materials such as quick reference guides, job aids, FAQs, training decks, adoption campaigns, and knowledge content.

  • Partner with technical and project teams to understand migration schedules, solution dependencies, risks, and user-facing impacts.

  • Support rollout and adoption of Microsoft 365 workloads, including:

  • Exchange Online migrations and mailbox-related change impacts

  • SharePoint Online modernization and document collaboration changes

  • Microsoft Teams adoption for chat, meetings, collaboration, and integrated workflows

  • Power Platform adoption, governance awareness, and business process transformation

  • Azure B2B and external collaboration changes affecting guest access and cross-tenant sharing

  • Coordinate user readiness activities before major deployment milestones, including pilot groups, champions networks, training sessions, and support transition activities.

  • Gather, analyze, and report adoption metrics, stakeholder feedback, training participation, and organizational readiness indicators.

  • Identify resistance points, adoption barriers, and business risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.

  • Support development of post-go-live reinforcement plans to drive sustained usage and process adoption.

  • Collaborate with service desk, operations, and support teams to ensure support readiness and smooth transition into steady-state operations.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Communications, Business, Information Systems, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 3-6 years of experience in organizational change management, user adoption, communications, training, or transformation delivery.

  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals

  • Hands-on experience supporting change initiatives tied to Microsoft 365 migration or digital workplace transformation.

  • Experience developing communication materials, training collateral, stakeholder plans, and end-user adoption content.

  • Understanding of Microsoft 365 services and the end-user/business process impacts associated with:

  • Exchange Online

  • SharePoint Online

  • Microsoft Teams

  • Power Platform

  • Azure B2B / external collaboration solutions

  • Experience conducting stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments, and readiness activities.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging for executives, managers, and end users.

  • Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams in a fast-paced project environment.

  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and dependencies.

  • US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting large-scale enterprise migrations or phased rollout programs.

  • Familiarity with structured OCM methodologies such as Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter, or similar frameworks.

  • Experience working in regulated, security-conscious, or highly matrixed environments.

  • Experience building champions programs, pilot programs, or business readiness networks.

  • Familiarity with service transition, IT support models, and operational readiness planning.

  • Exposure to governance and compliance considerations associated with Microsoft 365 collaboration platforms.

  • Prosci certification or similar change management training is a plus.

Core Competencies

  • Change impact assessment

  • Stakeholder engagement

  • Executive and end-user communications

  • Training and enablement development

  • Adoption and reinforcement planning

  • Organizational readiness

  • Cross-functional collaboration

  • Business-focused problem solving

  • Metrics, reporting, and feedback analysis

Success Measures

  • Stakeholders are informed, engaged, and prepared for upcoming changes.

  • End users receive timely, accurate, and actionable communications and training.

  • Adoption of Microsoft 365 capabilities improves following deployment.

  • Business disruption during migration is minimized.

  • Support teams are prepared to sustain solutions after go-live.

  • Resistance is proactively identified and effectively addressed.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $95,000-$144,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

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