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Strategic Change Specialist

Vaco
$95,000.00 - $120,000.00 / yr
401(k), retirement plan
United States, Missouri, St. Louis
May 05, 2026
Vaco is actively seeking a Strategic Change Specialist for a direct-hire opportunity supporting a nationally respected organization in St. Louis. Position Summary The Change Management Specialist drives strategic technology and organizational initiatives across the enterprise. This role will bridge strategy, change management, and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment and execution across complex, cross-functional IT initiatives. As a high-visibility, early-career role, the role will coordinate across leadership, technical teams, cross functional stakeholders to ensure strategic initiatives achieve clarity and execution. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technical teams to translate strategic initiatives into clear, actionable roadmaps and execution frameworks. Coordinate stakeholder engagement efforts to ensure alignment across leadership, product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and end-users. Rapidly assess new and evolving initiatives, structuring ambiguous inputs into defined plans, priorities, and deliverables. Support and evolve change management practices by developing structured approaches to adoption, communication, and value realization. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure initiatives maintain enterprise alignment and stakeholder visibility. Develop and refine tools, templates, standards, and models to improve consistency and scalability of delivery across initiatives. Prepare high-quality, executive-level deliverables including status updates, roadmaps, business cases, value propositions, and performance metrics. Coordinate across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and ensuring forward momentum. Engage with shifting priorities and evolving information, maintaining progress while bringing structure and clarity to evolving situations. Identify gaps in alignment, communication, or execution, and proactively address them before they impact outcomes. Required Qualifications: 1 - 3 years of post-graduate experience preferably within consulting, strategy, or technology-focused environments. Demonstrated ability to support or drive initiatives, coordinate across stakeholders, and deliver structured outputs in a professional setting. Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to break down complex or vague situations into actionable components. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging for both executive and technical audiences. Proven ability to operate in fast-paced environments with competing priorities and frequent context switching. High degree of ownership and initiative with a bias toward action and problem-solving before escalation. Extremely strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and trust across diverse stakeholder groups. Additional Details Employment Type: Perm / Direct-Hire Location: Downtown St. Louis Cadence: 100% onsite Target Compensation: $95k - $120k, depending on skills and experiences Engagement Status: Applicant must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based sponsorship, now or in the future, including: H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa programs. Interested Candidates are Encouraged to Apply for Immediate Consideration! Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products. Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. EEO Notice Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law. Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com . Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal. By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. 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Pay Transparency Notice Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual's skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.