Associate Director- Strategic Operations (Eluru)

Project Role: Associate Director- Strategic Operations Work Experience: 9 to 15 Years Work location: Pan India Work Mode: Home Based/Remote Must Have Skills: Change management, Project management, PROSCI Certified, Clinical/Pharma/CRO experience Shift: Flexible (with overlap in US/UK time zones)

Job Overview: The Associate Director, Strategic Operations serves as a strategic change management advisor, with primary responsibility for supporting external partners through complex transformation initiatives. This role provides expert guidance on change strategy, adoption best practices, and cross-organizational alignment to enable effective collaboration, accelerate adoption, and drive measurable value realization across organizational boundaries. The Associate Director partners closely with internal and external stakeholders to align approaches, mitigate adoption risks, and ensure change strategies are scaled appropriately as strategic partnerships evolve. Reporting into the DSSM Change Management Office (CMO), this role also has secondary responsibilities supporting the DSSM AI Change Management program, including advising on AI-based tool adoption, user understanding, and readiness. As DSSM’s AI maturity and external partnerships continue to expand, the scope and depth of partner engagement and internal AI-focused responsibilities may evolve over time.

Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a strategic change management advisor to external partners, guiding complex transformation initiatives across organizational boundaries.
- Design and deliver structured change management approaches supporting external partner transformations, including communications, training, engagement, and reinforcement.
- Lead and support internal change management initiatives across the organization
- Drive adoption of AI-led tools and solutions, including AI Copilot
- Support and enable current strategic partnerships
- Manage and oversee end-to-end project execution, ensuring timely delivery and bu Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4ml8uf