Change Analyst

Role Overview

General Mills is on a mission to be the Undisputed Leader in Food, and we are investing in the capabilities and ways of working that will help us grow for the future. Our transformation agenda spans initiatives that modernize how we operate, how we serve consumers, and how we enable our teams, so that change is not only delivered, but adopted and sustained.

General Mills GIC is undergoing significant transformation and is in need of change management support to enable successful transformation today while strengthening change agility for tomorrow.

As a Change Analyst, you will partner with the GIC Change Lead to support transformation initiatives from a change management lens. You will help bring structure, clarity, and follow-through to complex change by translating business and project needs into practical change approaches that drive adoption and measurable outcomes. You will also leverage reusable enterprise assets, tools, and practices that help make change more consistent and effective over time.

What You Will Do

Support Transformation Initiatives

• Partner with the GIC Change Lead to support transformation initiatives through a structured change management lens.
• Support the design and execution of change strategies, plans, and activities that drive adoption and sustain business outcomes.
• Translate business and project requirements into practical change interventions, including development of the change narrative, stakeholder analysis, change plans, and supporting resources.
• Leverage GMI’s Change Playbook, tools, templates, and reusable assets to promote consistent and effective change practices across GIC initiatives.

Evaluate Change Impact and Readiness

• Assess and organize change impacts across initiatives, stakeholder groups, and ways of working.
• Manage change impact data and reporting through the change dashboard to support visibility, tracking, and decision-making.
• Evaluate organizational readiness and help shape approaches that enable effective adoption of change.

Collaborate with Project Teams

• Coordinate with project teams, business stakeholders, and functional partners to gather inputs, align on priorities, and support execution of change activities.
• Partner with Learning and Development, Communications, Project Managers, and business leaders to activate engagement plans and drive adoption actions.
• Support the execution of change activities with a focus on quality, consistency, and business relevance.

Sustain the rigor through continuous learning and feedback

• Capture lessons learned and stakeholder feedback throughout initiatives, and apply insights to refine approaches and lead change with agility.
• Identify recurring themes, risks, and opportunities across the GIC change portfolio and escalate relevant insights to the Change Lead.
• Provide feedback to the CoE to support ongoing improvement of change methodologies, tools, and practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in change management, business, communications, human resources, organizational psychology, or a related field.
• 2 to 4 years of experience supporting change management work on transformation, process improvement, or organizational change initiatives.
• Experience supporting core change management deliverables
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders at multiple levels to gather inputs, support alignment, and help execute change activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize information into clear, concise, leadership-ready updates/presentations.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, including the ability to navigate the organization and manage multiple priorities with attention to detail and follow-through.

Preferred Qualifications

• Up to 7 years of experience supporting change management work on large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives in complex stakeholder environments.
• Consulting experience in change management, transformation, and/or program delivery, with the ability to:
• bring structure to ambiguity
• synthesize inputs
• turn insights into actionable recommendations
• Experience supporting change intake, prioritization, tiering, and governance processes, including maintaining intake artifacts and preparing decision-support materials.
• Experience facilitating:
• working sessions
• stakeholder discussions
• change enablement activities
• Experience leveraging reusable change assets – including playbooks, templates, tools, and reporting materials – to drive consistency, while applying the art of of change through judgement, adaptation and continuous improvement
• Change management certification, education, or formal training such as Prosci.