Senior Disruption Designer
steampunk · Virginia
📍 McLean, VA💰 $120,000 to $180,000via icimsPosted 2026-09-29
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Overview
Steampunk is seeking a Senior Disruption Designer to guide clients through our Design Intelligence® framework, driving adoption across multiple workstreams of a large federal advisory program — from portfolio changes to workforce transformation. You'll focus on the people impacted by change, engaging them to embrace new ways of working while identifying and mitigating resistance.
Contributions
Responsibilities:
Facilitate workshops and interviews to frame pain points, define problem statements, and determine change readiness and resistance areas
Run change readiness assessments identifying change champions, pilot participants, and likely resistance ahead of major transitions
Synthesize research and data into compelling stories and presentations that shape transformation and change-enablement recommendations
Instrument adoption telemetry and run stakeholder pulse checks supporting shared-services adoption targets
Facilitate Disruption Design workshops producing prioritized critical-path adoption plans across portfolio, identity, workforce, and communications initiatives
Develop and deploy pilot plans, communication plans, and training campaigns in partnership with key stakeholders, supporting IT-change adoption targets
Support workforce transition change management toward the program's staff-independence target
Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs across a cross-functional Agile team
Qualifications
Required:
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
Bachelor's degree, preferably in Organizational Development, Psychology, Business, or a related field
8+ years of organizational change management experience, including large-scale technology or process transformation programs, with strong grounding in established change management models and best practices
Demonstrated experience with change readiness assessment methodologies and adoption measurement
Experience conducting current-state assessments and future-state visioning to inform change and communication plans
Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and synthesizing findings into action and training plans
Demonstrated ability to think strategically across multiple concurrent workstreams and stakeholder ecosystems
Proficiency with PowerPoint and collaboration/workshop tools (e.g., Mural)
Strong stakeholder engagement and communications-campaign design skills
Excellent written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to craft compelling stories from research and data
Experience working within an Agile delivery framework, integrating change management activities into program cadences
Preferred:
Federal or large enterprise client experience
Experience supporting change management across multiple concurrent workstreams (portfolio, identity, workforce, communications)
Prosci or CCMP change management certification
Experience in Human-Centered Design / Customer Experience Design
Experience collaborating within a multidisciplinary delivery team, including service designers, UX/CX designers, and technical specialists
Previous experience working as a consultant
About steampunk
About Steam punk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $120,000 to $180,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Design Intelligence™ process , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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