8706 - Senior Organizational Change Manager

Work options: Hybrid

Hybrid Model: In-Office (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday) Remote (Wednesday and Friday)

Our client, one of North America's leading energy infrastructure companies with operations in natural gas, oil and power industries throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico has an immediate need for a Senior Organizational Change Manager. This is a contract position for one (1) year located in Calgary, Alberta.

Description

The Senior Organizational Change Manager supports internal clients in delivering complex programs and initiatives that are strategic in nature and have substantial implications for the organization’s performance. Organizational Change Management (OCM) focuses on preparing the organization to support and adopt new, more effective, ways of working, including changes to programs, processes, systems, organizational design/structure, roles, capabilities, and culture.

Role Accountabilities

• Serves as a change agent, business partner, coach, and facilitator
• Exercise’s resourcefulness and ingenuity to develop effective integrated solutions.
• Manages OCM budgets, project costs and schedule and provides progress reports to leadership
• Continually builds knowledge and acumen in all aspects of the organization, the business, our processes and systems
• Supports project management, governance and sponsorship activities associated with large scale programs and initiatives, and ensures integration and alignment across multiple concurrent programs and initiatives
• Completes and assesses detailed change impact and stakeholder analyses
• Develops the OCM strategy and supporting plans, including communication, sponsor roadmap, training, coaching, management of risk and issues and acceptance/resistance
• Makes decisions and recommendations on highly complicated and complex issues without formal processes or precedents.
• May be required to prepare key stakeholders to present OCM deliverables such as communications and presentations or training
• Facilitates and consults with senior leaders at all levels to gain sponsorship, approval and engagement of the business and the affected key audiences in executing the change management strategy
• Effective transition management
• Contribution to the continual improvement of the corporate OCM methodology and tools
• Partners with Human Resources consultants, Talent Management and Learning and Development, and/or project teams to develop and deliver holistic/integrated OCM solutions, including:
• Supports the objectives of the corporate organizational change management function through sharing of expertise and best practices, adoption of corporate OCM standards, and active participation in the OCM community
• Support for leaders in leading through change
• Sharing of expertise and best practices
• Follows change management standards and principles; utilizes or modifies available tools and services to implement a structured best fit change approach within a program or initiative
• Effective risk management/mitigation
• An aligned approach to organizational design and talent management elements to support change objectives
• Supports the objectives of the company corporate organizational change management function through:
• Championing the role of the OCM function.
• Applies expert OCM knowledge to prepare and deliver change management assessments and plans for large scale and complex programs and initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups and levels of the organization including senior leadership.
• Facilitates and guides senior leaders and business process owners on long term sustainment to operationalize and embed changes
• Monitors change adoption in the organization and plans additional OCM activities to support gaps in adoption or continued realization of change benefits.
• Partners with Human Resources consultants, talent management and learning specialists and project teams to develop and deliver integrated OCM solutions
• Adoption of corporate OCM, communications and learning & development standards
• Provides coaching in change management, resistance management and change sponsorship to the project manager, business lead, change sponsor, project team, the extended change team, and others identified through stakeholder assessment
• Accurate change impact and stakeholder analysis of Appropriate communications and learning approaches
• Active participation in the broader OCM community of practice
• Oversees and/or performs the required communication, training and other change management activities
• Evaluates the success of change management activities and provides progress reports to the broad set of stakeholders
• Manages resources associated with OCM deliverables -- including change advisors, communication specialists, training/learning advisors, program coordinators, and business analysts
• Continuously assesses potential issues/risks, conflicting priorities, and opportunities for integration across multiple concurrent programs/initiatives, and raise these to leadership

Required

• Degree in Business Management, Human Resources, Organization Effectiveness or Development or related field.
• Experience with managing OCM budgets, project costs and schedule and providing progress reports to leadership.
• Demonstrated continuing education/development to remain current in the profession.
• Experience with developing OCM strategies; communication, sponsor roadmap, learning, coaching, management of risk and issues and acceptance/resistance
• Strong consulting skills and strong stakeholder management
• Stage gate process experience with risk dialogue an asset.
• Prosci and/or other change management certification/professional designation is preferred.
• 15+ years experience applying expert OCM knowledge to prepare and deliver change management assessments and plans for large scale and complex programs.
• Master’s degree in a related field considered an asset.

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