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Description
Downtown Toronto (Ryerson), Canada | Posted on 04/23/2026
Position: Organizational Change Management Lead / ProjectManager
Location: Toronto, ON
Job ID#: RQ10336
Duration: 12 Months
Role Overview
The Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead / ProjectManager provides leadership on large-scale, complex, high-profile, andhigh-risk I&IT initiatives within a public sector environment. This role isaccountable for ensuring project and change deliverables are completed on time,within scope and budget, while adhering to established project management andchange management frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead organizational change management in asenior leadership role for a large, complex I&IT project
- Manage and direct a team of Change Managementconsultants
- Ensure project deliverables meet businessrequirements related to scope, schedule, budget, and quality
- Lead change management strategy development,planning, and execution
- Promote adherence to standard project and changemanagement methodologies and best practices
- Direct project teams to ensure deliverablesalign with government and ministry standards
- Coordinate, monitor, and report on project andchange activities across all phases of delivery
- Develop and communicate guidelines, procedures,and training materials
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project andchange-related risks and issues
- Escalate risks and issues to senior executiveswith recommended mitigation strategies
- Establish and participate in steering committeesand stakeholder forums
- Provide project, program, and portfolio-levelreporting to senior stakeholders
- Resolve resourcing challenges, interpersonalconflicts, and stakeholder concerns
- Support change adoption by addressing resistanceand reinforcing change enablers throughout the project lifecycle
General Skills
- Strong leadership in organizational change andproject delivery
- Demonstrated experience managing large, complexinitiatives
- Ability to influence stakeholders at seniorexecutive levels
- Strong communication, facilitation, andpresentation skills
- Proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinaryteams
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, anddecision-making skills
- Ability to adapt to emerging tools, trends, andmethodologies
Desirable Skills and Knowledge
- Organizational Change Management methodologiesand practices
- Project Management principles and frameworks
- Communication, training, and stakeholderengagement practices
- Public sector governance and standards
- Financial management, budgeting, and forecastingwithin large organizations
- Knowledge of accessibility standards andregulations
- Awareness of emerging I&IT trends anddirections
Evaluation Criteria
- Change Management Skills (25%)
- Expertise in organizational change managementwithin a large, enterprise-wide environment
- Experience acting as a change agent onmultiyear initiatives
- Strong stakeholder communication, engagement,and mediation skills
- Ability to coordinate communications, training,and adoption activities
- Strong relationship management and influencingcapabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communicationskills
- Experience preparing executive-level reports,briefings, and presentations
- Project Management & Leadership Skills (25%)
- Proven leadership of project and OCM teams
- Strong knowledge of project and changemethodologies
- Ability to assess and align initiatives withorganizational needs
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills (15%)
- Ability to conduct qualitative and quantitativeanalysis
- Experience assessing risks, impacts, andperformance outcomes
- Strong research and policy analysis skills
- Technical Skills (10%)
- Knowledge of OCM, communication, and trainingstrategies
- Understanding of I&IT concepts, trends, anddelivery frameworks
