Director - Change Management & Strategy

Our company is Canada’s largest independent, family-owned poultry processor, proudly supplying families with Canadian chicken since 1955. Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, the company employs approximately 3,000 people across facilities in Ontario and New Brunswick. We offer a full range of fresh, seasoned, and prepared chicken products, and we are the country’s leading Halal meat supplier. The majority of the products produced are fresh chickens sourced from Canadian licensed chicken farmers. Our products are sold domestically through retail and food service channels and are exported to several countries worldwide. With a strong focus on sustainability, animal welfare, employee and community impact, our company is driven by a clear mission: to provide the best quality chicken with unparalleled service, guided by multi-generational family roots.

Job overview:

We are recruiting an experienced Change Management and Strategy Leader to support the business through an exciting evolution. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director, Change Management & Strategy plays a critical enterprise-wide role in translating the organization’s multi-year strategic plan into executable, measurable, and sustainable outcomes. This role provides strategic direction, leadership, and hands-on execution to ensure strategic initiatives are effectively prioritized, governed, resourced, and delivered across the organization. Partnering closely with the executive leadership team and leaders across all functions, the Director drives disciplined change management practices that enable successful adoption, alignment, and long-term impact. Operating within a high-stakes, key industry, this leader demonstrates strong judgment, resilience, and steadiness while balancing operational realities with human-centered approach to change.

Qualifications:

• At the forefront of designing and embedding enterprise-level change management frameworks and leverage data, technology, and insights to enhance visibility, decision-making, and outcomes.
• Current on emerging trends, technologies, and regulatory considerations in protein manufacturing or complex, integrated operating environments. Partnering closely with leaders across Corporate, Operations, Sustainability, Animal Welfare, and HR, this leader strengthens organizational capability for executing change at scale.
• A bachelor’s degree in business, science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in change management, strategy execution, or enterprise transformation.
• Demonstrated expertise in change management methodologies, communication planning, training design, and program governance is required.
• Experience operating within complex, multi-site, regulated environments is essential, with food manufacturing or protein production experience considered an asset.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, Prince2, Prosci, and Lean Six Sigma are assets.
• Exceptional leadership, influencing, analytical, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Our company is committed to presenting a diverse and inclusive roster of candidates to our clients. We welcome and encourage applications from the following underrepresented groups: Indigenous persons, racially visible persons, women, and persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity. If you are a member of one of these underrepresented groups, we invite you to self-identify on your cover letter or resume.