Senior program manager Jobs in Edmonton, AB

Senior Organizational Change Manager to lead a major enterprise program level transformational change

**Hybrid in Edmonton or Calgary**

Must haves:

• 8+ years of experience Organizational Change Management position with progressive experience leading large-scale complex organizational and technology change initiatives.
• 3+ years of lead experience for a large enterprise organization
• Experience leading communication campaigns, building strategic change and communication plans
• Strong executive presence and ability to build trusted sponsor relationships.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills with PMs and business leaders.
• Acute business acumen and understanding of systems implementations, organizational issues and the challenges presented by change.
• Prosci certification in mandatory
• CCMP (ACMP membership) completed or in progress is mandatory
• Post-secondary education in a preferred field such as Business, Communications, Organizational Development, Psychology or Behavioural Science, Adult Education or Human Resources.
• Strategic thinking and strong organizational skills to effectively plan and execute change initiatives.
• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities; able to adapt with flexibility and resilience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify root causes, prioritize effectively and manage multiple demands.

Overview and Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic change management plans—often spanning multiple projects or workstreams—based on guidance and direction from executive sponsors and senior leaders, ensuring alignment with the organization’s vision and enterprise-wide change strategy.
• Conduct change impact analyses, participant assessments and evaluations of organizational readiness and change capacity to provide strategic advice to sponsors and project leaders on people-related change risks.
• Estimate OCM and business team member effort and advise leaders on the resources required to deliver expected change outcomes.
• Partner with program/project managers to integrate change management activities and key milestones into project plans.
• Provide oversight and guidance to other assigned OCM resources
• Coordinate or facilitate meetings, workshops and engagement sessions with participants at all levels—from executive leaders to team members—to gather input and gain support for successful change adoption.
• Produce high-quality written, graphical or video communications based on strategic communication plans to effectively engage and inform participants throughout their change journey.
• Collaborate with or act as the training resource to build and deliver appropriate training and support to meet the unique needs of team members.
• Define success metrics and evaluation criteria to measure and monitor the effectiveness of change initiatives, identify improvement areas and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Generate reports and insights to demonstrate the value of change management efforts and support informed decision-making.