Change Manager

Cella by Randstad Digital is currently seeking a highly experienced and skilled Change Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be a strategic partner and key contributor to business enablement initiatives, driving successful outcomes in a dynamic environment. You will lead the charge in ensuring smooth transitions by applying advanced change management methodologies and fostering a proactive approach to organizational evolution. The ideal candidate is a vision-led leader with a deep understanding of how to influence stakeholders and integrate change strategies into complex program deliverables.

This is a 12-month contract role which requires the Change Manager to work onsite at our client's office in Toronto 4 days per week.

Advantages
• Strategic Impact and Visibility: You will act as a "trusted advisor" to leadership, moving beyond administrative tasks to provide high-level guidance on best practices and drive consensus-driven decisions at a program level.
• High-Stakes Financial Sector Experience: This role offers the opportunity to apply deep change management methodologies within the banking and financial services industry, a sector known for its complex, large-scale business enablement initiatives.
• Balanced Professional Autonomy: The position is designed for someone who values both the "ability to work independently" and the chance to lead and "mentor" stakeholders, providing a mix of personal initiative and team-oriented execution.


Responsibilities
• Strategic Leadership: Lead and coordinate end-to-end change management activities to support business initiatives, ensuring complete alignment with organizational goals.
• Integrated Planning: Develop and execute comprehensive change management plans, encompassing stakeholder engagement, communication strategies, and training programs to drive the adoption of new processes and technologies.
• Framework Application: Utilize established change management frameworks (such as Triple A) to maintain consistency and alignment with organizational standards.
• Risk & Resistance Management: Proactively identify potential risks and resistance points, developing effective mitigation strategies to address them.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a primary point of contact and trusted advisor for leadership and project teams, guiding them on best practices for managing change and driving consensus-driven decisions.
• Performance Monitoring: Evaluate the effectiveness of change efforts through data-driven metrics, providing regular updates and recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Narrative Building: Use effective storytelling and meticulous attention to detail to prepare professional change management documentation and training plans.

Qualifications
• Industry Expertise: 5+ years of experience within the banking or financial services industry, including a strong understanding of project business management.
• Proven Execution: Extensive hands-on experience implementing complex change management activities and driving results.
• Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to guide diverse teams and senior stakeholders toward informed, consensus-based decisions.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal storytelling skills with a high degree of professional polish in document preparation.
• Soft Skills: Analytical mindset with a creative approach to problem-solving; highly organized with excellent time management and the initiative to work both independently and as a collaborative team member.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is a bonus
• Experience providing constructive feedback and mentoring team members through organizational shifts.

Summary
We encourage qualified talent to apply promptly by sharing your resume that demonstrate your expertise.

Cella by Randstad Digital uses artificial intelligence to help our recruiters screen, assess and select qualified talent for this role and others within our database. Although Cella by Randstad Digital uses A.I. as a tool, candidate selection and hiring decisions are made by our employees.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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