Organizational Change Management Consultant Associate (Sept 2026 - Ottawa - Montreal - Toronto)

Organizational Change Management Consultant Associate (Sept 2026 - Ottawa - Montreal - Toronto)

Introduction
A career in Consulting is rooted by long‑term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the portfolio; including Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground‑breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Participate on a consulting project or initiative and experience first‑hand how we help transform their business
• Assist in the development of Change Management and HR Strategy deliverables with a focus on helping clients transform their organization to achieve target benefits
• Work collaboratively to deliver innovative solutions for clients leveraging AI
• Learn about a client’s industry, tackle new challenges, and learn how their business and technology intersect
• Join our IBM North America Associates community and meet other IBMers during networking events, special team events and career development activities including in‑office attendance

Potential Work as an Organizational Change Management Associate

• Support design and delivery of workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews
• Leverage AI tools, assets and assistants to conduct research and develop work products
• Help with the design and delivery of change management and training activities including change impacts, assessments, surveys and metrics
• Develop communications tailored to specific audiences including written and video assets
• Work in Agile, collaborative environments
• Use IBM’s Design Thinking to help solve client’s challenges

Learn more about IBM’s Organizational Change Management Consulting at: https://www.ibm.com/consulting/culture-change-management

This position resides in Ottawa, Montreal or Toronto, commencing in September 2026. It is mandatory that all applicants are graduated from studies at a post‑secondary institution at the time of their start date. Please note that MBA and PhD candidates are not eligible for this program.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Can understand client’s needs and challenges and apply a creative and logical approach to identify solutions
• Demonstrate quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights
• Can work on multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines, while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands
• Ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply by listening actively and conveying difficult messages in a positive manner
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate and work effectively with individuals, strengthening relationships to achieve win‑win solutions
• Experience with AI (creating prompts) and collaboration technology (Monday.com, Figma, Mural, Biteable, Microsoft Office Suite)
• Montreal: Fully bilingual in both French and English (written and oral)
• Ottawa: Ability to obtain Canadian federal government security clearance

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Familiar with the fundamentals of organizational change management
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to adapt, with willingness to readily take ownership of tasks and problems
• Have initiative to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full‑time

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