Senior Program Manager

We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to provide strategic leadership for a major organizational transformation. In this role, you will guide the shift from a traditional project-based delivery model to an agile, product-based operating model. Working closely with executive sponsors, internal staff, and business partners, you will design and execute enterprise-wide change management strategies, communication frameworks, stakeholder engagement initiatives, and business readiness plans to ensure successful adoption and long-term organizational agility.

Location:

Guelph, ON (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days/week onsite)

Duration: 7-month contract.

Advantages
High-Impact Strategic Scope:
Direct a high-visibility, enterprise-wide shift from project-based to product-based operating models.

Executive Visibility:
Partner directly with senior leadership to shape governance, organizational structures, and strategic messaging.

Comprehensive Change Ownership:
Oversee the full lifecycle—from initial impact assessments and stakeholder engagement to training and long-term adoption.

Flexible Hybrid Setup:
Enjoy schedule balance with a structured 2 to 3 days per week onsite working arrangement in Toronto.

Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Transformation Strategy:
Direct end-to-end organizational transformation plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risk mitigation strategies, and executive governance frameworks.

Change Management Execution:
Implement industry-standard change management methodologies, conduct stakeholder impact and readiness assessments, and deploy targeted change interventions.

Strategic Communications & Stakeholder Engagement:
Develop comprehensive communication plans, author executive briefings, key messages, FAQs, and presentations, and lead leadership workshops, town halls, and consultations.

Operating Model & Organizational Design:
Facilitate the transition to future-state operating models, defining new organizational structures, roles, accountabilities, service delivery workflows, and governance processes.

Business Readiness & Adoption:
Establish change champion networks, coordinate training and onboarding initiatives, monitor adoption metrics, and implement feedback loops to drive cultural alignment.

Performance Measurement & Governance:
Develop executive dashboards, KPI tracking frameworks, and benefits realization models to monitor transformation progress and support leadership oversight.

Qualifications
Organizational Change Leadership:
Proven experience leading complex, large-scale organizational transformation and change management programs using industry-standard frameworks (Strictly Required).

Stakeholder Impact & Readiness Analysis:
Demonstrated expertise conducting stakeholder analyses, change impact assessments, organizational readiness evaluations, and change planning (Strictly Required).

Strategic Communications & Executive Engagement:
Extensive experience designing large-scale communication strategies and developing executive-level presentations, key messages, and briefing materials (Strictly Required).

Transformation & Program Governance:
Demonstrated track record managing multi-workstream transformation programs, establishing change governance, and monitoring benefits realization (Strictly Required).

Public Sector Governance:
Strong experience navigating public sector operating environments, including enterprise governance, approval processes, accountability frameworks, and labor relations considerations (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Familiarity with government digital service frameworks, Common Cluster Operating Models (CCOM), and product-based delivery principles.

Summary
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