Canada Transformation Office Leader

Cim; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Career opportunities and rewards

Job summary

Marsh is seeking a Canada Transformation Office Leader in Toronto to shape and deliver strategic priorities for the region. This highly visible role collaborates with Canada's senior leadership to turn strategy into execution, driving outcomes and change across the business.

The position leads the Transformation Office Canada, aligning initiatives with regional strategy while tailoring approaches to local needs and building momentum through governance and storytelling that accelerates decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, finance, banking, project/program management, consulting, or a related role.
• 4+ years of people leadership experience, with a track record of building, coaching, and motivating teams.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading organizational change, transformation, or large-scale initiatives (does not need to be a dedicated transformation role).
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to and influencing senior leaders.
• A self-starter mindset with urgency, curiosity, and sound judgment—able to navigate ambiguity, connect dots quickly, and propose solutions.
• Proven ability to work across functions, manage competing priorities, and drive progress through stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Canada Transformation Office team, setting clear direction, priorities, and a high-performance culture
• Drive execution of high-profile, cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery—ensuring scope, timelines, risks, and dependencies are actively managed
• Partner with Canada business leaders to define transformation roadmaps and solve complex, ambiguous problems with practical, actionable plans
• Align Canada initiatives with broader cross-regional strategy, ensuring consistency while tailoring approaches to local business needs
• Create executive-ready narratives and materials that clearly tell the story and accelerate decision-making
• Represent the Transformation Office for Canada, acting as a trusted advisor and point of connection across stakeholders and teams

Skills

Strategy & operations

People leadership

Change management

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Transformation team at Marsh Risk. This role will be based in Toronto. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As the Canada Transformation Office Leader, you will help shape and deliver the region's most important strategic priorities. This is a highly visible leadership role that will work closely with Canada's senior executive team, focused on turning strategy into execution-driving outcomes, enabling change, and building momentum across the business.

This is an opportunity to lead the Transformation Office team in Canada, oversee delivery of high-impact initiatives, serve as a key connector between Canada leadership and broader enterprise transformation efforts and shape how Canada executes strategy-building the operating rhythm, governance, and storytelling that drives results.

We will count on you to:

• Lead and develop the Canada Transformation Office team, setting clear direction, priorities, and a high-performance culture
• Drive execution of high-profile, cross-functional initiatives from concept through delivery-ensuring scope, timelines, risks, and dependencies are actively managed
• Partner with Canada business leaders to define transformation roadmaps and solve complex, ambiguous problems with practical, actionable plans
• Align Canada initiatives with broader cross-regional strategy, ensuring consistency while tailoring approaches to local business needs
• Create executive-ready narratives and materials (e.g., updates, business cases, progress reporting, and stakeholder communications) that clearly "tell the story" and accelerate decision-making
• Represent the Transformation Office for Canada, acting as a trusted advisor and point of connection across stakeholders and teams

What you need to have:

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, finance, banking, project/program management, consulting, or a related role
• 4+ years of people leadership experience, with a track record of building, coaching, and motivating teams
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading organizational change, transformation, or large-scale initiatives (does not need to be a dedicated transformation role)
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
• Strong executive presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to and influencing senior leaders
• A self-starter mindset with urgency, curiosity, and sound judgment-able to navigate ambiguity, connect dots quickly, and propose solutions
• Proven ability to work across functions, manage competing priorities, and drive progress through stakeholders without direct authority

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Marsh will provide a reasonable accommodation to employees and prospective employees to the point of undue hardship upon request and as required in respect of the individual's particular restrictions and limitations. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or medical need, please contact [e-mail].

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

This is a New position.