Experienced Change Management Specialist

WSP in Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Change Management Specialist/ Project Manager to help clients navigate workplace modernization, relocations, and hybrid work programs. You will blend strategic consulting with hands‑on delivery, driving adoption and organizational readiness. The role balances change leadership with project support across Canada.

You will partner with executives and teams, develop change strategies, and lead workshops and stakeholder interviews. Travel across Canada is required as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience leading change management initiatives within workplace, organizational, business, or digital transformation environments.
• Demonstrated project management experience delivering medium- to high‑complexity projects and programs.
• Expertise developing change strategies, impact assessments, readiness assessments, communications plans, training programs, and adoption frameworks.
• Strong facilitation skills with experience leading stakeholder interviews, workshops, focus groups, and leadership sessions.
• Ability to develop client‑ready proposals, project approaches, methodologies, scopes of work, budgets, and presentations.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders, employees, vendors, and cross‑functional teams.
• Change Management certification such as Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent is considered an asset.
• PMP designation, workplace strategy, corporate real estate, facilities management, or organizational development experience is an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel throughout Canada as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management programs that support workplace modernization, relocations, hybrid work models, and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Partner with executives, leaders, employees, and stakeholders to drive engagement, readiness, adoption, and long‑term change sustainability.
• Develop and execute change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, impact and readiness assessments, communication templates, training programs, and adoption frameworks.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, focus groups, and leadership sessions that align stakeholders and build organizational readiness.
• Identify risks, resistance points, and operational impacts, implementing mitigation strategies that improve project outcomes.
• Contribute to business growth by developing proposals, scopes of work, methodologies, and client‑facing presentations.
• Flex into Project Management When Needed: Manage medium‑ to high‑complexity workplace projects including relocations, restacks, site activations, and vendor coordination.
• Measure adoption success and recommend continuous improvements that help clients realize the full value of transformation investments.

Skills

Change management

Project management

Change strategies

Facilitation

Proposals & budgets

Stakeholder engagement

Change management certs

PMP presence

Travel Canada

Job description

Job Description

What if you could redefine what's possible? With us, you can. With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.

With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science‑based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.

We are pathfinders and impact makers.

We are Visioneers.

We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Help organizations successfully navigate transformation by connecting people, process, and project delivery.

As a Change Management Specialist/ Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in helping clients adapt, adopt, and thrive through workplace modernization initiatives, office relocations, hybrid work programs, organizational change, and business transformation projects. Working within our Project Management, Cost and Advisory team, you'll blend strategic consulting expertise with hands‑on project delivery, helping clients move confidently from change planning through implementation and adoption.

Approximately 75% of your time will focus on change management leadership, stakeholder engagement, communications, readiness, adoption, and advisory services, while 25% will support project management and workplace project delivery. This allocation may flex based on client needs, project lifecycle, and business priorities.

Your Impact

• Lead change management programs that support workplace modernization, relocations, hybrid work models, and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Partner with executives, leaders, employees, and stakeholders to drive engagement, readiness, adoption, and long‑term change sustainability.
• Develop and execute change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, impact and readiness assessments, communication templates, training programs, and adoption frameworks.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, focus groups, and leadership sessions that align stakeholders and build organizational readiness.
• Identify risks, resistance points, and operational impacts, implementing mitigation strategies that improve project outcomes.
• Contribute to business growth by developing proposals, scopes of work, methodologies, and client‑facing presentations.
• Flex into Project Management When Needed: Step into medium‑ to high‑complexity workplace project delivery as required, including relocations, restacks, site activations, decommissions, vendor coordination, schedules, risks/issues, financial tracking, construction‑to‑operations, and operational readiness.
• Measure adoption success and recommend continuous improvements that help clients realize the full value of transformation investments.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• Experience leading change management initiatives within workplace, organizational, business, or digital transformation environments.
• Demonstrated project management experience delivering medium- to high‑complexity projects and programs.
• Expertise developing change strategies, impact assessments, readiness assessments, communications plans, training programs, and adoption frameworks.
• Strong facilitation skills with experience leading stakeholder interviews, workshops, focus groups, and leadership sessions.
• Ability to develop client‑ready proposals, project approaches, methodologies, scopes of work, budgets, and presentations.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders, employees, vendors, and cross‑functional teams.
• Change Management certification such as Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent is considered an asset.
• PMP designation, workplace strategy, corporate real estate, facilities management, organizational development, consulting, or employee experience expertise is considered an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel throughout Canada as required.

Why Choose WSP?

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it’s across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition — because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

#WeAreWSP

Compensation

• AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $89,800 - $118,900
• MB & ON: $81,900 - $112,800
• NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $81,100 - $107,700

Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

About Us

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

Join us.

Please Note: Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here . Some safety‑sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits). WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted. WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here .