Global IT M&A Workforce Planning & People Integration Lead

WSP Global Inc.; City of Moncton; On-site; CAD 81,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in Canada is seeking a Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning to shape how talent and organizational capacity are integrated across acquisitions within Global IT. You will partner with HR, Finance and IT leaders to bring clarity to workforce environments and enable smooth transitions.

This role suits a data-driven professional who can build headcount and labour-cost models, forecast talent needs, and influence senior stakeholders in a global business.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years in workforce planning or related strategic people roles.
• Experience handling confidential employee and compensation information.
• Expertise in workforce analytics and headcount planning.
• Experience supporting resource planning and organizational transitions in complex environments.
• Ability to influence across functions in matrixed orgs.

Responsibilities

• Drive workforce planning activities that support the successful integration of acquired organizations into WSP's Global IT environment.
• Develop and maintain workforce, headcount, and labour-cost models that provide visibility into talent, organizational structures, and resource requirements.
• Transform workforce data into actionable capacity plans that support integration schedules, transition planning, and future organizational needs.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to coordinate talent assessment activities, retention planning, knowledge-transfer initiatives, and workforce transitions.
• Monitor workforce-related synergies, labour costs, and integration investments to support informed business decisions and value realization.
• Produce meaningful workforce reporting, forecasts, and governance materials for senior leadership and integration stakeholders.
• Identify workforce risks, critical talent dependencies, and capacity constraints while helping teams proactively address challenges.
• Safeguard highly confidential workforce and compensation information while promoting strong governance, compliance, and operational discipline.

Skills

Workforce planning

HR business partnering

Organizational change

M&A integration

Workforce analytics

Excel advanced

Stakeholder management

Bilingual English/French

Tools

Power BI

HRIS/ERP

Job description

WSP in Canada is seeking a Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning to shape how talent and organizational capacity are integrated across acquisitions within Global IT. You will partner with HR, Finance and IT leaders to bring clarity to workforce environments and enable smooth transitions.

This role suits a data-driven professional who can build headcount and labour-cost models, forecast talent needs, and influence senior stakeholders in a global business.