HR People Change Lead

Aviva; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Canada is seeking an HR People Change Management Lead to drive strategic transformations. The role requires extensive change management experience and strong leadership skills to guide teams through organizational changes. The successful candidate will develop effective change management strategies, engage stakeholders, and ensure successful adoption of changes across the organization. Competitive rewards and professional development opportunities are offered, along with a hybrid flexible work model.

Benefits

Base compensation

Annual bonus eligibility

Retirement savings

Health benefits

Personal wellness

Competitive vacation package

Corporate wellness programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of change management and HR experience.
• Strong business and commercial competence with customer orientation.
• Demonstrated track record in process consulting and facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Lead critical business transformations and organizational design initiatives.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and change impact assessments.
• Collaborate with teams to build comprehensive change management plans.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Change Management designation

HR professional designations

Tools

Project Management

Job description

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

At Aviva, we are embarking on an exciting journey to transform our business. We are looking for passionate people with an innovative approach that want to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and brokers. If you’re ready to join us on this journey, we want to hear from you!

In partnership with key business collaborators, the HR People Change Management Lead will be instrumental in providing informed strategic and tactical change management support.

What you'll do:

• Accountable to manage and lead several critical business transformations and organizational design initiatives to achieve the strategic priorities of the business

• Change Management and organization design lead for several strategic transformation initiatives across the organization

• Provide change leadership, engage teams in transparent discussions about progress against assigned change effort, ensure awareness and understanding via positive relationships enabled by trust

• Conduct stakeholder analysis, change impact analysis and readiness assessments to identify project impacts, make recommendations, and assess change effectiveness

• Partner with senior leadership and stakeholder groups to understand, document and inform change management needs and develop an effective change management strategy and plan

• Collaborate with various business teams and external consultant(s) to build comprehensive change management plan(s), including components for organizational alignment, team member engagement, communications and training.

• Work directly with the program team and key collaborators to identify metrics and KPIs to measure success of change management and organization design initiatives

• Proactively identify risks, both within and outside of the project, to enable successful change adoption and work collaboratively to develop and implement appropriate responses

• Leverage industry knowledge to effectively partner with cross functional and virtual teams across functional teams at all levels by demonstrating collaboration, adaptability, and influence

• Provide support and mentorship to cross-functional teams to adopt organizational change methods

• Be the brand ambassador for change in the program and in the organization

What you'll bring:

• Minimum 10 years of change management, organization design and HR experience with capability to support large complex transformations

• Previous experience scoping, planning, implementing and managing large, complex organizational change programs in a constantly transforming environment

• Change Management designation (e.g. Prosci certification) and HR professional designations (e.g. SPHR, CHRP, CIPD, etc.)

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to inspire and motivate teams through periods of change

• Strategic and tactical thinker with problem solving skills

• Strong business and commercial competence with an outcomes and customer orientation

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases pf the project lifecycle

• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels

• Excellent organization-wide program planning and management skills

• Demonstrated track record of success in process consulting, facilitation and presentation skills (verbal and written)

• Knowledge & experience with a wide range of change and HR programs, including organization design and organizational change

• Savvy influencing and collaboration skills with an ability to manage multiple collaborators and conflict in a highly matrixed environment

• Able to build and maintain credibility and rapport with partners

• Ability to work and achieve results through others

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively convey change initiatives and strategies

What you’ll get:

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.

• Outstanding Career Development opportunities.

• We’ll support your professional development education.

• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year

• Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion

• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health

• Hybrid flexible work model

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Please note that we may use AI tools to help us through the recruitment process. This is an existing position which has been posted both internally & externally.

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