Manager, Strategic Planning & Process Redesign - 12‑month contract

Indigo; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Indigo is seeking a Manager, Strategic Planning & Process Redesign to lead the enterprise planning cycle, develop strategic objectives, and guide cross‑functional teams. You will facilitate leadership sessions, prepare tools, and monitor performance through balanced scorecards and KPIs.

This role focuses on process redesign using Indigo’s STS methodology to improve productivity, customer experience, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to influence without authority and collaborate across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Indigo’s annual strategic planning process, including calendar, leadership sessions, tools, templates, and process discipline.
• Support executives in developing strategic objectives, success measures, and multi-year plans.
• Lead strategic planning sessions, SWOT reviews, prioritization exercises, and cross-functional planning.
• Conduct environmental scanning to surface risks, opportunities, and customer insights relevant to Indigo’s strategy.
• Monitor and report on balanced scorecards, initiatives, and KPIs.
• Coordinate town hall planning and content with cross-functional partners.

Skills

Strategic planning

Business analysis

Process design

Continuous improvement

Automation & AI tools

Education

Relevant degree from leading university

Job description

Indigo is a physical and digital place inspired by and filled with books, ideas, beautifully designed lifestyle products, and the creative people who help make it all happen. We believe in real books, living life fully and generously, being kind to each other and to the environment, and that stories – big and little – connect us. Indigo is our customer’s happy place – for joyful moments of discovery and to connect with people who share their passion for reading, their belief in ideas, and their commitment to making the world a better and more beautiful place.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Our Mission is to inspire reading and enrich the lives of booklovers. As such, we believe in the power of people and their stories. We aim to attract top talent, nurture the potential of our employees, and create space for everyone to thrive. Our Guiding Principles are the few key ideas that are meant to influence everything we do, every day.

• We Will Hire, Inspire, Promote and Retain the Best – A’s Hire A’s.
• We Will be Customer Centric.
• We Will Be Data Driven – System Thinking – Entrepreneurial.
• We are Committed to True and Shared Value Creation.
• We Will be Human-Centered and AI Enabled.
• We are Committed to Caring About Each Other, Our Communities, Our Environment.

Indigo is a physical and digital place inspired by and filled with books, ideas, beautifully designed lifestyle products, and the creative people who help make it all happen. We believe in real books, living life fully and generously, being kind to each other and to the environment, and that stories – big and little – connect us. Indigo is our customer’s happy place – for joyful moments of discovery and to connect with people who share their passion for reading, their belief in ideas, and their commitment to making the world a better and more beautiful place.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Our Mission is to inspire reading and enrich the lives of booklovers. As such, we believe in the power of people and their stories. We aim to attract top talent, nurture the potential of our employees, and create space for everyone to thrive. Our Guiding Principles are the few key ideas that are meant to influence everything we do, every day.

• We Will Hire, Inspire, Promote and Retain the Best – A’s Hire A’s.
• We Will be Customer Centric.
• We Will Be Data Driven – System Thinking – Entrepreneurial.
• We are Committed to True and Shared Value Creation.
• We Will be Human-Centered and AI Enabled.
• We are Committed to Caring About Each Other, Our Communities, Our Environment.

Job Description

The Manager, Strategic Planning & Process Redesign supports Indigo’s enterprise strategic planning process by managing the planning calendar, preparing tools and materials, facilitating senior leadership discussions, and sustaining reporting on strategic initiatives and performance. The role also enables enterprise process redesign efforts by partnering with process owners, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to apply Indigo’s process redesign methodology and surface improvement opportunities that enhance Indigo’s productivity, customer experience, employee engagement, and cost effectiveness.

MISSION

To support the strategic planning process with the scheduling, tools, meeting syntheses and balanced scorecard monitoring, and to faciliatate and support Indigo’s sociotechnical systems (STS)-based process redesign initiatives.

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS

• Stakeholder satisfaction with strategic planning facilitation, tools, and support.
• Stakeholder satisfaction with process redesign support and outcomes.
• Enhanced knowledge of STS methodology across the organization.
• Timely completion of Strategic Planning Process outputs.
• Timely completion of process redesign engagements within agreed scope.
• Identification and tracking of process improvement opportunities relating to cost effectiveness, customer experience, employee experience, and productivity.
• Adherence to, and adoption of, Indigo’s sociotechnical systems process redesign methodology.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to the Chief Administrative Officer

Leads: Analyst, Process Redesign

Interfaces with: CEO, Executive Team and senior leaders, process owners and subject matter experts

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning Leadership

• Facilitate Indigo’s annual strategic planning process, including the planning calendar, leadership sessions, materials, tools, templates, and process discipline required to align on enterprise, business unit, and operating unit priorities.
• Support the CEO, Executive Team, and senior leaders in developing strategic objectives, success measures, annual operating priorities, and multi-year plans.
• Facilitate strategic planning and ideation sessions, SWOT reviews, prioritization exercises, and cross-functional planning sessions.
• Conduct research and environmental scanning to surface risks, opportunities, competitive trends, technology developments, and customer insights relevant to Indigo’s strategy.
• Monitor, compile, and prepare quarterly and annual reporting on Balanced Scorecards, strategic initiatives, and key performance indicators.
• Familiarize new leadership hires with Indigo’s Strategic Planning Process.
• Coordinate quarterly town hall planning and content with cross-functional partners and the Executive Team to communicate strategic priorities, progress, and enterprise updates.

Process Redesign & Continuous Improvement

• Support and lead cross-functional process redesign engagements by guiding process owners, stakeholders, and subject matter experts through current-state process mapping, analysis, redesign, and recommendation development consistent with STS methodology.
• Partner with process owners to identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, customer outcomes, employee experience, and cost-effectiveness.
• Support process owners in implementing approved recommendations, including governance, change planning, stakeholder engagement, and performance measurement.
• Identify automation, workflow optimization, AI enablement, and digital transformation opportunities that improve efficiency, quality, employee experience, or customer outcomes.
• Develop tools, templates, standards, and resources that strengthen Indigo’s process improvement capabilities.
• Monitor process improvement benefits with process owners and recommend corrective actions where required.

People Leadership

• Manage, coach, and develop the Process Redesign Analyst, building capability in process redesign, business analysis, automation, AI tools and strategic planning methodologies
• Guide secondees or cross-functional contributors assigned to specific process redesign engagements, as required.
• Model Indigo’s Guiding Principles.

Qualifications

• A passion for solving complex business problems through disciplined systems thinking, intellectual curiosity, and sound business acumen.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and executive presence.
• The ability to influence without authority and collaborate effectively across the organization.
• A commitment to fostering continuous improvement, automation, and innovation across Indigo.
• A relevant degree from a leading university, with a strong record of academic achievement.
• Expertise in strategic planning, business analysis, process design, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.

Additional Information

Indigo uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with certain aspects of the hiring process, such as screening and assessments. These tools support our team but do not replace human judgment. We are committed to using AI responsibly, fairly, and in compliance with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws. We regularly review these tools to help prevent bias or discrimination.

At Indigo, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility are core to our values. We integrate these principles into our training, policies, and hiring practices and continuously evolve to reflect the needs of the communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences, including but not limited to individuals who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour), members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and persons with disabilities. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail].

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This posting is for a current opportunity within Indigo.