Senior Manager, Organizational Change Management

EMERA; Halifax; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Emera is seeking a Senior Manager, Organizational Change Management (OCM) to provide enterprise-wide leadership ensuring adoption and sustainment of strategic change across our operating companies. You will set vision, strategy, and standards for how change is led, governed, and embedded, advancing readiness and long-term cultural shifts.

As a Senior Manager within Business Transformation, you will lead a high-performing OCM team, influence executive decisions, and align stakeholders across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Psychology, HR, Organizational Development, Communications, Change Management, or related field.
• Masters degree in a related field would be an asset.
• 5+ years in Organizational Change Management, Human Resources, Organizational Development, and/or Employee Communications.
• Proven track record of leading complex change initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing strategies, managing budgets, and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise change strategy and governance framework aligned with long-term roadmaps.
• Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing OCM team and manage resources.
• Build trusted partnerships with executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Define metrics for readiness, adoption, and behavioral outcomes; drive continuous improvement.
• Lead OCM plans including impact assessments, communications, training, and reinforcement.

Skills

Change Leadership

People Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Measurement

OCM Excellence

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field

Master's degree asset

Job description

The Senior Manager, Organizational Change Management (OCM) provides enterprise wide leadership to ensure the successful adoption and sustainment of strategic change across our operating companies. This role sets the vision, strategy, methodology, and standards for how change is led, governed, and embedded into the organization advancing readiness, adoption, and long term cultural and behavioral shifts. As a Senior Manager within Business Transformation, you will oversee a high performing OCM team, influence executive decision making, and shape how employees and leaders navigate change. You will strengthen organizational change capability, drive alignment across business functions, and ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable business value.

Key elements of this role include:

Enterprise Change Leadership

• Own the enterprise change strategy and governance framework, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and longterm transformation roadmaps.
• Continuously evolve change methodologies, leadership sponsorship models, and change network effectiveness.

People Leadership

• Lead, develop, and coach a highperforming OCM team, including internal employees and external partners.
• Manage performance, talent development, onboarding, vendor contracts, workforce planning, and resource allocation to ensure delivery excellence.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Build trusted partnerships with executives, business leaders, and crossfunctional stakeholders to embed change leadership accountability.
• Champion enterprise collaboration with PMO, Technology, Communications, and other teams to integrate OCM into delivery models and governance.

Change Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Define and manage key metrics for change adoption, readiness, and employee behavioral outcomes.
• Implement analytics, feedback loops, and lessonslearned processes to drive ongoing improvement and reduce change saturation.

OCM Excellence & Service Delivery

• Lead the design and delivery of OCM plans, including impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and reinforcement approaches.
• Ensure consistent use of tools, templates, and methodologies across the OCM function.
• Build scalable, humancentered OCM products and services that enhance change capability across the enterprise.

These skills will make you successful. To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Psychology, HR, Organizational Development, Communications, Change Management, or related field.
• Masters degree in a related field would be an asset.
• Prior leadership experience with a track record of building engaged teams, driving performance, and developing future leaders.
• 5+ years in Organizational Change Management, Human Resources, Organizational Development, and/or Employee Communications.
• Proven track record of leading complex change initiatives and influencing senior, cross functional stakeholders to drive adoption and results.
• Experience developing strategies, managing budgets, and leading teams.
• Exceptional communication skills, including facilitation and executive presentations.
• Professional certifications such as; Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, Lean, Human Centered Design, Adult Education are highly desirable.
• Occasional travel to other locations to drive leadership engagement, facilitate training, and enable organization change.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and were dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.