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 lead enterprise change across our operations. You will set the strategy, governance, and standards for embedding change, driving readiness, adoption, and sustained behavioral shifts.

You will lead a high-performing OCM team, partner with executives and PMO, measure impact, and ensure change initiatives deliver measurable business value through scalable, human-centered approaches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Psychology, HR, Organizational Development, or related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Enterprise change leadership

People leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Change measurement

OCM excellence

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Psychology, HR, Organizational Development, or Communications

Master's degree preferred

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.